Question

the gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, that justly think\st and hast most rightly said! to regan and goneril and your large speeches may your deeds approve, that good effects may spring from words of love. thus kent, o princes, bids you all adieu; he\ll shape his old course in a country new. read lines 30-31 of dialogue between king lear and the earl of kent. \lear: out of my sight! kent: see better, lear, and let me still remain the true blank of thine eye.\ what do the characters mean in these lines? select two answers, one for each character. a lear is angrily telling the earl of kent to leave. b lear is complaining that his vision is deteriorating. c the earl of kent is asking king lear to look at something again. d the earl of kent is diplomatically suggesting that king lear is wrong. e the earl of kent is agreeing that it is difficult to identify the real problem.

Explanation:

• For Lear's line "Out of my sight!": This is an angry command for Kent to leave, so option A is correct. Option B is incorrect as the line is not about vision deterioration.
• For Kent's line "See better, Lear, and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye.": Kent is not asking to look at something again (so C is wrong) or agreeing about problem identification (E is wrong). He is diplomatically suggesting Lear is wrong in his judgment, so D is correct.

Answer:

A. Lear is angrily telling the Earl of Kent to leave.
D. The Earl of Kent is diplomatically suggesting that King Lear is wrong.