Act 1 quotations Flashcards
“High-stomached are they both and full of ire…” - Richard (A1S1)
“High-stomached are they both and full of ire, in rage deaf as the sea,
hasty as fire”
“Thou art a traitor and…” - Bolingbroke (A1S1)
“Thou art a traitor and a miscreant!”
“Sluiced out his innocent soul through streams of…” - Bolingbroke (A1S1)
“Sluiced out his innocent soul through streams of blood - Which blood, like sacrificing Abel’s”
“Let’s purge this choler without…” - Richard (A1S1)
“Let’s purge this choler without letting blood”
“…make leopards tame” - Richard (A1S1)
“Lions make leopards tame”
“We were not born to sue…” - Richard (A1S1)
“We were not born to sue, but to command”
“To stir against the butchers…” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“To stir against the butchers of his life”
“But since correction liest in those hands / Which made…” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“But since correction liest in those hands / Which made the fault that we
cannot correct”
“…to the will of heaven” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“Put we our quarrel to the will of heaven”
“Will rain hot vengeance…” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“Will rain hot vengeance on offenders’ heads”
“God’s is the quarrel; for God’s substitute ..Hath…” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“God’s is the quarrel; for God’s substitute ..Hath caused his death”
“Let heaven revenge, for I may never…” - Gaunt (A1S2)
“Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift An angry arm against His minister”
“We will descend and…” - Richard (A1S3)
“We will descend and fold him in our arms”
“As confident as is the falcon’s flight Against a…” - Bolingbroke (A1S3)
“As confident as is the falcon’s flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight”
“Strong as a tower in hope…” - Bolingbroke (A1S3)
“Strong as a tower in hope, I cry ‘Amen!”
