| “Nothing will come of nothing: speak again” | Lear does not accept Cordelia’s answer in the ‘love test’ and demands her to answer again. |
| “O let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!” | Lear compares his madness to the torments of hell and struggles frantically to retain his wits. |
| “Let it be so, thy truth then be thy dower” | Lear banishes Cordelia from the kingdom and leaves her with nothing. |
| “Well then legitimate Edgar, I must have your land” | In his soliloquy, Edmund is determined to get all of his brother’s possessions. |
| “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” | Lear is out on the Heath and is asking the weather to destroy the earth. |
| “I’ll see their trial first” | Lear is mad in the hovel and pretends his daughters are on trial. |
| “His wits are gone” | As Lear is asleep, Kent confesses to Gloucester that Lear had turned mad. |
| “This feather stirs; she lives” | Lear is devastated when Cordelia is dead that he becomes so desperate and makes himself believe she is still alive. |
King Lear (Madness)
July 2, 2019