No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 4, Page 13
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I will have such revenges on you both
That all the world shall—I will do such things—
What they are yet I know not, but they shall be
The terrors of the earth. You think I’ll weep?
No, I’ll not weep.
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man’s cheeks. No, you monstrous hags, I’ll get revenge on you both that will make the whole world… I will do such things—I don’t know what I’ll do exactly, but it’ll be devastating. You expect me to cry? Well, I won’t.
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A storm breaks out. |
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I have full cause of weeping, but this heart
Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws,
Or ere I’ll weep.—O Fool, I shall go mad!
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I have a good reason to cry, but my heart will splinter into a hundred thousand pieces before I let myself cry.—Oh, Fool, I’ll go mad!
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Exeunt LEAR, GENTLEMAN, FOOL, and GLOUCESTER
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King LEAR, the GENTLEMAN, and the FOOL exit with GLOUCESTER. |
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CORNWALL
Let us withdraw. 'Twill be a storm.
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CORNWALL
Let’s go inside. There’s going to be a storm.
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REGAN
This house is little. The old man and his people
Cannot be well bestowed.
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REGAN
This is a small house. There’s no room for the old man and his followers.
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GONERIL
'Tis his own blame. Hath put himself from rest,
And must needs taste his folly.
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GONERIL
It’s his fault that he’s all worked up like this. He has to pay the price for his foolish actions.
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REGAN
For his particular I’ll receive him gladly,
But not one follower.
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REGAN
I’ll be happy to keep him in my house, but not a single knight.
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GONERIL
So am I purposed.
Where is my lord of Gloucester?
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GONERIL
That’s what I intend to do too. Where is Gloucester?
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CORNWALL
Followed the old man forth. He is returned.
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CORNWALL
He followed the old man. Here he comes back.
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Enter GLOUCESTER
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GLOUCESTER returns. |
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GLOUCESTER
The king is in high rage.
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GLOUCESTER
The king is enraged.
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