Sharon Kay PenmanShe opened her mouth, clamped it shut again. This was new, this sudden favor shown Gloucester, had been brought back with him from Burgundy like some malevolent foreign pox.
About This Quote
In a scene in Shakespeare's King Lear, the character Gloucester has been pranked by his wife Goneril. After being pranked, he said: "I have been pranked." The word "prank" in the quote above is used to describe a trick played on someone. In this case, that person is Gloucester. He has just been pranked because he was tricked into believing something that was not true.
In this way, Shakespeare uses the word "prank" to imply that Gloucester is being fooled because he trusts his wife and she has been lying to him. She wanted to use him for his power and wealth and so she began a prank by telling him that he had been pranked by Goneril so that her daughter could have what she wanted from him.
Source: The Sunne In Splendour
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