King Lear Flashcards
Gloucester 1.1 - “ I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that i am brazed to ‘t”
poor judgement of their children
King Lear 1.1 - “here I disclaim all my parental care”
banishes cordelia for her honesty
Lear 1.4 - “Hear, nature (..) make this creature fruitful! into her womb convey sterility!”
curses goneril saying her child will be deformed because she asked him to reduce his knights
Cordelia 1.1 - “I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less”
Cordelia contradicts Lear’s opinion that they should love him because of his power and refuses to exaggerate their relationship because she knows that this is not how love works.
Lear 3.2 - “ I am a man more sinned against than sinning.”
Storm = chaos - pathetic fallacy he feels wronged by his daughters who kicked him out into the storm
Lear 3.2 - “my wits began to turn”
Lear meets kent disguised as cauis and shows concern for him - anyone has the ability to learn
Leart 3.4 - “that thou mayst shake the superflux to them, and show the heavens more just.”
begins to reflect on his actions as king as he is a representation of god but he let the poor people in his kingdom suffer - developes social awareness
Lear 3.4 - “those pelican daughter”
Zoomorphic imagery due to their vicious nature - killing him with their own hands similar to old beliefs of the pelican
Cordelia 4.4 - “He that helps him, take all my outward worth”
Cordelia shows how she is the opposite of her sisters and hen is willing to give up everything she has to save her father who abandoned her
Lear 4.7 - “If you have poison for me, i will drink it”
Lear expressing his regret to cordelia for banishing her. Lear lowering himself below his daughter puts emphasis on his character development throughout the play
Gloucester 1.1 - child
I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that i am brazed to ‘t”
King Lear 1.1 - parent
“here I disclaim all my parental care”
Lear 1.4 - curse
- “Hear, nature (..) make this creature fruitful! into her womb convey sterility!”
Cordelia 1.1 -love
“I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less”
Lear 3.2 - sin
” I am a man more sinned against than sinning.”
