Act 1, Scene 4 from King Lear LEAR: Woe that too late repents!—O, sir, are you come? Is it your will? Speak, sir!—Prepare my horses. Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child Than the sea-monster! ALBANY: Pray, sir, be patient. LEAR: [to Goneril] Detested kite, thou liest! My train are men of choice and rarest parts, That all particulars of duty know And in the most exact regard support The worships of their name.—O most small fault, How ugly didst thou in Cordelia show! Which, like an engine, wrench'd my frame of nature From the fix'd place; drew from my heart all love And added to the gall. O Lear, Lear, Lear! Beat at this gate that let thy folly in [Strikes his head.] And thy dear judgment out! Go, go, my people. ALBANY: My lord, I am guiltless, as I am ignorant Of what hath mov'd you. LEAR: It may be so, my lord. 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! If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatur'd torment to her. Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks, Turn all her mother's pains and benefits To laughter and contempt, that she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Away, away! Exit. ALBANY: Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this? GONERIL: Never afflict yourself to know the cause; But let his disposition have that scope That dotage gives it.

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Act 1, Scene 4 from King Lear LEAR: Woe that too late repents!—O, sir, are you come? Is it your will? Speak, sir!—Prepare my horses. Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child Than the sea-monster! ALBANY: Pray, sir, be patient. LEAR: [to Goneril] Detested kite, thou liest! My train are men of choice and rarest parts, That all particulars of duty know And in the most exact regard support The worships of their name.—O most small fault, How ugly didst thou in Cordelia show! Which, like an engine, wrench'd my frame of nature From the fix'd place; drew from my heart all love And added to the gall. O Lear, Lear, Lear! Beat at this gate that let thy folly in [Strikes his head.] And thy dear judgment out! Go, go, my people. ALBANY: My lord, I am guiltless, as I am ignorant Of what hath mov'd you. LEAR: It may be so, my lord. 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! If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatur'd torment to her. Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks, Turn all her mother's pains and benefits To laughter and contempt, that she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Away, away! Exit. ALBANY: Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this? GONERIL: Never afflict yourself to know the cause; But let his disposition have that scope That dotage gives it.

Use the passage to answer the question. Which statement best describes Shakespeare choice of words in the passage? (1 point)
Shakespeare’s diction portrays Lear as someone who cannot see his own mistakes.
Shakespeare’s diction conveys Lear’s disappointment over losing his power to Albany.
Shakespeare’s diction demonstrates Lear’s rage over his sense of betrayal by his daughters.
Shakespeare’s diction shows Lear’s determination to get revenge on Goneril for her actions.
Shakespeare’s diction illuminates the close but fractured relationship between Lear and Goneril.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes Shakespeare's choice of words in the passage is: Shakespeare’s diction demonstrates Lear’s rage over his sense of betrayal by his daughters.