 | Allardyce Nicoll - 2002 - 204 pages
...extent of his consciousness, as well as of his sufferings, is emphasized in the concluding speech :13 The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. We should remember that Bradley's interpretation of Lear's last speech finds its logical development... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 228 pages
...[To Kent and Edgar] Friends of my soul you twain Rule in this kingdom, and the gored state sustain. Kent I have a journey, sir, shortly to go: My master calls, and I must not say no. Albany The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The... | |
 | Graham Holderness - 2003 - 332 pages
...romantic retirement. The closing lines of the play familiar to us from modern editions as Edgar's: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long 10. - for a century and a half reappeared in a radically altered form, though still spoken (as in the... | |
 | Gordon Warme, Gordon Warme M. D. - 2003 - 385 pages
...the ambivalence in the second line) seem — but only seem — to vindicate Cordelia's dead honesty. The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...what we ought to say: The oldest hath borne most: we chat are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long, [v.iii.323-326] But Edgar is speaking ceremonially,... | |
 | Alex Woloch - 2003 - 404 pages
..."(r]ule in this realm and the gored state sustain" (5.3.3 19). Edgar's more troubling lines conclude. "The oldest hath borne most; we that are young / Shall never see so much. nor live so long" (5.3.324-25). U- Pi-re Goriot — in its decentering of Goriot's tragic experience — picks up on... | |
 | Grace Ioppolo - 2003 - 208 pages
...EDGAR and KENT] Friends of my soul, you twain I60 Rule in this kingdom and the gored'1 state sustain. KENT I have a journey,- sir, shortly to go; My master calls, and I must not say no. EDGAR The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest... | |
 | Darryl Accone - 2004 - 300 pages
...to the sky. Here, Giddy and Julie thought, it was as if they were living all under heaven. EPILOGUE The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. - King Lear, Act V, Scene iii, lines 325 to 328 On holidays at the coast, Ah Leong would stand looking... | |
 | Marilyn Schroeder - 2005 - 133 pages
...glance around the room. I knew she could see only light and shadow. I read the last lines of King Lear. "The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...young Shall never see so much, nor live so long." I closed the book. The tears that ran down my cheeks were not for Lear. Susan reached to pat Pinon's... | |
 | Emily R. Wilson - 2004 - 314 pages
...sustain. Kent: I have a journey, sir, shortly to go: My master calls me, I must not say no. Edgar: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...young Shall never see so much, nor live so long." (5.3.319-27) The state is "gor'd" in that it is covered by gore; life in England is violent and bloody.... | |
 | Mary Anneeta Mann - 2004 - 230 pages
...Primogeniture would make Albany consort to Goneril but he is not that in the play until the final scene: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The preceding is in the political dimension. Lear has extended himself to an opposite extreme of primogeniture... | |
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The weight of this sad time we must obey ; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most : we, that are young, Shall never see so much, nor live so long. 
