King Lear Quotes Flashcards
Love Test
(Ego and vanity)
‘Which of you shall we say doth love us most’
Goneril’s response
‘I love you more than words can yield the matter’
Regan’s response
‘I am made of the self mettle as my sister’
Cordelia’s response
‘I love your majesty according to my bond’
Lear banishes Cordelia
(Rash and egocentric)
‘Here I disclaim all my parental care’
Lear banishes Kent-he speaks up for Cordelia
(Lear has now lost most loyal servant and daughter who loves him most)
Kent : ‘let me still remain’
Lear’s response to the discover of his servant Kent being placed in stocks by his daughters
(Taken aback)
‘They could not, would not do it’
Lear curses Goneril
(Feels betrayed and threatened)
‘Dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes’
Lear explains the storm has no effect on him
‘This tempest in my mind - doth from my senses take all feeling else’
Lear knows that becoming fixated and obsessed on his daughters betrayal of him will turn him mad
‘That way madness lies, let me shun that’
Lear begins to show more consideration upon taking shelter for the storm
Powerful prayer on society’s poor naked wretches’
Lear gains clear insight into essence of man
‘Unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor,bare,forked animal as thou art’
Lear begins to take off his royal robes-they’re now worthless to him
‘Off,off,with you lendings’
