...Modern Language Association, XLII ( 1 927), 673-685. Lear. Thou wert better in a grave . . . . . . thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no...thou art. Off, off you lendings! Come, unbutton here ! [SD Strives to tear off his clothes] Lear's prose following upon Edgar's ditty is both startling...

...owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated...forked animal as thou art. Off, off, you lendings! (Ill.iv.ioy-iz) This is the lowest point of delusion that Lear reaches, as he tries to tear off his...

...the worm no silk; the beast, no hide; the sheep, no wool; the cat, no perfume. Ha? here's three on's are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. Montaigne, not long before, had made similar comparisons between man and the other animals. When he...

...as a mad beggar becomes for Lear, disillusioned as both king and father, the model of natural man: "[T]hou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art" (act 3, sc. 4, ll. 111-13). The humbled king preaches patience to the blinded Gloucester, recalling...

...well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. . . . Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art." Sabbath's rhetoric of negative qualifiers — he has been rendered wifeless and mistress/<?.w after...

..."sentence" (approved food for regal reflection) to agonized selfrecognition : Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, fork'd animal as thou art. Oil, off, you lendings! Perhaps even the history plays' conception of Riot...

...ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha? Here's three on us are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated...art. Off, off, you lendings: come, unbutton here. (3.4.101-7) The words "unbutton here" document the fact that Lear has hit bottom, has arrived at the...

...beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated; thou are the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but...forked animal as thou art. Off, off, you lendings! (Ill, 4, 1 1 1-17) and he begins to tear off his own clothes. Shakespeare cannot quote here "Blessed...

...physic, pomp, Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. King Lear act 3, sc. 4, 1. 33 (1605-1606) 297 history with something commensurate to his capacity...wonder. The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925) 34 And as I King Lear act 3, sc. 4, 1. 105 (1605-1606) 298 The green mantle of the standing pool. King Lear act...

...BCE), king of Israel known for his impartial justice. 94. Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4: "Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is...but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art." 95. James Cook (1728—1779), English mariner and explorer. 96. Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1471-1541),...