Removal of Power

Lear quotes on Act 1 - dividing the kingdom

• “Know, that we have divided in three our kingdom” 1,1 Lear p6 

• “Come not between the dragon and his wrath” Lear  1,1 

• “This Coronet part between you” 1,1 Lear 

Fool quote on title

“All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with” A1, S3 fool 

Fool quote on the egg

“I have cut the egg I' the middle and eat up the meat, the two crowns of the egg” fool A1, S2 

Regan and Goneril quote on the knights

“What need you five-and-twenty, ten or five” G “What need one?” R 

Gloucester quote on flies and the power of gods

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport”

Albany quote ending giving up power

 “Friends of my soul, you twain, rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain.” Albany A5, S3 

Goneril quote chosing Edmund over power

“I had rather lose the battle than that sister should loosen him and me” Goneril A5, S1