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King Lear important quotes
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- 1"Hence, and avoid my sight"- Lear to Kent
- Act 1 scene 1
- Theme: Anger, Blindness, Pride
- getting rid of all the people who give him insight = to Kent - 2"Division of the kingdom"- Gloucester to Kent
- Talking about the state of the country
- gossiping - 3"great rivals"- KL
- Talking about Prince of France and Burgundy and their want of Cordelia's hand in marriage
- Theme: division - 4"Which of you shall say doth love us most?"- Lear's first speech
- Making him self feel good with lies
- Theme: vanity, Blindness, Ego, Hubris - 5" Sir, I love you more than...."- Goneril
- Vocative
- not rich emotionally only financially - 6" I profess Myself an enemy"- Regan
- when lying about her love for her father
- Ironic as she is - 7" Nothing " & " I love your majesty according to my bond; no more nor less"- Cordelia to her KL
- the truth unlike her sisters
- natural and how it should be - 8" Come not between the dragon and his wrath"- KL to Kent
- Angry & ruthless, destructive
- Comparing him self to a Dragon - 9"I loved her most"- KL angry at C for not lying and for filling his ego
- admitting he loved her more than his other two daughters
- He can see sence? - 10" Hence, and avoid my sight! "- KL to C
- First obvious reference to sight
- KL removing people who give him insight - 11" Thy safety being motive "- Kt is Altruistic like C
- only wants to protect KL and is not a sycophant like GNRL and RGN - 12AltruisticCordelia and Kent are altruistic as they don't have an evil motif or a need to lie, they are honest, kind, genuinely good people
- 13SycophantGoneril and Regan are sycophants, they lie to their father to get what they want and manipulate the truth.
- 14" Out of my sight "- KL telling Kt to leave as he refuses to see insight
- KL removes all the insight from his life
- THEME: BLINDNESS - 15" See better, Lear, and let me still remain the true blank of thine eye."- Kt to KL
- ALTRUISTIC
- KT is Lear's only insight left - 16" I tell you all her wealth "- She was his most valuable
- He is only thinking in financial terms not emotional - 17" Better thou hadst not born than not t'have pleased me better"- KL in his anger
- Her only reason to being born is to please him - 18" She herself is a dowry "- contrast to KL " I tell u all her wealth"
- France loves her for who she is not what comes with her
- He is a good guy unlike Burgundy - 19" Nor shall ever see that face of hers again"- THEME: BLINDNESS
- KL is pushing all insights and goodness he has in his life away in his anger
- Lear has banished ~Cordelia - 20" With Washed eyes "- C is crying but also has clear insight unlike her father
- 21" Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides;"- C to her sisters
- Christianity view =
Goodness is rewarded
badness is punished - 22" 'Tis the infirmity of his age"- RGN to GNRL talking about their father
- possibly true but manipulating this to their own advantage - 23"Let us hit together"- GNRL to RGN
- Premeditated
- shows they were lying earlier and that they are evil
- conspiring = self serving - 24"Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land"- Ed
- looses our sympathy already
- evil = self serving
- greed - 25"Let's see, Let's see."- GLSTR to Ed
- He is not being or shown the truth
- No insight
- LINK to Lear
- Unnatural behaviour - 26" He cannot be such a monster"- GLST when talking about EG
- ED is the real monster - 27Eyeless rageStart of the prologue describing Lear
- 28"A man more sinned against than sinning"Lear's agnorisis and his realisation of the his arrogant ways.
- 29"A credulous father, and a brother noble, who's nature is so far from doing harms That he suspects none;"-Ed dose not admire his brother or his fathers goodness/ he mocks it
-And will use it against them
- Pre meditating = evil - 30"Whose foolish honesty"- Ed laughs and mocks the goodness of his brother and his father
- 31"By day and night, he wrongs me; every hour..."- Goneril overreacting
- her father had just given her half the country and this is how she reacts.
- evil and selfish - 32"Put on what weary negligence you please...I'd have it come to question:"- Goneril wants Lear to question her
- premeditated
- evil
- like Edmund
- CONFLICT - 33"My lady's father."- Oswald to Lear
- shift in status and respect - 34"I thank thee, fellow, thou serv'st me, and I'll love thee."- Lear to Kent (disguised and Lear banished him)
- Lear rewards good and can see when someone is being altruistic - 35"No, Lad; teach me."-Lear is willing to learn
- gaining insight? - 36"Are you our daughter?"- Goneril is acting unnatural and Lear is realising that she is being rude and disrespectful
- 37Lear: "who is it that can tell me who i am?" Fool: "Lear's shadow."- The fool see perfectly and is honest to Lear
- KL cannot and doesn't realises he gave all his powers and respect away - 38" My Lord, I am guiltless, as I am ignorant of what hath moved you."- Albany has no idea what is happening
- He is good unlike his wife and sited in law - 39"Nature hear...Suspend thy purpose...into her womb this convey sterility!" & "Create her child of spell, that it may live and be a thwart disnatured torment to her!"- Lears rashness and chaining of mind backs up the fact he may be losing his mind
- he is trying to control nature which is arrogant
- lost our sympathy and he is being crule like G, R and ED - 40" I did her wrong"- Lear realising that C is good and he has lost her due to arrogance and hubrisness
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