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" And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! — Pray you, undo this button: Thank you, sir. "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ... - Page 192
by William Shakespeare - 1821
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Drama Trauma: Specters of Race and Sexuality in Performance, Video, and Art

Timothy Murray - 1997 - 324 pages
...hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never. Pray...Look on her! Look her lips, Look there, look there! (V.iii.306-11) Lear's passing performs the death of sovereignty in soul and method. For his extremely...
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King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1999 - 196 pages
...no, no, no life? 312 Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never. Pray...her! Look, her lips, Look there, look there He dies. EDGAR He faints. My lord, my lord 297 fordone killed 298 desperately in despair 300 bootless pointless...
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Making Sense of Shakespeare

Charles H. Frey - 1999 - 228 pages
...hanged! No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! To test out in one's performative reading manifold possibilities of what button Lear means, why he...
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Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature, Volume 16

Craig Kallendorf - 1999 - 276 pages
...hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! (V.iii.304- 1 0) The parallelism and anaphora are still there, but now all Lear can do is repeat his...
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King Lear: The 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 324 pages
...No, no, no life. 282 Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never. Pray...her! look, her lips, Look there, look there He dies. EDGAR He faints. My lord, my lord! KENT Break, heart, I prithee break. EDGAR Look up, my lord. KENT...
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The Vanishing: Shakespeare, the Subject, and Early Modern Culture

Christopher Pye - 2000 - 220 pages
...hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! [Dies.] Edgar: He faints! My Lord, my Lord. Kent: Break, heart; I prithee, break! Edgar: Look up, my...
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King Lear

Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 36 pages
...life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, Pray you, undo this button:...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! Act v Sc iii 26 Lear Lear The old king's trouble is that he wants the advantages of power even when...
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Stages and Playgoers: From Guild Plays to Shakespeare

Janet Hill - 2002 - 266 pages
...hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! (5.3.306-12) Lear speaks only simple English words - no Latinate flourishes, no French "champains."...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 33

Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 240 pages
...moment when Lear dies: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never !...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there ! (v, iii, 306-1 1) There are two distinct possibilities: either Lear dies believing Cordelia lives,...
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In Words and Deeds: The Spectacle of Incest in English Renaissance Tragedy

Zenón Luis Martínez - 2002 - 308 pages
...Cordelia's death: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray...Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! (5.3.305-10; emphasis added) In this failed attempt to restore Cordelia to life the incompleteness...
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