33. Question, discussion. 35. Write happy, write yourself down as lucky. 36. Carry it so manage it in the way. It was to appear as if Cordelia had put an end to herself. 40. Strain, breeding or descent. 45. Equally = equitably. 49. The common bosom the feelings of the common people. 50. Impress'd lances = our service. Our... the men we have pressed into which. The antecedent to which must be taken out of our (= of us). 62. We list. The proper English would be us lists. List in olde English is always an impersonal verb. 66. Immediacy. In the literal sense of the word—without any mediate or third person between me and him. He represented our place and person in the closest possible manner. He is therefore your peer. 69. Your addition the title you confer upon him. anger. 80. Let-alone with limitless pride and power of hindering. 84. On on the charge of. 90. An interlude, a play within a play-a plot within a plot. 98. What whate'er. 104. Single virtue individual valor. 122. Bare-gnawn, as trees are by goats. 131. My profession as a knight. 132. Maugre, a form of malgré, in spite of. 133. Fire-new-brand-new, fresh from the mint. 137. Upward, an adverb used as a noun. 144. Say tone and accent. 145. Nicely with due regard to knightly etiquette. 152. Practice, a plot. 156. This paper. The paper in which Goneril offered to make away with Albany, that she might marry Edmund. 175. The wheel of events. Shakespeare believed in the absolute justice of Providence. 197. Flaw'd broken. = ACT FIFTH. SCENE 1. 4. His constant pleasure, his fixed and settled purpose. 6. Doubted = feared. 7. Intend to confer upon. II. Bosom'd, taken into her confidence. 18. Be-met met. 23. As inasmuch as France invades the country, not because she bolds (= supports) the king. as 26. Reason'd talked of. 28. Particular private. 30. The ancient of war. Some commentators give this the most experienced warriors; others as = 'the adjutant-general.' The line will not scan; and the reading is probably corrupt. 43. So by the loss of the battle. 50. Guess estimate. 53. Will greet the time, be ready for the occasion. 59. Carry out my side = win my game. 60. Use his countenance, make use of his presence and aid. 67. Stands on me makes it incumbent on me. SCENE 2. II. Ripeness is all. The thought here is the same as that in the most pathetic passage in Hamlet, V. ii. 232: If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all.' SCENE 3. 2. Their greater pleasures greater persons. 3. Censure = pass judgment upon. 15. Out of office-or of favor. 23. Like foxes. Foxes were sometimes burned out of their holes. 27. This note, this written order for the death of Lear and Cordelia. 33. Question, discussion. 35. Write happy, write yourself down as lucky. 36. Carry it so manage it in the way. It was to appear as if Cordelia had put an end to herself. 40. Strain, breeding or descent. 45. Equally equitably. 49. The common bosom people. = the feelings of the common 50. Impress'd lances the men we have pressed into our service. Our... which. The antecedent to which must be taken out of our (= of us). 62. We list. The proper English would be us lists. List in olde English is always an impersonal verb. 66. Immediacy. In the literal sense of the word-without any mediate or third person between me and him. He represented our place and person in the closest possible manner. He is therefore your peer. 69. Your addition the title you confer upon him. anger. 80. Let-alone = with limitless pride and power of hindering. 84. On on the charge of. 90. An interlude, a play within a play-a plot within a plot. 98. What whate'er. 104. Single virtue - individual valor. 122. Bare-gnawn, as trees are by goats. 131. My profession as a knight. 132. Maugre, a form of malgré, in spite of. 133. Fire-new-brand-new, fresh from the mint. 137. Upward, an adverb used as a noun. 144. Say tone and accent. 145. Nicely with due regard to knightly etiquette. 152. Practice, a plot. 156. This paper. The paper in which Goneril offered to make away with Albany, that she might marry Edmund. 175. The wheel of events. Shakespeare believed in the absolute justice of Providence. 197. Flaw'd= broken. 205. A period, a termination of the story. 206. Another = one more horrible circumstance or event. 209. Big in clamor, loud in exclamation of sorrow. 215. And him himself. 236. Aye good-night = an eternal good night. 246. Be brief be quick about it. 250. Token, sign to guarantee the message. (Token is the noun from teach. The guttural, which is a gh in taught, becomes a k in token.) 256. Fordid destroyed. The for here has the negative power it possesses in forget, forgo (forego), etc. 264. Promis'd end of the world. 265. Or image = or likeness, or imitation. -Fall and cease. The fall or end and cessation of everything that relates to Lear and his family. Cease is a noun. 283. This is forms one syllable. 290. Nor no man else. No stranger would be welcome to such a collection of horrible sights. 293. Desperately, in or through despair. 298. Decay: ruin. 301. Resign... you, a case of zeugma, the word resign. being taken in two senses. 302. Boot, something given to make amends. 306. My poor fool, Cordelia. The word fool is frequently used by Shakespeare as a term of endearment and pity. 310. Pray you undo this button. Lear is almost bursting with the passion of grief. Leigh Hunt thinks this the most pathetic line in all literature. 323. My master calls me. Cf. the resolution expressed by Horatio in the last scene of Hamlet. EXAMINATION PAPERS. [See Plan for Perfect Possession, p. viii.] A. 1. Write a short account of the events in the First Act. 2. What is the function of Kent in the play? 3. State by whom, of whom, and on what occasions the following lines were uttered : (a) Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. (6) Kill thy physician, and thy fee bestow Upon the foul disease. (c) These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us. (a) Put on what weary negligence you please. (e) I am asham'd That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. 4. Explain and annotate the following words and phrases: Speech unable; set my rest; our potency made good; monsters it; still (the adverb); grossly; respects of fortune; done upon the gad; needless diffidences; the worships of their name; each buzz; attasked. 5. Give some examples, from the First Act, of nouns with ed used as adjectives. |