 Hear, nature, hear ; dear goddess, hear ! — Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase ; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her...  Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear - Page 372by William Shakespeare - 1811Full view - About this book
 | James C. Bulman - Drama - 1985 - 276 pages
...on the other hand, is specific and motivated by deep-seated accountability. He curses Goneril, Hear, Nature, hear; dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! If she-must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And... | |
 | John Casey, John Peter Anthony Casey - Cardinal virtues - 1990 - 260 pages
...the famous words which form Lear's immediate reply were meant to be nothing short of frightful: Hear, nature, hear; dear goddess hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her!14 Bradley's description of Lear's behaviour as hubris is too simple.... | |
 | James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter - Drama - 1991 - 260 pages
...curse her with sterility or inflict on her the disfiguring "torment" of a "thankless child": Hear, Nature, hear; dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase. And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 340 pages
...ignorant Of what hath moved you. LEAR It may be so, my lord. Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear: 230 Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring 235 A babe to honour her. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live... | |
 | Martha Tuck Rozett - Drama - 1994 - 234 pages
...unremembered erupt into words. Generations of audiences have been profoundly moved by Lear's speech Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! (1.4.275-81) Smiley weaves a thematic pattern around this curse,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Aging parents - 1994 - 176 pages
...lord, I am guiltless as I am ignorant 260 Of what hath moved you. LEAR It may be so, my lord. — Hear, Nature; hear, dear goddess; hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - Drama - 1994 - 182 pages
...body. He inserts himself in a wish of rape to tear her womb. The syllables are a crowbar in his mouth. Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make...the Organs of increase, And from her derogate body, never spring A Babe to honor her. If she must teem, Create her child of Spleen, that it may live And... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Dramatists, English - 1997 - 380 pages
...alive within. The cracks begin to show when he curses Goneril horribly for failing to obey him: Hear, Nature, hear! dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose,...the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her! If she must teem. Create her child of spleen, that it may live And... | |
 | Geoffrey H. Hartman, Professor Geoffrey H Hartman - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 348 pages
...is painful to recall how much of the ensuing drama is curse, rant, slander, and impotent fiat: Hear, Nature, hear: dear goddess, hear: Suspend thy purpose...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her (I.iv.z65-27o) You nimble lightnings, dart your blinding flames Into... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 196 pages
...may be so, my lord. Suspend thy purpose if thou didst intend Hear, Nature, hear; dear goddess, hear: To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey...the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring 276 A babe to honor her. If she must teem, 277 Create her child of spleen, that it may... | |
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