King Lear Quotes- act 1 Flashcards
But I have…
But I have a son Sir, by order of law, in some year elder, who yet is no dearer in my account. (Gloucester)
In three…
In three our kingdom; and this our fast intent to shake all cares and business from our age.
Conferring them on younger strengths
While we unburdened crawl towards death.
(Lear)
Sir I love you…
Sir I love you more than words can wield the matter;
Dearer than eyesight, space and liberty.
(Goneril)
Love and…
Love and be silent
(Cordelia)
I’m sure my love’s…
I’m sure by loves more ponderous than my tongue.
(Cordelia)
Let it be…
Let it be so, thy truth then be thy dower
(Lear)
Nothing?
Nothing?
Nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
(Lear/Cordelia)
Unhappy…
Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond, no more, no less.
(Cordelia)
I loved her…
I loved her most and thought to set my rest on her kind nursery.
(Lear)
See better Lear…
See better lear; and let me still remain the true blank of thine eye
To plainless…
To plainness honour’s bound when majesty falls to folly
Out of…
Out of my sight!
Fare thee…
Fare thee well king; sith tou wilt appear, freedom lives hence and banishment is here
And your large…
And your large speeches may your deeds approve, that good may spring from words of love
- Kent speaking to Goneril and Regan
Time shall
Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides; who covers faults, at last with shame derides
Wherefore should I
Wherefore should I permit the curiosity of nations to deprive me
-Edmund
Legitimate Edgar…
Legitimate Edgar I must have your land
O villain, villian…
O villian, villian! his very opinion in the letter! Abhorred villian!
-Gloucester
Some villian…
some villian hath done me wrong
- Edgar
Let me if not by birth…
let me if not by birth, have lands by wit; all with me’s that i can fashion fit
Now gods…
now, gods, stand up for bastards
My ladys…
my ladys father
- oswald
I can…
I can… deliver a plain message bluntly
I am better than thou…
I am better than thou art now; i am a fool, thou art nothing
- fool
- nothing, voice of cordelia speaking through the fool
This villain of mine..
This villain of mine comes under the prediction there’s son against father:the kind falls from the bias of nature; there’s father against child
-Gloucester
I know in that are one…
I know in that are one, not to be over-rules. Idle old man, that still would manage authorities that he hath given away! Now by my life,old fools are babes again
-Goneril
