I have no way and therefore want no eyes ; I stumbled when I saw. | Gloucester contemplates suicide as he begins to realise the wrongs he has done. |
As flies wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport. | A depressed Gloucester uses this image to describe his own despair and heartbreak. |
‘Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind. | Gloucester finds that the mad leading the blind is much like the world around him. |
King Lear – Act 4 Scene 1 Quotes
July 27, 2019