Act 4 Scene 2 Quotes and Questions Quotes: O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.
(Albany, lines 31–32)
Tigers, not daughters (Albany, line 41)
Most barbarous, most degenerate (Albany, line 44)
Milk-livered man! (Goneril, line 51)
See thyself, devil!
Proper deformity seems not in the fiend So horrid as in woman. (Albany, lines 61–62)
Questions:
In each case, support your point with suitable reference to and quotation from the play. 1. Goneril believes Albany is a weak and cowardly man. Based on what you have read in this scene, do you agree with her assessment of her husband?
2. In what ways is Goneril shown to be ‘unwomanly’ in this scene? 3. How does Goneril react to the news of Cornwall’s death?
? Writing task
Imagine you are Edmund. Write the diary entry you might make after the events in this scene, in which you reflect on your changing fortunes.
