King Lear Quote Identification Quiz

Quotes and Their Speakers

• 'Thou should'st not have been old till thou hadst been wise' is said by Lear.
• 'A very honest-hearted fellow' is said by Kent, describing Fool.
• 'O. Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; Keep me in temper; I would not be mad' is said by Lear, expressing his fear of going mad.
• 'It is his hand my lord but I hope his heart is not in the contents' is said by Kent, commenting on the letter written by Edmund.
• 'Fortune, good night; smile once more; turn thy wheel' is said by Gloucester, resigning himself to fate.
• 'Nothing, my lord' is said by Cordelia, responding to Lear's question about how much she loves him.
• 'By day and night, he wrongs me; every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other' is said by Kent, criticizing Lear's behavior.
• 'His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us in every trifle' is said by Kent, describing Lear's behavior and his knights' behavior.
• 'A very honest-hearted fellow' is also said by Lear, describing Kent.
• 'Brought near to beast; my face I’ll grime with filth, Blanket my loins, elf all my hairs in knots… ….Poor Tom. That’s something yet: Edgar I nothing am' is said by Edgar, as he prepares to disguise himself as Poor Tom.