 Lear And my poor fool is hang'd. No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never.  The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved Text of ... - Page 158by William Shakespeare - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Lorna Flint - 2000 - 222 pages
...at the opening, Albany resigns his "absolute power" — but justly: he will restore it to Lear, and All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. (History, sc.24.297-99; Tragedy, 5.3.278-80) But Lear's death paradoxically sets the wheel spinning... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 36 pages
...If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. Act v Sc iii Cordelia's death No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, Pray you, undo this button: thank you, sir. Do you... | |
 | Frederick Buechner - 2009 - 178 pages
...I will tarry; the fool will stay," which the Fool himself stayed and sang to him in the rain. Then, "No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!" By saying "never" five times as he said "no"... | |
 | Lloyd Cameron - 2001 - 114 pages
...disguise. Albany attempts to restore a sense of order to a situation that is desperately in need of it: All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. (lines 276-278) But he breaks off when Lear speaks over the body of Cordelia. Lear asks the unanswerable... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 260 pages
...the robbery, (pp. 138-9) At the conclusion of the tragedy the tormented Lear speaks his moving lines: And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should...horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never. Pray you undo this button. Thank you, sir.... | |
 | Janet Hill - 2002 - 266 pages
...with Lear until Albion cries out, as he realizes the old man is dying. Lear speaks his final words: And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should...horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button: thank you, sir.... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 2002 - 204 pages
...majesty, To him our absolute power: you, to your rights; With boot, and such addition as your honours Have more than merited. All friends shall taste The...virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. Strength, charity, justice, lack of sentimentality are all illustrated here. And after Lear's death... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2002 - 316 pages
...controvert, and which he, and we, come finally to recognize: Cordelia is dead. And my poor fool is hanged. No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never. (5.3.281-4) The certainty of her death; the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 228 pages
...'this old majesty' — and speaks lines that would seem to bring to an end the action of the play: All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. But this play has still more. All eyes are turned to the sorrowing Lear, lamenting his lifeless daughter... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 240 pages
...faith in justice and reparation : What comfort to this great decay may come Shall be applied . . . All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. (v, iii, 297-8, 302-4) But then in the next half of that last line Albany is forced to say, ' О !... | |
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