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Albany to wife Shut your mouth dame, or with this paper shall I stop it Albany to Edmund I hold you but a subject of this war, not as a brother Albany to Edmund Edmund I arrest thee on capital…

I cannot conceive you Kent, pun on words Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter Goneril, proffessing her hypocritical love to Lear Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: who covers faults, at last shame them…

King Lear The aging king of Britain and tragic hero of the play. Lear, who is used to complete obedience from everyone around him, makes two related major errors: giving up of political responsibility by transferring power to his daughters;…

Go seek the traitor Gloucester; Pinion him like a thief; bring him before us Go find Gloucester, tie him like a thief and bring him here Because I would not see thy cruel nails pluck out his poor old eyes;…

But never man so changed Oswald comments on the change in Albany. Tigers, not daughters, what have you performed? Albany confronts Goneril on the mistreatment of Lear.

An analogy can be made between Lear battling the storm and what? His daughters Where has the French army landed? Dover What causes the unnatural severity of the storm? The break in the natural order How will the gentleman, who…

Who was the first person to die? First Servant Who was the second person to die? Cornwall Who said this quote and who are they speaking to, “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth: I…

Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? They stir up old woes again that occurred in the past and fight. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the serants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio does not want…

What causes the fatal sword fight between Mercutio and Tybalt in scene 1? Tybalt makes Mercutio mad How is Mercutio killed? Tybalt stabs him Why does Romeo kill Tybalt? Tybalt killed Mercutio What does Juliet threaten in scene 2 after…

“she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” Romeo’s reaction to when he first see’s Juliet at the feast, he relates Juliet to that of light and brightness compared to the dark surroundings to almost enhance her angelic features and…