Improve when you can: be better at your leisure: I can be patient. The dear father wants to speak with his daughter. How did my messenger come to be put in the stocks? Tell them to come out and listen to me, or else I'll beat a drum outside their bedroom door until they have to wake up. You belong in my stomach, not in my head. And let the wise man flee. I looked not for you yet, nor am provided. You will return and sojourn with my sister. [notices KENT again] Death on my state! [To GONERIL] I'll go with you. Why, it would be better for me to visit the hot-blooded King of France who took my youngest daughter without a dowrykneel before his throne, and beg like a servant that he should give me a pension to support my worthless life. What does your Grace mean? said Cornwall. Well no more meet, no more see one another. Oh, Fool, I'll go crazy! Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Why not by th' hand, sir? [He points to OSWALD]. You are a fashionable lady. They could not, would not do t. Doth from my senses take all feeling else. made you the guardians of my kingdom, and my trustees, but with the condition that I should keep a following of such a number. I have good reason to weep, but my heart will break into a hundred thousand pieces before I'll let myself weep. Ha! he exclaimed, is this humiliation habitual with you?, The fool giggled. Hes called for his horses. Sir, if she happened to restrain the rowdiness of your knights, then she must have had a good enough reason for it that she's free from all blame. Lear and his entourage arrived at Regan's to find her and Cornwall gone. But why has the king got so few with him?, The fool laughed. "Informed them?" You should be ruled and led By some discretion that discerns your state Better than you yourself. This approves her letterThat she would soon be here. This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. These are just excuses! King Lear: No Fear Translation | SparkNotes I had more anger than intelligence in me, so I drew my sword against him. I'll go with you. My lord, when at their home I did commend your highness' letters to them. How have I offended? Fiery? What quality? Why, Gloucester, Gloucester,Id speak with the Duke of Cornwall and his wife. No, Regan, thou shalt never have my curse. I won't bother you, my child. Oh, sir, willful men only learn their lessons from the injuries they get in their foolishness. One of his knights had gone before to let Gloucester know that he was coming and he came out now to tell Lear what was happening. You're a pimple, a sore, a raised tumor corrupting my blood. Whos this? He flinched as Gonerils coach drew up and she got out. The fiery Duke! Read Modern Translation Of King Lear: Act 2, Scene 2 - No Sweat Shakespeare [To KENT] Where is this daughter of mine? . Why not by th' hand, sir? Your tender nature will never turn harsh and cruel. Your email address will not be published. If your daughter Regan and Cornwall are acting like that, then your troubles aren't over yet. Why do you need twenty-five, ten or five to look after you in a house where twice as many have orders to wait on you?. Have my servant released. I have hopeYou less know how to value her desertThan she to scant her duty. When he, compact, and flattering his displeasure, Tripped me behind; being down, insulted, railed, And put upon him such a deal of man. Give ear, sir, to my sister. O the blessed gods!So will you wish on me when the rash mood is on. Scene 4 Summary and Analysis Act II: Scene 4 Summary Lear and his followers arrive at Gloucester's castle. I am now from home, and out of that provision Which shall be needful for your entertainment. Oh dont argue about the need! How have I offended?Alls not offense that indiscretion findsAnd dotage terms so. King Lear: Act 2, Scene 1 Translation - Shmoop But despite all this, your daughters will give you as many dollarsor maybe sorrowsas you can count in a whole year. LEAR, the GENTLEMAN, the FOOL, and GLOUCESTER exit. Enter Goneril and Edmund, the Bastard. I have hope. You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, as full of grief as I am of age wretched in both! Isn't that enough for you? Tell me as quickly as you can what you did to deserve this punishmentor what made them abuse you like thisknowing that you were my messenger. I'll do such things . 'Alas,' she said, 'it's he. Those wicked creatures yet do look well favored, When others are more wicked. My heart, my rising heart! Required fields are marked *. You'll aim the same curses at me if the mood strikes you. Ask her forgiveness? King Lear Act 2: Scenes 3 & 4 Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes King Lear Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. What, fifty followers? Act 2, Scene 4. This act persuades me That this remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Fifty followers? It is both he and she:Your son and daughter. But, down!, Shout at it, Nuncle, said the fool, as the cockney did at the eels when she put them live into the fish paste. But Ill not chide thee. Regan, is that what you said?, And I repeat it, my lord: no more with me., Wicked creatures look better when compared with others that are more wicked, said Lear. Must be their schoolmasters. It's worse than murder to so violently humiliate a king like this. Refused to speak to me! exclaimed Lear. Oh Regan, shes stabbed me here with her sharp-toothed unkindness.. beating his chest like a vulture thats been tied there. Made you my guardians, my depositaries, But kept a reservation to be followed With such a number. You haven't forgotten your half of the kingdom that I gave you. Mend your ways if you can. They wouldn't. I won't ask the gods to smite you with lightning, or complain about you to them. Edited by. Is that what you said? Oh, gods, if you love old men and approve of children being obedient to their parentsif you yourselves are oldthen take my side. If a huge wheel goes rolling down a hill, don't try to cling to it, or else you'll break your neck. No, I won't weep. Oh, gods, if you love old men and approve of children being obedient to their parentsif you yourselves are oldthen take my side. Listen to what my sister is saying, sir. Hath put himself from rest. We're not ourselves when illness makes our minds suffer along with our bodies. If it's you who inspire these daughters to turn against their father, then at least don't make me such a fool as to take their insolence without protesting. I made you the protectors and trustees of my kingdom, on the condition that I could keep a hundred knights for myself. I would divorce me from thy mothers tomb. Thou art a boil, A plague-sore or embossd carbuncle In my corrupted blood. Death! I will not trouble thee, my child. But no, not yet. Shame will come to you when it decides to. If its you that is stirring these daughters hearts against their father, dont make me such a fool as to bear it tamely: fill me with noble anger and dont let the weapons of women tears stain my mans cheeks! I won't bother you, my child. Are you in this humiliating position as a joke? Why should you need more? Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness! Scene 4 - CliffsNotes Tell the hot duke that Lear No, but not yet. You're at the very edge of your allotted lifespan. I won't ask the gods to smite you with lightning, or complain about you to them. Why not, my lord? No, I would rather refuse to live under any roof at all, and choose to live as a comrade of the wolf and the owlfighting against the harshness of the open air, and living with the sharp pinch of poverty! Lear stared at her in disbelief. I made you the protectors and trustees of my kingdom, on the condition that I could keep a hundred knights for myself. Sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture, here. Confusion! Old people are unnecessary. May lighting strike her in her scornful eyes! Ha, ha! Oswald and his attendants were riding towards the castle. I don't know what things I'll do yet, but they will be terrible. Oswald drew up and called to Kent. His punishment persuades me that the duke and Regan's refusal to see me is just trickery. None.How chance the king comes with so small a train? You haven't forgotten your half of the kingdom that I gave you. Are they "informed" of this? Fortune, that arrant whore, If till the expiration of your month, You will return and sojourn with my sister, Dismissing half your train, come then to me. My breath and blood! Deny to speak with me? Madam, within, but never man so chang'd. 4. Thou better knowst The offices of nature, bond of childhood, Effects of courtesy, dues of gratitude. If you only allow people to have what they need to survive, then a man's life becomes as cheap as an animal's. They are weary? When a wise man gives you better advice than this, give me my advice back. 20 Shall pass between us. But now he's coming back. Illness does make us neglect the duties we have no difficulty performing when were fit. Once they understood its contents, they summoned their servants and got on their horses to ride off straight away. Horses are tied by the heads, dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by theloins, and men by the legs. Stop pretending to be strong. Come in out of the storm. May all the anger of heaven strike her ungrateful head! I have good reason to weep, but my heart will break into a hundred thousand pieces before I'll let myself weep. They're weary? Introduction by. But down. She's dismissed half of my knights, glared at me evilly, and struck me in the heart with her venomous insults. They durst not do t. Fiery! What do you mean temperament? He raised the house with loud and coward cries. Be better at thy leisure. KENT is in the stocks. The dear father wishes to speak to his daughter insists on her obedience. Mend when thou canst. Her eyes are fierce and vicious, but yours are comforting. Dismiss half your knights and go back to stay with my sister for the rest of the month. No Fear Shakespeare: King Lear: Act 3 Scene 4 | SparkNotes No more with me. Download the entire King Lear translation as a printable PDF! Your son-in-law and daughter decided that my error deserves this punishment of being locked so shamefully in the stocks here. [to GLOUCESTER] My lord, entreat him by no means to stay. I'll be happy to keep him in my house, but I won't house a single one of his followers. Panic, stay back, you choking sorrow. The other eye of Gloucester. Synopsis: Goneril and Edmund arrive at Albany and Goneril's castle. I should ask her forgiveness? King Lear: Act 2, Scene 4 Jump to a scene Short names Hide Line Numbers Before Gloucester's castle. Oh sides, you are too tough! I'll accept no more than twenty-five. The King had gone to Cornwall's castle and found that they were not there. Whos trumpet is that?. Well, my good lord, I've informed them of that. The King wishes to speak to Cornwall. Well tell that hot-headed duke that Lear . The lesser is scarce felt. They refuse to speak with me? Tell me briefly what you did to deserve, or how they could have imposed, this treatment coming, as you did, from me., My lord, when I delivered your Highness letters to them at their home, no sooner had I risen from my knees than a stinking messenger, anxious in his haste, half breathless, came panting out salutations from his mistress, Goneril. Hold amity? Fortune, that fickle whore, never opens the door to the poor. [To KENT]Oh, are you free? The leisure of their answer, gave me cold looks. Down, you climbing sorrow your place is down below. When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. You are right at the end of your life. You think Ill weep! But now that I think about how dangerous fifty knights are, I must say that if you come to stay with me, please bring only twenty-five along with you. Where is my Lord of Gloucester?, He followed the old man, said Cornwall. Death on my rank! he stormed. And I know why I believe you: if you weren't glad to see me, then I'd divorce your dead mother, since you would be a bastardno true daughter of mineand I would know she had committed adultery. He sobbed quietly then his anger returned. Of Gloucester's treachery, 7. Scene 3 Oh, don't be so logical about needs! Oh, sir, you are old. I will not trouble thee, my child. But fathers with bags of gold make their children kind. On my knees I beg you to give me clothes, a bed, and food.". Infect her beauty, you fen fogs sucked up by the powerful sun by falling on her and destroying her beauty!, Oh, the blessed gods! exclaimed Regan, Thats how youll curse me when the mood takes you!, No, Regan, youll never have my curse. Are they informed of this? Hes his own master., Goneril nodded. Mere excuses, the symptoms of revolt and abandonment. These are unseemly tricks. Understand every line of King Lear . Thoudst shun a bear, 10 But if thy flight lay toward the raging sea. They are weary? Shut up your doors. Who's coming? Wherefore Should he sit here? Nor tell tales of thee to high-judging Jove. But I will stay. My dear lord, you know the duke's fiery, stubborn nature, and how unshakeable he is once he's made a decision. Definitions and examples of 136 literary terms and devices. < Previous Section Act 2, Scene 1, Page 2 Act 2, Scene 1, Page 3 Next Section > Act 2, Scene 1, Page 4 Original Text Modern Text EDMUND Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out, Mumbling of wicked charms, conjuring the moon To stand 's auspicious mistress EDMUND Farewell. Return with her? Fiery! [He kneels] "Dear daughter, I confess that I am old. Why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wearst, Which scarcely keeps thee warm. But I will tarry: the Fool will stay, And let not womens weapons, water drops, Stain my mans cheeks! Act 2, Scene 4 - The Tragedy of King Lear - Cambridge University Press and how unshakeable he is once he's made a decision. Your fifty is still twice her twenty-five, so you must love me twice as much a she does. Ill control myself and restrain my impetuous inclination to mistake the indisposed and ill for the healthy man. He stood, drawing huge breaths to calm himself. Everyone but the blind can see that the king has fallen on bad luck, and even the blind can smell his decaying fortunes. If you dont grant man more than he needs then his life would be no better than an animals. Touch me with noble anger. Sickness can make us forget the duties that we owe when we're healthy. So he had decided to go to Gloucester. O Regan, she hath tied. May all the anger of heaven strike her ungrateful head! But before I had risen from my respectful kneeling position, a stinking messenger arrived, out of breath and panting out greetings from his mistress Goneril. It will be night eventually and the bleak winds are blustering harshly. These are the signs of rebellion and desertion. Oh, my heart, my hysterical rising heart! What's your profession? Spare speech. This is a slave whose easy borrowed pride Dwells in the fickle grace of her he follows.Out, varlet, from my sight! by William Shakespeare Home Literature King Lear Modern English Act 2, Scene 1 Summary King Lear: Act 2, Scene 1 Translation BACK NEXT A side-by-side translation of Act 2, Scene 1 of King Lear from the original Shakespeare into modern English. If you will come to me. But for all this thou shalt have as many dolors for thy. I cannot think my sister in the least Would fail her obligation. Fiery? The fiery duke? 'Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train, To bandy hasty words, to scant my sizes, And in conclusion to oppose the bolt Against my coming in. Touch me with noble anger. King Lear Act 2, scene 4 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts By some discretion that discerns your state. It's best to just let him go. He knelt down and clasped his hands in an exaggerated attitude of prayer. Teachers and parents! Good sir, no more. You know the fiery temperament of the Duke how obstinate and determined he is about having his own way., Lear threw his head back and roared: Vengeance! Why shouldn't she take me by the hand, sir? . He'll only allow himself to be lead by himself. since fifty knights are expensive and dangerous to keep? The dear father wants to speak with his daughter. The fool no knave: perdy!. Then you can stay with me the next month. When the mind's free, 15 The body's delicate. And follows but for form, You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, as wretched in his grief as he is in his frailty. Is your lady here? said Regan. He didn't care at all about interrupting me, and he presented a letter from his lady, which they read immediately. Lear discovers Kent in the stocks. To no more Will I give place or notice. He calls to horse, but will I know not whither. Before GLOUCESTER's castle. Horses are tied by their heads, dogs and bears by their necks, monkeys by the waist and men by the legs. May swampy, poisonous fog blister her face and ruin her beauty! Theres hardly a bush for miles around., Oh sir, said Regan, Wilful men have to learn from their destructive actions. She hath abated me of half my train, Looked black upon me, struck me with her tongue, Most serpentlike, upon the very heart. The King is in a terrible rage, said Gloucester. But if you see a wheel going up the hill, let it pull you up after it. But before I had risen from my respectful kneeling position, a stinking messenger arrived, out of breath and panting out greetings from his mistress Goneril. Yes, or even so many, since both the expense and the danger argue against such a large number? I know what reason. . [To OSWALD] Out, you wretch, get out of my sight! It's hard, almost impossible. Fathers who wear rags make their children blind to their needs. Thy half o' th' kingdom hast thou not forgot. Go back and bring me a better answer. Fortune, that fickle whore, never opens the door to the poor. For him attempting who was self-subdued; 130. What should you need of more Yea, or so many sith that both charge and danger Speak 'gainst so great a number? The man who works only for profit, and puts on a show of loyalty, will pack up when it starts to rain and leave you in the storm.
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