King Lear Act 4 Flashcards

(16 cards)

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Gloucester talking to the Old Man

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’’ I have no way and therefore want no eyes: I stumbled when i saw’’

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Gloucester talking to old man- ‘flies…’

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’’ As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport

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Albany talking to Goneril

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’’ O Goneril, you are not worth the dust that the rude wind/ Blows in your face’’

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4
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Goneril insulting Albany

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'’milk-livered man’’

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5
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Goneril talking to Albany

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’’ a moral fool’’

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Gentlemen talking about Cordelia crying about her father

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’’ She shook the holy water from her heavenly eyes’’

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Cordelia describing what Lear has on his head

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’’ Crowned with rank fumiter and forrow weeds

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Cordelia talking about Lear- jesus allusion

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’’ Oh dear father. It is thy business i go about’’

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Cordelia talking about how she is invading England

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’’ No blown ambition doth our arms incite. But love, dear love, and our aged father’s right.

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Edgar talking to Gloucester about his fall

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’’ Thy life’s a miracle… the God’s have preserved thee

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Gloucester talking to Edgar after his ‘miraculous survival’

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Henceforth i,ll bear affliction

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Lear talking about Goneril and Regan

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’’ They flattered me like a dog and told me I had white hears in my beard

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13
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Lear talking about G&R deceiving him into thinking he was perfect

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’’ They told me i was everything; tis a lie i am not ague-proof

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Oswald talking about Gloucester before he tries to kill him

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’’ A proclaimed prize! That eyeless head of thine was first framed fleshto raise my fortunes

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Cordelia talking about Lear when in dover

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’’ O my dear father! Let this kiss repair those violent harms that my two sisters have made

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16
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Lear talking to Cordelia

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’’ I think this lady to be my child Cordelia’’