King Lear - Important Quotes Flashcards
The start of the love test
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
Cordelias response to the love test
I love your majesty according to my bond no more nor less
What does Lear say to cordelia after love test
Let it be so. Thy truth then be thy dower
Edmund questions why he’s treated differently
Why bastard? Wherefore base
Gloucester speaking negatively about edmund and mother
The whoreson must be acknowledged
Gloucester talking about how he treats Edgar
Is no dearer
Edmunds plan
Edmund the base shall top th’legitimate
Edmund wanting everything Gloucester has
That which my father loses - no less than all
Edmund speaking about the downfall of Gloucester
The younger rises when the old doth fall
Edmunds response to goneril and regan both loving him
Neither can be enjoyed if both remain alive
Edmund speaking about how he hates the world
This is the excellent foppery of the world
Edmund trying to redeem himself
Some good I mean to do despite my own nature
Leads treatment of his daughters
He always loved our sister most
Goneril speaking about lears insanity
You see how full of changes his age is
Cordelia knowing Regan and gonerils plan
Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides who covers faults at last with shame derides well may you prosper
Regan orders Gloucester’s death
Hang him instantly
Lears realization
They flattered me… they are not men o’their words. They told me I was everything
Leads clarity when he has lost his mind
Reason in madness
Gloucester’s death
Burst smilingly
Lear and Cornelia going to prison
We two alone will sing like birds i’the’cage
Kent’s character
A very honest hearted fellow
Regans reasoning for banishing Lear
To Whitful men the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters. Shut up your doors
Cornwall taking out Gloucester’s eyes
Upon these eyes of thine I’ll set my foot
Gloucester being a traitor
So white and such a traitor
Edmunds truth is out
The wheel has turned full circle. I am here
Leads state after banishment
A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man
Family is ungrateful
Filial ingratitude
Edgar talking about karma
The gods are just
Kent trying to reason with Lear about love test
Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least
Edgar about power and control
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say
Goneril knowing that Lear wants to be treated like king
Old fools are babes again
