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KING LEAR QUOTES - ACT 2
Cards in this deck (25)
- 1Kingship / Politics / Power "O ...... not the ....!" - Lear"O reason not the need!" - Lear
('Why do I need a reason for my knights?') - 2Power / Natural Order "Man's life is ..... as .....'s" - Lear"Man's life is cheap as beast's" - Lear
('If you allow people no more than what they absolutely need to survive, then a human life is no better than an animal’s') - 3Power / Attitudes to women / Kingship "Touch me with ..... anger. And let not women’s ......., water drops, S.... my man’s cheeks!" - Lear"Touch me with noble anger. And let not women's weapons, water drops, / Stain my man's cheeks!" - Lear
- 4Madness / Family "o ...., I shall go ..." - Lear"O fool, I shall go mad" - Lear
- 5Kingship / Family "'Tis his own .....; hath put him from .... . / And must needs ..... his folly" - Goneril"'Tis his own blame; hath put him from rest. / And must needs taste his folly" - Goneril
('He has to pay the price for his foolish actions') - 6Family / Corruption / Disease "So you will .... on me / when the .... mood is on" - Regan"So will you wish on me / When the rash mood is on" - Regan
('That’s how you’ll talk about me when you’re in this mood.') - 7Family / Duty / Loyalty / Natural Order "Thou better know'st / The ...... of nature, bond of ......... / Effects of ........, .... of gratitude" - Lear (to Regan)"Thou better know'st / The offices of nature, bond of childhood / Effects of courtesy, dues of gratitude" - Lear (to Regan)
('You know better than [Goneril] does how important the duties of a child to a parent are, and the responsibilities that come from gratitude. - 8Family / Corruption / Disease "I .... you father, Being ...., seem so" - Regan"I pray you father, Being weak, seem so" - Regan
('Please, father, since you’re weak, act like it. Get rid of half your knights and go back to spend the rest of your month with my sister.' - 9Family / Corruption / Disease "Thou art a ...., / a plague-sore or embossed c......./ In my corrupted blood" - Lear (to Goneril)"Thou art a boil, / A plague-sore or embossed carbuncle / In my corrupted blood" - Lear (to Goneril)
- 10Madness / Corruption / Disease / Nature "We are not .......... / When ......, being oppressed, commands the .... / To suffer with the ...." - Lear"We are not ourselves / When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind / To suffer with the body" - Lear
('When our bodies are out of order, our minds can’t function properly') - 11Family / Truth & Deceit "Beloved ....., / thy sister's ......" - Lear"Beloved Regan, thy sister's naught" - Lear
- 12Nature / Natural Order "Nature in you stands on the very ..... / of his ......." -"Nature in you stands on the very verge / of his confine" - Regan
('Your life is stressed to its limits') - 13Family / Kingship / Natural order "these are ......... tricks" - Regan"These are unsightly tricks" - Regan
- 14Family / Truth & Deceit "Most ......-like" - Lear (about Goneril)"Most serpent-like" - Lear (about Goneril)
- 15Kingship / Politics / Justice "I ..... the ...." - Kent"I serve the King" - Kent
- 16Natural order / Justice "Fortune, ......... / Smile once more, turn thy ....." - Kent"Fortune, Goodnight / Smile once more, turn thy wheel" - Kent
('Good night, Lady Luck. Smile and spin your wheel of fortune again') - 17Nothing / Truth /"Edgar I nothing am" - Edgar
('As Edgar, I am nothing') - 18Madness / Attitudes to women / Disease "O how this ...... swells up toward my .....!" - Lear"O how this mother swells up toward my .....!" - Lear
('I'm getting hysterical')
ANAGNORISIS - 19Family / Loyalty / Duty "The fool will ...." - Fool"The fool will stay" - Fool
('I will remain loyal to you') - 20Politics / Justice "You know the ..... quality of the duke" - Gloucester"You know the fiery quality of the duke" - Gloucester
(Duke = Cornwall) - 21Truth & Deceit / Corruption / Family "This ...... itself perforce into my business" - Edmund"This weaves itself perforce into my business" - Edmund
('[Cornwall's arrival] fits perfectly into my plan') - 22Family / Loyalty / Natural order / Truth and Deceit "Loyal and ....... boy / I'll work the means / to make thee ......." - Gloucester (to Edmund)"Loyal and natural boy / I'll work the means / to make thee capable" - Gloucester
('My loyal and true son, I'll find a way to make you my heir') - 23Family / Truth & Deceit / Loyalty "My old ..... is cracked, it's cracked" - Gloucester"My old heart is cracked, it's cracked" - Gloucester
- 24Politics / Power / Duty / Truth and Deceit "You shall be ...." - Cornwall (to Edmund)"You shall be ours" - Cornwall (to Edmund)
('You will work for us') - 25Power / Politics / Natural Order "Such ........ rogues as these / Like ...., oft bite the holy ...... a-twain / which are to ........ t'unloose" - Kent"Such smiling rogues as these / Like rats, oft bite the holy chords a-twain / Which are too intrinse t'unloose" - Kent
('Smiling swindlers such as he undo the sacred bonds that unite people together')
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- A-Level English Literature (DRAMA) Flashcards on KING LEAR QUOTES - ACT 2, created by Bethany Fieldhouse on 09/05/2016.
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