| 4/7: I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. | Compassion & Reconciliation: Simile: King Lear (to Cordelia) |
| 5/3: Thou’st spoken right. ‘Tis true. The wheel is come full circle. I am here. | Compassion & Reconciliation: Aphorism/Metaphor: Edmund(to Edgar) |
| 1/1: Come not between the dragon and his wrath. | Madness/Deterioration: Metaphor: King Lear (to Kent) |
| 1/4: Thou hast pared thy wit o’ both sides and left nothing in the middle. | Madness/Deterioration: Fool (to Lear) |
| 1/3: Old fools are babes again. | Madness/Deterioration: Aphorism: Goneril |
| 2/3: I will (…) take the basest and most poorest shape. | Madness/Deterioration: Edgar |
| 5/3: We two alone will sing like birds in the cage. | Parent & Child: Aphorism: King Lear (to Cordelia) |
| 1/4: The hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had it head bit off by its young. | Parent & Child: Metaphor: Fool |
| 2/1: My old heart is cracked; it’s cracked. | Parent & Child: Amplification: Gloucester (about Edgar) |
King Lear: Quotes themes parent/child, compassion/ reconciliation/ madness/ deterioration
July 9, 2019