Quotations Flashcards
Quotation to show Lear criticising the lives of affluent people…
“Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtles breaks”
Quotation to show Lear feels he is wronged by the gods when falling down social order…
“I am even the natural fool of fortune”
Quotation for when Edgar is banished and has to fend for himself…
“And with present nakedness/the winds and persecutions of the sky”
Quotation for Edmond becoming a Machiavellian villain…
“I grow, I prosper; now gods, let’s stand up for bastards”
Quotation to show Kent is banished for his loyalty when exposing Lear’s madness…
“Be Kent unmannerly when Lear is mad”
Quotation to Cordelia’s desire for revenge on her sisters…
“Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides”
Albany discusses the effect Lear’s failures have on humanity…
“Humanity must perforce prey on itself like monsters of the deep”
Quotation for the fool acting as the chorus and telling the audience exactly what everyone was thinking…
“Thou hast made thy daughters thy mothers”
Lear is distraught and blames himself for Cordelia’s death…
“Thou art a soul in bliss and I am bound upon a wheel of fire”
Regan and General are dictators and create a lawless society…
“Say if I do, the laws are mine not thine”
A quotation that Albany says to Goneril…
“Goneril, you are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face”
