| Cordelia being honest to her father | ‘Good my lord,You begot me, You bred me, You loved me,Sure i shall never marry like my sisters,To love my father all’ |
| Kent trying to reason with Lear | ‘Upon thy foul disease, Revoke thy gift.Or whilst I can vent clamour from my throat,I’ll tell thou does evil’ |
| Lear after being thrown into the storm | ‘No I will weep no more. In such a night.To shut me out! Pour on I will endure’ |
| Lears insight and wisedom while out in the storm | ‘Robes and furred gowns hide all, Plate sin with gold’ |
| Edgar’s response to Lear surprising outburst of good sense | ‘O matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness’ |
King Lear: Insanity and Madness Quotes
July 19, 2019