Quotes Act 5 Flashcards
Lear - “come,
come, let’s away to prison; we two alone will sing like birds i’th;cage… and laugh at gilded butterflies… and take upon’s the mystery of things, as if we were god’s spies
Lear - “when thou
when thou dost ask me blessing, I’ll kneel down and ask of thee forgiveness
Edgar - “if my
if my speech offend a noble heart, thy arm may do thee justice
Edgar - “the gods
the gods are just, and of our pleasant vices, make instruments to plague us
Edmund - “the wheel
the wheel has come full circle; i am here
Edgar - “his flaw’d
his flaw’d heart, alack, too weak the conflict to support! Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief, burst smilingly
Albany - “this judgement
this judgement of the heavens, that makes us tremble, touches us not with pity
Lear - “howl
Howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones!
Albany - “all friends
all friends shall taste the wages of their virtue, and all foes the cup of their deservings
Lear - “no, no
no, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, and thou no breath at all?
Kent - “i have
I have a journey, sir, shortly to go; My master calls me, I must not say no.
Edgar - “the oldest
The oldest hath borne most: we that are young shall never see so much, nor live so long. [Exeunt, with a dead march]
Lear - to part him and Cordelia it will take
“a brand from heaven”
