Lear: Love Flashcards
Gloucester 1:1 “But I … account”
“But I have a son, by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account”
King Lear 1:1 “Our … Albany”
“our no less loving son of Albany”
King Lear 1:1 “Which … most?”
“Which of you shall we say doth love us most?”
Goneril 1:1 “Sir, I … matter” “Beyond … you.”
“Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter” “Beyond all manner of so much I love you.”
What does Goneril say she loves Lear more than?
“eye-sight, space and liberty”
Cordelia 1:1 [aside] “What … silent”
“What shall Cordelia speak? Love and be silent.”
Reagan 1:1 “I find … short” “I … love.”
” I find she names my very deed of love; Only she comes too short.” “I am alone felicitate In your dear highness’ love”
Cordelia 1:1 “I am … tongue.”
“I am sure my love’s more ponderous than my tongue.”
Cordelia 1:1 “I love … nor less”
“I love your Majesty
According to my bond; no more nor less
What does Cordelia say the duties of love are?
“Obey you, love you, and most honour you.”
Edmund 1:2 “Our … th’legitimate”
“Our father’s love is to the bastard Edmund As to th’ legitimate.”
Gloucester 1:2 “Love cools … and father.”
“Love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide: in cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond cracked ‘twixt son and father.”
Lear 1:4 [Cordelia] “drew from … the gall”
“drew from my heart all love,
And added to the gall.”
Lear 2:4 “I’ll go … her love”
“I’ll go with thee:
Thy fifty yet doth double five-and-twenty,
And thou art twice her love.”
Cordelia 4:4 “No blown … see him”
“No blown ambition doth our arms incite,
But love, dear love, and our ag’d father’s right:
Soon may I hear and see him!”
