Where was his son when they did take his eyes? On the other hand she's horrified that Edmund will be alone with her recently widowed-and thus available-sister. On the one hand, Cornwall's death will make Edmund even more powerful. The news is not so tart.-I’ll read, and answer. 100īut being widow and my Gloucester with her This letter, madam, craves a speedy answer. Albany is horrified that Gloucester has been treated so brutally, but he thinks Cornwall's death is a sign that justice will prevail. Husband and wife react to the news in different ways. You justicers, that these our nether crimes To his great master, who, thereat enraged,įlew on him and amongst them felled him dead,īut not without that harmful stroke which since Opposed against the act, bending his sword 90 The wound he got from his rebellious servant during Gloucester's blinding was fatal.Ī servant that he bred, thrilled with remorse, O, my good lord, the Duke of Cornwall’s dead, 85Ī messenger interrupts the domestic brawl with the news that Cornwall, Regan's husband, is dead. Goneril sneers at the idea of Albany's "manhood." They are apt enough to dislocate and tear 80 Thou changèd and self-covered thing, for shameīemonster not thy feature. Goneril glosses over the whole discussion by saying Albany is wasting time moralizing while the kingdom is in danger of invasion. Whilst thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries With plumèd helm thy state begins to threat, 70 Where’s thyįrance spreads his banners in our noiseless land, Thine honor from thy suffering that not know’st 65įools do those villains pity who are punishedĮre they have done their mischief. Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning That bear’st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs She waves him off for being preachy, and he declares that wisdom and goodness seem "vile" to those who are "vile." (Translation: Goneril is vile.) Humanity must perforce prey on itself, 60Īs soon as Edmund leaves, Goneril's husband, Albany, comes in and chews her out for the way she has been treating her father. Send quickly down to tame these vile offenses, If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Most barbarous, most degenerate, have youĬould my good brother suffer you to do it? 55 Whose reverence even the head-lugged bear would Tigers, not daughters, what have you performed? Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.įilths savor but themselves. She that herself will sliver and disbranchįrom her material sap perforce must wither You are not worth the dust which the rude windīlows in your face. Plus her husband's cowardice (read: morality) is far less attractive to her than Edmund's power-grabbing villainy, which makes her swoon. Goneril speaks in pretty clear terms: now that Edmund is now the new Earl of Gloucester, he's to have become a lot more attractive. Clearly, the trip from Gloucester's castle to Goneril's was long enough to jumpstart an affair. She promises Edmund that he'll hear from her soon, and they share a lingering kiss good-bye. Goneril, hearing about her traitor husband, declares Albany a coward and is unable to go through with the final points of her plan. Would stretch thy spirits up into the air. Wear this spare speech.Ē5ĭecline your head. Ere long you are like toĪ mistress’s command. I must change names at home and give the distaff 20 Hasten his musters and conduct his powers. It is the cowish terror of his spirit, 15 GONERIL, to Edmund Then shall you go no further. Goneril and Edmund arrive at Goneril's castle, but before Goneril can invite Edmund in for a nightcap, Oswald comes out and says that Albany (Goneril's husband) is inside the castle and he's defected from "Team Bad Guy." Albany's pleased as punch that the French army has landed in Britain to mop the floor with Lear's good for nothing children. What most he should dislike seems pleasant to him When I informed him, then he called me “sot” 10Īnd told me I had turned the wrong side out. His answer was “The worse.” Of Gloucester’s
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