 | Bennett Simon - Psychology - 1988 - 292 pages
...splenetic children who will in turn attack her, with the serpent's tooth that is filial ingratitude. Into her womb convey sterility, Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her. If she must teem, Create her child of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Aging parents - 1994 - 176 pages
...My 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...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... | |
 | 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...convey sterility, Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her! (1.4.275-81) Smiley weaves a thematic... | |
 | 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...convey sterility. Dry up in her the Organs of increase, And from her derogate body, never spring A Babe to honor her. If she must teem, Create her child of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 160 pages
...am guiltless as I am ignorant - 240 LEAR It may be so, my lord. - Hark, Nature, hear: Dear goddess, Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make...creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility, 245 Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour... | |
 | Margreta de Grazia, Maureen Quilligan, Peter Stallybrass - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...prospects have been blasted through Lear's acts of disowning ("degenerate bastard" [I.iv.254]) and cursing ("Into her womb convey sterility! / Dry up in her the organs of increase," [I. iv. 278-9]). 66 See Muir, Lear, p. 167, IV.vi.136. 67 Language in this play is similarly inclined... | |
 | Timothy Murray - Art - 1997 - 324 pages
...makes doubly clear his sense of what it is that has rendered his perspectival frame so out of joint: Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy...convey sterility, Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her. (I.iv.275-281) In sum, it ends up being... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Dramatists, English - 1997 - 380 pages
...counterforces 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...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... | |
 | Marjorie B. Garber - Drama - 1997 - 260 pages
...become a vivid metaphor for the quintessence of the unnatural. Lear's curse on Goneril is explicit: Into her womb convey sterility, Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her. (Lri.iv. 280-3) 'If she must teem', the... | |
 | Geoffrey H. Hartman, Professor Geoffrey H Hartman - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 348 pages
...malediction. It 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...convey sterility, Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honor her (I.iv.z65-27o) You nimble lightnings, dart... | |
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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 !... 
