Quotes Act 1

Question 1

Cordelia - “what shall…

Answer 1

(aside) what shall Cordelia speak? Love and be silent

Question 2

Cordelia - “the jewels…

Answer 2

the jewels of our father, with wash’d eyes, Cordelia leaves you

Question 3

Edmund - “Edmund the…

Answer 3

Edmund the base/ Shall top th’ legitimate

Question 4

Lear - “which of…

Answer 4

which of you shall we say doth love us most?

Question 5

Goneril - “dearer than…

Answer 5

dearer than eyesight, space and liberty

Question 6

Cordelia - “nothing…

Answer 6

“nothing…. i love your majesty according to my bond, no more, no less”

Question 7

Lear - “come not…

Answer 7

come not between the dragon and his wrath. I lov’d her most, and thought to set my rest on her kind nursery

Question 8

Kent - “Lear, whom…

Answer 8

Lear, whom I have ever honour’d as my king, Lov’d as my father, as my master followed

Question 9

Kent - “see…

Answer 9

see better, Lear

Question 10

Lear - “better thou

Answer 10

better thou hadst not been born than not t’have pleased me better

Question 11

Regan - “tis the…

Answer 11

tis the infirmity of his age; yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself

Question 12

Goneril - “we must…

Answer 12

we must do something, and i’th’heat

Question 13

Edmund - “why brand…

Answer 13

why brand they us? with base? with baseness? bastardy? base, base?

Question 13

Edmund - “legitimate …

Answer 13

Legitimate Edgar, i must have your land… fine word, ‘legitimate’

Question 14

Edmund - “let me…

Answer 14

let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit: all with me’s meet that i can fashion fit”

Question 15

Goneril - “did my

Answer 15

did my father strike my gentleman for the chiding of his fool?

Question 16

Fool - “this fellow

Answer 16

this fellow has banish’d two on’s daughters, and did the third a blessing against his will: if thou follow him thou must needs wear a coxcomb

Question 17

Lear - “into her

Answer 17

into her womb convey sterility! dry up in her the organs of increase

Question 18

Lear - “How sharper …

Answer 18

how sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child!”

Question 19

Lear - “I am

Answer 19

I am asham’d that thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, that these hot tears, which break from me perforce

Question 20

Lear - “old fond…

Answer 20

old fond eyes, beweep this cause again, ill pluck ye out”

Question 21

Lear - “i have

Answer 21

i have another daughter (regan), who, i am sure, is kind and comfortable

Question 22

Kent - “i will not

Answer 22

i will not sleep, my lord, till i have delivered your letter

Question 23

Fool - “i can tell

Answer 23

i can tell why a snail has a house …to put’s head in; not give it away to his daughters, and leave his horns without a case”

Question 24

Edmund - Now

Answer 24

Now Gods, stand up for bastards!