King Lear Flashcards
Page 1
Vain game, “which of you shall we say doth love us most?”
Lear makes words his nemesis : “nothing”
Page 2
Lear demands attention, “Let me not stay a jot for dinner”
Oswald —> “my ladys father” defined in relation to his children
Lear —> “woe, that too late repents” first step
Page 3
—> “Into her womb convey sterility”
—> “they durst not do it”
—> “do you but mark how this becomes the house”
—-> “infect her beauty” Lear is weak and express his weak nature
Page 4
—> regan “O regan, wilt thou take her by the hand?”
—> “thou art twice her love” love is a simple transaction towards goneril
—> “i shall go mad” rushes out into the storm
pathetic fallacy
Lear ‘poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man”
Lear “I have one part in my heart/thats sorry yet thee” turning point
Page 5
Lear “I am a man more sinned against than sinning”
Offers clothes to poor tom.
“A man may see how this world goes with no eyes”
Lear to cordelia “pray you now, forget and forgive”
Lear to cordelia “if you have poison for me, i will drink it”
“Shes dead as earth” cordelia death
