Quotes Act 4 Flashcards
Gloucester - “as flies
as flies to wanton boys, are we to th’gods; they kill us for their sport
Albany - “tigers,
tigers, not daughters, what have you perform’d? A father, and a gracious aged man, whose reverence even the head-lugg’d bear would lick- most barbarous, most degenerate! - have you madded.
Albany - “it will come
it will come/ humanity must perforce prey on itself, like monsters of the deep
Albany - “see thyself
see thyself, devil! proper deformity shows not in the fiend so horrid as in women!
Albany - “this shows
this shows you are above, you justicers, that these our nether crimes so speedily can venge!
Gentlemen - “there she
there she shook the holy water from her heavenly eyes
Kent - “these things
these things sting his mind so venomously that burning shame detains him from cordelia
Cordelia - “all bless’d
all bless’d secrets, all you unpublish’d virtues of the earth, spring with my tears! be aidant and remediate in the good man’s distress!
Cordelia - “no blown
no blown ambition doth our arms incite, but love, dear love, and our ag’d father’s right.
Gloucester - “if Edgar
if edgar lives, o bless him!
Edgar - “think that
think that the clearest gods, who make them honours of men’s impossibilities, have preserved thee
Lear (in wild flower crown) - “nature’s
nature’s above art in that respect
Lear - “let
let copulation thrive, for Gloucester’s bastard son was kinder to his father than my daughters
Lear - on women
down from the waist they are all centaurs…beneath is all the fiend’s: there’s hell, there’s darkness, there is the sulphurous pit
Lear - “a man
a man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief
Lear - “plate
plate sin with gold and the strung lance of justice hurtless breaks ; arm it in rags, a pigmy’s straw does pierce it
Lear - “get thee
Get thee glass eyes; and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not
Cordelia - “O thou
O thou good Kent! how shall I live and work to match thy goodness?
Kent - “to be
to be acknowledg’d, madam, is o’erpaid
Cordelia - “restoration
restoration hang thy medicine on my lips, and let this kiss repair those violent harms
Cordelia - “mine enemy’s
mine enemy’s dog, though he had bit me, should have stood that night against my fire
Lear - “i am bound
I am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald like molten lead
Lear - “i am a
i am a very foolish fond old man….. do not abuse me
