King Lear Quotes - Act 2 Flashcards
Now edmund…
Now edmund,wheres the villian
spoken by glouchester to edmund
Edmund, I hear
Edmund, I hear that you have shown your father a child-like office
Public reognisition for edmunds apparent defense of gloucester
My rising heart!…
My rising heart!But down
a sign of Lear,s growing despair and hurt
She hath tied sharp…
She hath tied sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture, here
Lear describing gonerils actions, he points to his heart as he speaks. This is the third time he has mentioned his heart in the last two scenes and can be seen as lear’s growing awareness of his own fallibility
Most…
Most serpent like
refrence to goneril
My daughter, or rather …
my daughter; or rather a disease that’s in my flesh which I must needs call mine : thou art a boil, a plague-sore,or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood
lear regrets what he has produced
Mans life
Mans life is cheap as beast’s
lear realises that ultimately he is nothing more than an animal,a slave
No, you…
No, you unnatural hags.
