Oct 7, 2019 · Regan yanks hair out of Gloucester’s beard, and when Cornwall gouges out one of his eyes, presumably with a dagger, she picks up a sword and kills the servant who objects, then demands that Gloucester’s other eye be taken out, too. On …

Apr 21, 2016 · Cornwall dispatches men to capture Gloucester, whom he calls a traitor. Sending Edmund and Goneril to tell Albany about the landing of the French army, Cornwall puts out Gloucester’s eyes. Cornwall is himself seriously wounded by one of his own servants, who tries to stop the torture of Gloucester. and Servants. husband.

Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly! Where is thy lustre now? Earl of Gloucester. All dark and comfortless! Where's my son Edmund? Edmund, enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act. 2220; Regan. Out, treacherous villain! Thou call'st on him that hates thee. It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us;

Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly! [plucks out GLOUCESTER’s other eye] Where is thy luster now?

Here, however, the violence happens right before our eyes, with Cornwall’s snarl “Out, vile jelly!” as a ghastly complement to the action (3.7.86). (How graphic our view of the violence is depends on how it is staged.)

Cornwall forces out Gloucester's other eye, crying "out, vile jelly!" (101). Turning the language of vision and blindness that has been metaphorical up until this point brutally literal, Cornwall will transform Gloucester, who failed to see his son's true character, into a …

Out, vile jelly! [Plucks out Gloucester's remaining eye.] 84 Where is thy lustre now?

To call Gloucester "vile" as he is doing this is highly ironic on the part of Cornwall, in view of his own despicable and wicked actions. The fuller quote here with stage direction is: "Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly! [Forcing out Gloucester’s other eye.] Where is thy lustre now?"

‘In case it sees more I’ll prevent it,’ said Regan. She leant over and sank her nails into Gloucester’s remaining eye and pulled it out. ‘Out, vile jelly!’ she cried. She threw the eyeball on to the floor and crunched it beneath her foot. ‘Where is your lustre now?’ Gloucester groaned. ‘All dark and comfortless. Where’s my ...

“Jelly” here refers to the necessary liquids of the eye that aid in its function. In this case, Shakespeare’s use of the term “vile” has a double meaning. Cornwall suggests that Gloucester’s eye is vile in that it belonged to someone who has committed “treason,” but the line itself is vile in referring to the eye in such a ...