 Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button : thank you, sir.  The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical - Page 180by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Sidney Homan - 2004 - 169 pages
...sky. Cordelia's "Ah" As Lear weeps over the dead body of his daughter, he asks a rhetorical question: "Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, / And thou no breath at all?" (307-8). For some, that question signals a relapse: has Lear learned nothing on the heath (Holloway,... | |
 | Rui Manuel G. de Carvalho Homem, A. J. Hoenselaars - 2004 - 296 pages
...King Lear's death, Act 5, Quarto reading (1608): LEAR And my poor fool is hanged. No, no life. \Vhy should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? O, thou wilt come no more. Never, never, never. Pray you, undo This button. Thank you, sir. O, O, O,... | |
 | Hillary M. Nunn - 2005 - 260 pages
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 | Maynard Mack - 2005 - 144 pages
...this final tragic fact into his human consciousness, where it never wants to stick : No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life And thou no breath at all? Thou "It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! He tries to hold this painful vision unflinchingly... | |
 | Adrian Poole - 2005 - 160 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 900 pages
...all foes The cup of their deservings. O see, see! LEAR 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 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button. Thank you, sir.... | |
 | Jeanine Grenberg - 2005 - 288 pages
...die, and the injustice of their world will thereby be revealed. As Lear laments over Cordelia's death, "Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, / And thou no breath at all?" (v.3. 306-307). Shakespeare is clearly pessimistic about whether there is genuine room in this world... | |
 | Francesco D'Agostino - 2005 - 156 pages
...morte, le roi Lear ne pleure pas la mort d'un être vivant mais cette mort, la mort de sa fille : « Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, and thou no breath at ail ? » C'est uniquement parce qu'il peut recevoir (de la psyché) une identité et un sens que le... | |
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