...noble anger. 270 And let not women's weapons, waterdrops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all...weep. I have full cause of weeping, but this heart Storm and tempest. 278 Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws 279 Or ere I'll weep. - O fool, I...

...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 on you both That all...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"...

...with noble anger, O, let not women's weapons, water-drops. Stain my man's cheeks. No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all...full cause of weeping, but this heart Shall break in a hundred thousand flaws Or e'er I'll weep. O Fool, I shall go mad! [Stornt and tempest I00 [Exeunt...

...is traced by a great artist with a fine — happily pre-Freudian — naturalism : No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all...break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. There, as the eighteenth century would subsequently say, speaks nature in her purest accent. Yet, as...

...noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water drops, Stain my man's cheeks. No, you unnatural hags, 1 will have such revenges on you both That all the world...the earth! You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: [storm heard approaching I have full cause of weeping, but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand...