King Lear Flashcards

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‘Tis our ____ intent to shake all cares and _______ from our age.’

A

‘Tis our fast intent to shake all cares and businesses from our age.’ - King Lear, A1S1

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‘So ____, my Lord, and ____.’

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‘So young, my Lord, and true.’ - Cordelia, A1S1

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‘I love you more than ____ can wield the matter; dearer than eyesight, space and ______.’

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‘I love you more than words can wield the matter; dearer than eyesight, space and liberty.’ - Goneril, A1S1

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‘I am made of that same ______ as my sister, only she comes too _____.’

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‘I am made of that same mettle as my sister, only she comes too short.’ - Regan, A1S1

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‘O vassal! ________!’

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‘O vassal! Miscreant!’ - King Lear to Kent, A1S1

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‘Tis the infirmity of his ___; yet he hath ever but _______ known himself.’

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‘Tis the infirmity of his age; yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself.’ - Regan, A1S1

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‘When my dimensions are as well _____, my mind as generous, and my shape as ____, as honest _____ issue? Why brand they us with ____?’

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‘When my dimensions are as well compact, my mind as generous, and my shape as true, as honest madams issue? Why brand they us with base?’ - Edmund, A1S2

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‘Poor Tom! Edgar I _____ am.’

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‘Poor Tom! Edgar I nothing am.’ - Edgar, A2S3

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‘My ____ I’ll grime with filth, blanket my loins, elf all my hair in ____ and with presented _______ outface the winds and persecutions of the ___.’

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‘My face I’ll grime with filth, blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots and with presented nakedness outface the winds and persecutions of the sky.’ - Edgar, A2S3

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‘Into her ___ convey sterility! Dry up in her organs of increase and from her derogate ____ never spring a ____ to honour her!’

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‘Into her womb convey sterility! Dry up in her organs of increase and from her derogate body never spring a babe to honour her!’ - King Lear, A1S4

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‘Here I _______ all my paternal care.’

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‘Here I disclaim all my paternal care’ - King Lear, A1S1

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’O, madam, my old _____ is cracked, it’s cracked!’

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’O, madam, my old heart is cracked, it’s cracked!’ - Gloucester, A2S1

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