...possible over his dead master's body, it is still the same metaphor which rises to his lips: ... he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. H (Spurgeon, pp. 338-43) Actually, the New Shakespearean Critics' contention that in paying such attention...

...reascends his throne. Kent's simple eulogy does no more than accept the facts, and proposes no moral: He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. The world is an instrument of torture, and the only comfort is in the nothing, the never, of death....

...Break, heart, I prithee break . EDGAR Look up, my lord . KENT Vex not his ghost. 0, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. [Lear dies] EDGAR 0, he is gone indeed. 310 KENT The wonder is he hath endured so long . He but usurped...

...confirmation of an optimistic faith; Kent will always rebuke him: 'Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass. He hates him | That would upon the rack of this tough world | Stretch him out longer' (F, 5. 3. 289-91). All we know for a certainty is that Cordelia is 'dead as earth'; she will 'come...

...reascends his throne. Kent's simple eulogy does no more than accept the facts, and proposes no moral: He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. The world is an instrument of torture, and the only comfort is in the nothing, the never, of death....

...Lear, when signs of life were seen in the dying monarch. "Vex not his ghost; Ol let him pass; he hate him / That would upon the rack of this tough world / Stretch him out longer."28 The Second Circuit The narrower reasoning of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals led it...

...his sad work done, has long since vanished. When someone tries to stir Lear to life, Kent says, "He hates him / That would upon the rack of this tough world / Stretch him out longer," and hints that he himself will soon be following him. But it is of course Cordelia's death — within...

...IV, Sc. vi, lines 43-45) and Kent's remark to Edgar, again in reference to Lear: O let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. (Act V, Sc. iii, lines 287-289) Of equal importance are images of clothes. In the opening scene all...

...to understand this is clearly set forth in Kent's next words: Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. (5.3.289-91) That is, Edgar should not attempt to detain Lear in this world, but allow his spirit to...

...after King Lear dies, at the end of the play, Kent declares, "Vex not his ghost. O. let him pass! He hates him / That would upon the rack of this tough world / Stretch him out longer." Lear's sufferings have been so great, and dramatized so stunningly, that audiences readily agree with...