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King Lear quote, "Edgar I nothing am" why is this quote famous?
Edgar says this because Gloucesters knights are looking for him so he disguises himself as Poor Tom.
I know that the word "nothing" is repeated throught the play, but what is it's significance when it comes to looking at this quote?
At the start of the play, Lear says to one of his daughters something along the lines of, "nothing shall come of nothing". In other words, if you offer nothing, you will gain nothing". How does this link with Edgar's quote?
Thank you
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- TinaLv 74 years agoFavorite Answer
But it isn't. 'To be or not to be' or 'Is this a dagger that I see before me' or 'The quality of mercy is not strained' are famous. 'Edgar I nothing am' is not.
Lear's words to Cordelia 'nothing will come of nothing' are from a Latin tag
"ex nihilo nihil fit" - it is hard to see how it relates to Edgar's words.
