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Hadst thou been aught but gossamer, feathers, air, So many fathom down precipitating, Thou’dst shivered like an egg. But thou dost breathe, Hast heavy substance, bleed’st not, speak’st, art 65 sound. Ten masts at each make not the altitude Which thou hast perpendicularly fell. Thy life’s a miracle.
- Act 5, Scene 3
To escape the proclamation condemning me to death, I...
- Act 5, Scene 3
EDGAR. Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air. Show scarce so gross as beetles: half ...
There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office. (IV.vi.) Having lost his kingdom, Lear realizes that “King” is just a title. 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.
Edgar, armed with Goneril's letter which he thinks will come in handy, promises to bring Gloucester to someone who will be his friend. Join today and never see them again. Read Act 4, Scene 6 of Shakespeare's King Lear, side-by-side with a translation into Modern English.
King Lear Translation Act 4, Scene 1. Act 4, Scene 1. EDGAR (in disguise) enters. Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear. 5 The lamentable change is from the best; The worst returns to laughter.
Apr 21, 2016 · Act 4, scene 6. Scene ⌜ 6 ⌝. Synopsis: To cure Gloucester of despair, Edgar pretends to aid him in a suicide attempt, a fall from Dover Cliff to the beach far below. When Gloucester wakes from his faint, Edgar (now in the disguise of a peasant) tells him that the gods intervened to save his life. The two meet the mad Lear, who talks with ...
1. that same hill: i.e., that hill you promised to take me to —See Act 4, Scene 6, line 73 ff. EDGAR. 2 You do climb up it now: look, how we labour. 2. labour: sweat and pant. GLOUCESTER. 3 Methinks the ground is even. EDGAR. Horrible steep.
