Love, and be silent.
recurrence in Shakespeare
Love, and be silent.
recurrence in Shakespeare
A love that makes breath poor and speech unable
love so passionate that words cannot describe
Beyond what can be valu’d
beyond material goods
rich or rare
alliteration
merit
Lear regards the daughter who loves him most as the one of most merit
That we our largest bounty may extend
daughter that loves him most will receive the largest piece of land
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
in exchange for their love and words of gratitude, he will divide the kingdom
The princes, France and Burgundy, Great rivals in our youngest daughter’s love
major theme: ability for characters to see the truth around them, King Lear is blind to this
Conferring them on younger strengths
transferring the power to younger rulers
Know that we have divided In three our kingdom
comes as a surprise that the kingdom will be divided between 3 => because Cordelia is currently unmarried
darker purpose
secret talks
out nine years
spent 9 years in military service and will be continuing that pursuit
I shall study deserving
become worthy of your respect
whoreson
bastard (Edmund)
there was good sport at his making
pleasurable sex
But I have a son, sir, by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account:
evident that Edmund's mother was a prostitute
by order of law
legally wed to his mother
proper
Edmund has turned out just fine!
fault
can you agree that she has sinned?
conceive
pun, also signifies how Kent does not understand what Gloucester is saying
I have so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to it.
no longer embarrassed
for equalities are so weighed that curiosity in neither can make choice of either’s moiety.
his divisions are equal to an extent where people cannot tell who is more favoured