King Lear (OCR A Level English Literature): Flashcards
Exam code: H472
1/100Still learning
Know0
Fill in the gap: "Come not between the ＿＿＿＿＿ and his wrath"
Lear, Act 1 Scene 1
Was this flashcard helpful?
Cards in this collection (10)
Fill in the gap: "Come not between the ＿＿＿＿＿ and his wrath"
Lear, Act 1 Scene 1
Answer: "Come not between the dragon and his wrath"
Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ and natural boy"
Gloucester, Act 2 Scene 1
Answer: "Loyal and natural boy"
Fill in the gap: "I ＿＿＿＿＿ when I saw"
Gloucester, Act 4 Scene 1
Answer: "I stumbled when I saw"
Fill in the gap: "The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices / Make instruments to ＿＿＿＿＿ us"
Edgar, Act 5 Scene 3
Answer: "The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices / Make instruments to plague us"
Key quote: "Ay, every inch a king"
Lear, Act 4 Scene 6
Analysis
Lear insists on his royal authority at the moment he has least of it. The confident phrase rings hollow because he says it while mad and homeless.
Key quote: "A dog's obey'd in office"
Lear, Act 4 Scene 6
Analysis
Lear realises that people obey the office rather than the person holding it. Comparing a ruler to a dog strips power of any dignity.
Key quote: "Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furr'd gowns hide all"
Lear, Act 4 Scene 6
Analysis
Rich clothing hides the crimes that poverty puts on show. The contrast exposes how appearance protects the powerful from punishment.
Key quote: "I love your Majesty / According to my bond; no more nor less"
Cordelia, Act 1 Scene 1
Analysis
Cordelia measures her love exactly and refuses to exaggerate it. She is punished for that honesty, which shows Lear valuing performance over real loyalty.
Key quote: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child."
Lear, Act 1 Scene 4
Analysis
The simile turns his daughter's ingratitude into a physical wound. Lear experiences betrayal as pain rather than disappointment.
Key quote: "Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, / And thou no breath at all?"
Lear, Act 5 Scene 3
Analysis
The list of ordinary animals measures how unfair Cordelia's death is. Lear's question gets no answer, which suggests there is no justice behind his suffering.
Sign up to unlock flashcards
or