key quotations Act 4 Flashcards
Gloucester talking to the old man
I have no way and therefore want no eyes;/ I stumbled when I saw
Gloucester talking to the old man part 2
As flies to wanton boys are we to the Gods;/ They kill us for their sport
Gloucester talking to the old man part 3
Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind
Albany talking to Goneril
O Goneril,/ you are not worth the dust that the rude wind blows in your face
Goneril insulting Albany
Milk-livered man
Goneril talking to Albany part 2
France spreads his banners in our noiseless land…/ white thou, a moral fool, sits still and criest
Gentleman describing Cordelia crying about her father
She shook the holy water from her heavenly eyes
Kent describing why Lear won’t see Cordelia
Burning shame
Cordelia describing what Lear is now wearing on his head
Crowned with rank fumiter and furrow weeds
Cordelia talking about Lear- this is a reference to something Jesus said
Oh dear father. It is thy business I go about
Cordelia saying that she is invading England to protect her father, not to further her own power
No blown ambition doth our arms incite/ But love, dear love, and our aged father’s right
Edgar talking to Gloucester after his “Jump” from the cliff
Thy life’s a miracle
Gloucester talking to Edgar after his miraculous survival
Henceforth I’ll bear affliction
Lear talking about Goneril and Regan
They flattered me like a dog, and told me I had white hairs in my beard
Lear is talking about the way that goneril and Regan deceived him into thinking he was perfect and invincible
They told me I was everything; tis a lie, I am not ague- proof
Lear talking about women in general- he’s being misogynistic
Down from the waist they are centaurs through women all above
Lear talking to Gloucester- fields near Dover
Thou mighst behold the great Image of authority; a dogs obeyed in office
Lear talking to Gloucester about the rich and the poor
Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all
Oswald talking about Gloucester before he attempts to kill him
A proclaimed prize, most happy! That eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh to raise my fortunes!
Cordelia talking about Lear- in Dover end of act 4
O my dear father! restoration hang/ thy medicine on my lips; and let this kiss/ repair thos violent harms that my two sisters/ Have made
Cordelia Talking to Lear- act 4 scene 7
You must not kneel
Lear talking to Cordelia after waking up
Thou art a soul in bliss, but I am bound/ upon a wheel of fire, than mine own tears/ do scald like molten lead
Lear talking to Cordelia 23
Pray do not mock me:/ I am very foolish, fond old man,/ Fourscore and upward,/ Not an hour more nor less; and to deal plainly,/ I feel that I am not in my perfect mind
