Quotes Act 2 Flashcards
Gloucester - “loyal…
loyal and natural boy, ill work the means to make thee capable”
Kent - “i have
i have seen better faces in my time than stands on any shoulder that i see before me at this instant
Regan - “till noon
till noon! till night, my lord; and all night too
Kent - “some time
some time i shall sleep out, and the rest ill whistle - (while in stocks)
Kent - “fortune
Fortune, good night; smile once more; turn thy wheel!
Edgar - “i will
i will preserve myself; and am bethought to take the basest and most poorest shape
Edgar - “edgar
Edgar i nothing am
Kent/Lear - “your son
Your son and daughter
no
yes
no i say
i say yea
no, no they would not
yes, yes they have
by jupiter i swear no
by juno, i swear, ay
Lear - “O how
O how this mother swells up toward my heart! Hysterica passio!
Lear - “beloved Regan
beloved Regan, thy sister’s naught: O regan, she hath tied sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture, here”
Lear - “i gave
i gave you all (to regan)
Regan - “what…
“what need one?”
Lear - “no, you
No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both that all the world shall- i will do such things, what they are, yet i know not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth
Lear - “allow not
allow not nature more than nature’s needs. Mans life is cheap as a beast’s
Lear - “i have full
i have full cause for weeping, but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, or ere i’ll weep
