Test Flashcards
Give the quote where Edmund explains his plan to become powerful.
“Well, then, legitimate Edgar, I must have your land”
Give the quote which proves Edmund’s desire to beat Edgar.
“Edmund the base shall top the legitimate”
Give the quote where Edmund explains he is going to take advantage of his brother’s honesty.
“Whose foolish honesty my practices ride easy”
Give the quote where Edmund explains he will use his intelligence and cunning to gain power and not a birth rite.
“Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit”
How does Edmund describe his father?
“A credulous father”
Give the quote where Gloucester says he will make Edmund the successor to his title and land.
“Loyal and natural boy, I’ll work the means to make thee capable”
-Gloucester
Give the quote where Cornwall gives Edmund the title of Earl.
“It hath made thee Earl of Gloucester”
-Cornwall
