...mind. Methinks I should know jou, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful : for I am mainly ig-noraut What place this is : and all the skill I have Remembers...think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Cor. And so I am, I am. Lear. B« your tears wet ? Yes, 'faith. I pray, weep not : If you have poison for me I...

...LEAR. Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA. And so I am, I am. LEAR. Be your tears wet? yes, faith. I pray, weep not: If you have poison...

...Cordelia, simplicity of speech acquires, with its small particularities, a special force and beauty: LEAR. Methinks I should know you, and know this man, Yet...a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA. And so I am: I am! (1v, vii, 64-70) The vibrant 'subtext' of feeling in this exchange takes...

...No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Four score and upward, not an hour more nor less, And, to deal...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA (weeping) And so I am, I am. LEAR Be your tears wet? Yes, faith! I pray, weep not. If you...

...role: Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. (ibid., 50-70) In Act I, we remember, the speech in which Lear disclaimed Cordelia had moved from the...

...purest: Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Lear cannot remember how he comes to be there, or know for sure who are the people round him. In that...

...should forget our pretensions and forgive ourselves apd them. Lear says in Shakespeare's play about him: Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. You must bear with me: Pray you now, forget and forgive: I am old and foolish. (Craig, 1951, p. 1012)...

...with Cordelia and Kent, identifies himself only by his weakness and in relation to those he loves: Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. (59-69) Lear appears to sense that plainness is necessary for his new perception: only by letting go...

...processes implicit in the apparently simple act of recognising a human face. The waking king whispers: Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old...For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child . . . Methinks I should know you People kept asking me: Does she recognise you? As if recognition is...

...o'er me; No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock me; I am a very foolish fond old man, 60 And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA And so I am: I am! 70 LEAR Be your tears wet? Yes, faith: I pray weep not. If you have poison...