Regan Flashcards
How does Regan pretend to be like Goneril in Act 1, Scene 1?
I am made of that same metal as my sister.
How does Regan insist on punishing Kent in Act 2, Scene 2?
Till noon? Till night, my lord, and all night too.
What does Regan say when Lear protests the reduction of his knights?
What need one?
What does Regan command when Lear is left outside?
Shut up your doors / He is attended with a desperate train.
How does Regan dismiss Lear’s complaint, ‘I gave you all’?
And in good time you gave it.
How does Shakespeare use stage directions to show Regan’s cruelty?
She plucks Gloucester’s beard.
What does Regan say to encourage Gloucester’s second eye to be gouged out?
One side will mock another—th’ other!
What does Regan cruelly reveal to Gloucester?
Thou call’st on [Edmund] that hates thee.
What order does Regan give after Gloucester is blinded?
Go thrust him out at gates, and let him smell his way to Dover.
What regret does Regan express about Gloucester?
It was great ignorance, Gloucester’s eyes being out, / To let him live.
How does Regan react to Cornwall’s death?
She immediately sets her sights on Edmund, showing no grief for her husband.
How does Regan’s jealousy lead to her downfall?
She becomes irrational and fights with Goneril over Edmund.
