...Touch me with noble anger. 0 , let not women ' s weapons , water-drops , 435 Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges...they shall be The terrors of the earth . You think I 'll weep . 440 No, I'll not weep. [Storm within] 422 need] F; deedQ 425 life is] F; life as Q1; life's...

...poor old Man As full of Griefs as Age, wretched in both I'll bear no more: no, you unnatural Haggs, 1 will have such Revenges on you both, That all the...be The Terrors of the Earth; you think I'll weep, (Thunder again. ) This Heart shall break into a thousand pieces Before I'll weep - O Gods! I shall...

...inevitability to the action. King Lear, in the impotent rage of his impending madness, warns his daughters, I will have such revenges on you both That all the...know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. (F, 2. 2. 453~6T His 'revenges' will make the world . . . what? Sit up and take notice? Recognize that...

...tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges...things, What they are, yet I know not, but they shall be 280 The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: I have full cause of weeping,...

...tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges...break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. (2.4. 272-84; cf. 3.4. 16-17) Rage on though he might, Lear strikes no fear in these "marble-hearted"...

...together of "things" and "do." King Lear, in his incoherent rage at his daughters Goneril and Regan, says: I will have such revenges on you both That all the...know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. (Shakespeare, King Lear Il.iv.iyfi— 79) Lear's rage and his impotence, his impotent rage, are all...

...or his determination?) For a moment, his curses lose their amazing volubility; he starts to stammer: "I will have such revenges on you both / That all...not, but they shall be / The terrors of the earth!" (468-71 ) But soon his curses expose their more wildly speculative quality, also a kind of madly copious...

...cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, 1 will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall - 1 will do such things, What they are, yet I know not,...weep; No, I'll not weep: I have full cause of weeping, (Storm heard at a distance.) [but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll...

...now accomplish prodigies! "I will do such things," Lear cries out, defending against abysmal despair, "What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be...of the earth! You think I'll weep. // No, I'll not weep."39 Societies, in times of great crisis, may act in an identical manner. Such a complex, symptomatic...

...should need any of his knights. At this, Lear's temper explodes, and he is almost speechless with fury: I will have such revenges on you both That all the...know not, but they shall be The terrors of the earth. Refusing to weep, but fearing for his own sanity, Lear rushes out into the night. He takes the Fool...