 | William Shakespeare - 1999 - 142 pages
...sustain. KENT I have a journey, sir, shortly to go. My master calls me; I must not say no. EDGAR 330 The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...much, nor live so long. Exeunt with a dead march. 320 ghost spirit 321 rack a torture instrument 327 gored wounded FOR THE BEST IN PAPERBACKS, LOOK FOR... | |
 | Bruce G. Shapiro - 1999 - 250 pages
...the drama. In addition, the second verse of this line is significant only as it relates to Cordelia: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...young Shall never see so much, nor live so long." Another example of the iconic rule of symbolic reflection appears in William Inge's Come Back Little... | |
 | Ralph Berry - 1999 - 238 pages
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 | Ralph Berry - 1999 - 228 pages
...So it must be Albany and Edgar. The doubts about them surface into the last four lines of the play: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. The Quarto gives these lines to Albany. In the Folio, a virtually unchanged text assigns the lines... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - 1999 - 380 pages
...lips! / Look there! Look there!" [He dies.] The last lines reinforce this hopelessness, as Edgar says: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. Will Power The story of King Lear is old and honored; as a result, Shakespeare wasn't the only one... | |
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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. 
