King Lear - Key Quotes Flashcards
“Come not between…
..a dragon and his wrath”.
“This body’s delicate…
… this tempest in my mind”.
“Nothing will come of…
… nothing. Speak again.”
“Look sir…
…I bleed”.
“I disclaimer all…
…paternal care, propinquity and property of blood”.
“In cunning…
… I must draw my sword”.
“Cry you mercy…
… I took you for a joint stool”.
“Gloucesters bastard son…
… was kinder to his father than my daughters”.
“We two alone will…
… sing like birds in a cage”.
“see…
… better Lear”.
“The cruel nails…
… pluck out his poor old eyes”.
“I had rather loose the…
…battle than that sister should loosen him”.
“Edmund the base…
…should top the legitimate”.
“How in one house should…
… many people under two commands hold amity?”
“Nothing could have subdued…
…nature to such a lowness, but his unkind daughters”.
“As flies to wanton boys,…
… are we to Gods; they kill us for their sport”.
“Howl, howl,howl, howl…
… O you are men of stones”.
“Why after I have cut the egg…
… in the middle and eat up the meat, the two crowns of the egg”.
“May not an ass know…
…when a cart draws the horse?”
“Loyal and natural boy…
…I’ll work the means to make the capable”.
“Show too bold malice…
…again the grace and person of my master, stocking his messenger”.
“It’s the times plagued…
… when madmen lead the blind”.
“I’ll kneel down…
… and ask for forgiveness..”
“Into her womb…
… convey sterility”.
“O! How this mother swells…
…towards my heart. Hysterica Passio.”
“I must change arms at home…
…and give the distaff into my husbands hands”.
“Down from the waist…
…they are centaurs, but women all above”.
“Goneril. I here take my…
… oath before this honourable assembly, she kicked the poor King, her father.”
“When I do stare…
… see how the subject quakes”.
“Lear and Cordelia shall never see his pardon…
… for my state stands on me to defend not to debate.”
“Why madam if I were your…
…fathers dog, you would not treat me so.”
“As pearls from…
…diamonds dropped”.
“I have a journey sir, shortly to go…
… my master calls me I must not say no.”
“Fathers that were rags…
… do make their children blind”.
“Tigers…
… not daughters, what have you performed.”
“The younger rises…
… the old dost fall”.
“The wheel has…
… come full circle; I am here”.
“These late eclipses…
… in the sun and moon portend no good to us”.
“I am a man…
… more sinned against than sinning”.
“My poor…
…fool is hanged”.
“Legitimate Edgar…
… I shall have your land”.
“Those pelican..
…daughters”.
“Which of them shall I take?…
… Both? One? Or neither?”
“Edmund the base…
… shall top the legitimate”.
“Loyal and natural boy…
… I’ll work the means to make thee capable”.
“The judgement of the…
… heavens makes us tremble”.
