# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

King Lear
[I, 1]

Earl of Kent

169

Now by Apollo, King,
Thou swear'st thy gods in vain.

2

King Lear
[IV, 2]

Goneril

2408

O vain fool!

3

King Lear
[V, 3]

Duke of Albany

3478

He knows not what he says; and vain is it
That we present us to him.