King Lear Quotes Flashcards
Our basest beggars …
Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous.
Allow not nature more than nature needs,
Man’s life is cheap as beast’s.” - King Lear, Act 2,
Scene 4
let him smell …
let him smell his way to dover - act 3 scene 7
‘darkest tradgedy’ …
Kermode
power, property and inheritance
dollimore
the young shall rise …
‘the young shall rise when the old doth fall’
the play ‘king lear’ is monstrously unjust
A.C. bradley
Goner and regan are ‘personifications of ingratitude’
Hudson
Shake all cares
shake all cares and business from our age
Nothing …
Nothing will come from nothing
Come not between …
come not between the dragon and his wrath
Kind
kind nursery
hideous
hideous rashness
according to my bond
according to my bond, no more no less
now gods …
now gods stand up for bastards
the father should be …
the father should be as ward to the dome and the song manage his revenue
the bond cracked …
the bond cracked ‘twixt son and father
my cue is
my cue is villainous melancholy
old fools
old fools are babes again
who is that
who is that can tell me who i am
how sharper than a
how sharper than a servants tooth it is to have a thankless child
I am ashamed that thou
I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood
thou should not have been
thou should have not been old till thou hadn’t been wise
no port
no port is free
edgar I am
Edgar i am nothing
Death on
death on my state
dart your blinding
dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes
I abjure all roofs ….
I abjure all roofs to be comrade with the wolf and owl
Man’s life
Man’s life is cheap as beasts
I will do such things …
I will do such things – what they are yet I know not but they shall be the terrors of the Earth 
shut up
shut up your doors
crack nature
crack nature moulds
my wits begin
my wits being to turn
the realm of albion
the reason of albion come to great confusion
the younger rises
the younger rises when the old doth fall
filial
filial ingratitude
pour on …
pour on, i will endure
is man no more
is man no more then this? consider him well
oppressed nature ..
oppressed nature sleeps
winged vengeance
winged van hence overtake such children
 better servers have I…
 better service have I never done you than now to bid you hold? 
out …
out vile jelly
all dark …
all dark and comfortless
let him …
let him smell his way to dover
as flies are to wanton boys …
as flies are to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport
Distribution should ….
Distribution should excess and each man have enough
to thee a …
to thee a woman’s services are due
she shook holy …
she shook holy water from her heavenly eyes
unpublished
unpublished virtues
i’ll love thee much
i’ll love thee much; let me unseal the letter
why do I trifle thus …
Why do i trifle this his despair is done to cure
thy life’s a miracle
thy lifes a miracle. speak it yet again
They told me I was everything …
They told me I was everything; tis a lie, I am not ague - proof
Down from the waist …
Down from the waist they are centaurs … the sulphurous pit’
I am cut
I am cut to the brains
Let this kiss …
Let this kiss repair those violent harms
Would I were assured …
Would I were assured of my condition
I am a very foolish …
I am a very foolish, fond old man
Ripeness
ripeness is all
Lets away to prison ….
lets away to prison; we two will sing alone like birds i’the cage
This gilded …
This gilded serpent
(aside) ‘if not i’ll ne’er
if not i’ll ne’er trust medicine
became his guide
became his guide … saved him from despair
alls cheerless …
alls cheerless, dark and deadly
all friends shall taste the
all friends shall taste the wages of their virtues
gored …
gored state
speak what we feel, not …
speak what we feel not what we ought to say
