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Act1. Sc1

“Shake all cares and…

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“Shake All cares and buisness from our age”
-lear
announcing he is dividing the kingdom between his daughters son that he can have some rest and peace

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Act 1

“Nothing will come…”

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“Nothing will come from nothing”
lear to cordelia
meaning that If she doesn’t flatter him in the the love tests she wont get any land.

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Act 1 scene 1,

“come not between the dragon…”

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“come not between the dragon and his wrath”

  • Lear to Kent when banishing cordelia after she failed the test
  • saying not to get in his way when he is angry.
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Act 1 scene 1

“kind nursery”

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“Kind nursery”
- Lear about cordelia
saying he wished for her to care for him in his old age.

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act 1

“Hideous -

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rashness”

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act 1

“According to my -

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Bond no more no less”

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act 1

“The father should be as ward to the sone

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and the son manage his revenue”

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act 1

“The bond cracked

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‘twixt son and father”

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act 1

“My cue is

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villainous melancholy”

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act 1

“Old fools are

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“Old fools are babes again”

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act 1

“Who is that can

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“Who is that can tell me who I am?”

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act 1

“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth

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“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”

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act 2 “No port

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“No port is free”

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act 2 “Edgar I am

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“Edgar I am nothing”

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act 2 “Death on

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“Death on my state”

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a2 “Dart your blinding flames

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“Dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes”

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a2“I will do such things—What they are yet I know not,

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“I will do such things—What they are yet I know not, but they shall be/ the terrors of the earth!”