Regan, Goneril and Edmund Flashcards
Goneril- ‘I love you more…
…than word can wield the matter’
Regan- ‘Hang…
…him instantly!’
Goneril- ‘Pluck out…
…his eyes’
Goneril- ‘Say if I do…
…the laws are mine not thine’
Goneril- ‘Idle…
…old man’
Goneril- ‘disquantity…
…your train’
What is demonstrated about elizabethan society ?
How fragile the fabric of elizabethan society was
What is being challenged?
societal norms, primogenature and the natural order
Thorndike- ‘inhuman…
…sisters’
Hudson- ‘personifications…
…of ingratitude’
Hoe does the sub-plot link Regan and Goneril with Edmund?
they all represent the evil that functions in violation of natural law
Edmund- ‘I shall…
…study deserving’
Edmund- ‘the younger rises…
…when the old doth fall’
Edmund- ‘thou nature…
…art my goddess’
Edmund- ‘now god…
…stand up for bastards’
Edmund- ‘the wheel…
…has come full circle’
What links edmund and the hierarchy?
the hierarchy has been overturned in edmund
Kettle- ‘he wants…
…power’
Kettle- ‘intelligent…
…active and ruthless’
what could Edmund be representitive of?
idealic macheavelian leader
edmund- ‘some good…
…i mean to do’
goneril- ‘by day and night…
…he wrongs me’
