Act 2 Scene 4 Flashcards
Quote showing Lear’s loss in money leading to his own daughters blindness
Fathers that wear rags do make their children blind,but fathers that bear bags shall see their children kind
Significance of “hysterica passio”
‘Hysteria’ mental condition which is a lack of control of emotions,only seen as womanly condition,his suffering of it shows his tragic loss in identity
Quote showing Lear controlling himself and then falling back into anger
“No but not yet,maybe he is not well”
“Death on my state!”
Quote showing Lear continuing to fail in recognising his most loyal servant
O,are you free? Some other time for that.
Quote showing Lear’s hyperbolic cursing
You nimble lightnings,dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes
Significance of “you nimble lightings…”
Hyperbolic cursing,dramatic scene yet these threats are empty,he calls on the heavens own powers due to his loss of power on earth
Quote showing disgusting imagery of Lear’s description of his daughters
“Thou art my flesh,my blood,my daughter…”a disease that’s in my flesh…thou art a boil”
Significance of “thou art my flesh,my blood,my daughter or rather a disease that’s in my flesh…thou art a boil”
Graphic disgusting imagery of disease makes audience feel uncomfortable reflecting the feeling of Lear and the uncomfortableness of the break of hierarchy,this is a political disease of the country at this point not just the family
Yet she is his daughter,she is like this because of him,a boil cannot grow independently
Quote showing loss in both physical and metaphorical power of Lear
What need one?
Significance of “what need one?”
1.Characterisation of Regan as she delivers final blow
2.He has now not only lost metaphorical power but physical power as without his knights he is unable to have the power to retake the kingdom
3.Loss of identity as knights are basic need for king
Quote showing Maslow’s hierarchy of need
Allow not nature more than nature needs,man’s life is cheap as beasts
What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how is it significant un Lear
It’s a hierarchy of needs from physical all the way to self-actualisation.Goneril and Regan only want to give him physical needs,essential treating him as an animal and stripping him of his own identity
Significance of unfinished sentences in act 2 scene 4
Hyperbolised speech of Lear along with his unfinished sentences show his own immense anger and emotion yet inability to do anything due to his great loss in power
