 | Steve Bachmann - 2001 - 220 pages
...lead him to investigate further the historical, theoretical, and political implications of Huey Long. The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what...oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never so see much, nor live so long.97 — William Shakespeare 92 For example, there is no record that Huey... | |
 | Peter Holland - 2002 - 410 pages
...form might that future action take? Fittingly of course Lear remains equivocal to the last: EDGAR : The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...see so much, nor live so long. Exeunt with a dead mardi. (5.3. 322-5) In the closing lines of the play 'feeling' and 'speaking', rather than feeling... | |
 | Julie Sanders - 2001 - 258 pages
...Daddy. (370) In many ways the tone echoes the melancholic resignation of Edgar at the end of Lear: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. (5.3.322-5) The real clue may lie in the expression or declaration 'Speak what we feel, not what we... | |
 | Janet Hill - 2002 - 241 pages
...in private grief, Kent cannot help (5.3.320-1). Edgar is perhaps left alone to speak the epilogue: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. (5.3.324-7) But his words are inadequate. I agree with Peter Brook's assessment of them as "trite,"... | |
 | Michael J. Kiskis, Laura E. Skandera-Trombley - 2001 - 252 pages
...sustain. KENT: I have a journey, Sir, shortly to go; My master calls me, — 1 must not say no. EDGAR: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. T& htt preferred friend* he revealed fM true character* Mary Mason Fairbanks's Disguised Debate with... | |
 | Agnes Heller - 2002 - 375 pages
...realm (because Kent, the loyal squire, will follow his master, the dead King Lear into his grave): "The weight of this sad time we must obey, / Speak...young / Shall never see so much, nor live so long" (King Lear Quarto 5.3.318-21). King Lear ends in utter resignation. For one should not forget: these... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 236 pages
...uncertainty: 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...are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. (v, iii, 321-6) There is no emphasis on the restoration of order and no expressed hope in the future.... | |
 | Patsy Rodenburg - 2002 - 355 pages
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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. 
