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KENT Is not this your son, my lord?GLOUCESTERHis breeding, sir, hath been at my charge. I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I am brazed to it.KENTI cannot conceive you.GLOUCESTERSir, this young fellow’s mother could, whereupon she…

“Here I disclaim all my paternal care, / Propinquity, and property of blood, / And as a stranger to my heart and me / Hold thee from this forever” LEAR – Act 1, Scene 1, banishment of Cordelia “If on…

“When thou dost ask me blessing I’ll kneel down and ask of thee forgiveness” 5.3.10; Lear’s recognition of the error of his ways is vital to the reconciliation, because he has finally understood the depth and sincerity of Cordelia’s love…

Kathleen McCluskie ‘the feminine must either be made to submit or destroyed’Believes the play presents women as the ‘source of primal sin of lust’ Georges Brandes Saw Cordelia as the ‘living emblem of womanly dignity’ Coleridge Believes Shakespeare allows us…

1. Who is Gloucester’s illegitimate son? Edmund In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom Cordelia When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands? Divide…

4/7: I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. Compassion & Reconciliation: Simile: King Lear (to Cordelia) 5/3: Thou’st spoken right. ‘Tis true. The wheel is come full circle. I am…

What request does Lear make before turning over his divided kingdom to his three daughters? What does he expect them to do? Lear requests that his three daughters profess their love for him, in order for him to decide who…

“Help! Ho murder! Help!” Edmund “I pray you father being weak told you so. I pray you being weak saying so.” Regan “Bringing the murderous.” Gloucester “I gave you all.” Lear (to Regan/Goneril) “Oh reason, not the greed” Lear “You…

Kent “I serve the King””Revoke thy doom”Mad in that he wants to retain the autocratic system Lear “Unburthened crawl towards death” Links to The Seven Ages of Man Lear “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” Mad…

brave and noble gallant noisy fight fray to officially order someone to leave a country or region as a punishment banishment an even that causes serious damage, or causes a lot of people to suffer calamity to praise someone or…