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1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › learKing Lear: King Lear Quotes - SparkNotes

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   The word is worthless without the power to back it up. By the same token, anyone can be a king if they’re powerful. Even a dog will be obeyed by people who fear its strength. King Lear suggests that the distribution of wealth and power in society is random, unfair and meaningless.

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   In this passage he concludes that authority is just a sham. Even a dog can take up an office of power and is obeyed by people because they fear being bitten. He is now revolted by the very thing that he has been, King of Britain, and sees himself as no different to a farmer’s dog barking at a beggar.

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   There you can see the great image of authority: even a dog is obeyed when it's in power. You rascally officer, restrain your bloody hands! Why are you whipping that whore?

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   Even a dog can take up an office of power and is obeyed by people because they fear being bitten. He is now revolted by the very thing that he has been, King of Britain, and sees himself as no different to a farmer’s dog barking at a beggar.

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   I'm still better off like this—as a beggar who is openly hated—than when I was a nobleman who was flattered to my face and hated in secret. Even the worst, lowliest, and most dejected creatures still have a little hope for better things, and live without fear of getting worse.

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   Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? GLOUCESTER Ay, sir. KING LEAR And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed in office.

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   Who is a beggar?

   • Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.

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   Is compassion more than throwing a coin to a beggar?

   • True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society. When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog.

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   What did the second beggar woman say?

   • I did exactly what they told me, and the second beggar-woman was a fairy in disguise, but instead of saying that whenever I spoke, diamonds and roses would drop from my mouth, she said that since I was so kind, I would never have any problems with my teeth.” “Really?

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   Is it begging God for this?

   • It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls. Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

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   Is Madman a beggar?

   • Madman and beggar too. He's both a madman and a beggar. He has some reason, else he could not beg. I' th' last night’s storm I such a fellow saw, 40 Which made me think a man a worm. My son Came then into my mind, and yet my mind Was then scarce friends with him.

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   When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger. Giovannino Guareschi