King LearInsight Publications, 2011 - 224 pages Even the most resolutely disengaged students can finally 'discover' and thrill to the rhythms and passions of Shakespeare's plays! Award-winning teachers and Shakespearean scholars have extensively trialled their approach to teaching Shakespeare's plays in the classroom, and this series is the result! The plays in this series are becoming increasingly popular for student resources in schools as English and Drama teachers discover their fabulous teaching and learning qualities. |
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Page iii
... Bedlam 83 Scene 4 Unwelcome Lear exits 86 Act 3 101 Scene 1 Gentleman in the storm 101 Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' 105 Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret 112 Scene 4 Lear meets Tom o' Bedlam 116 Scene 5 Cornwall ...
... Bedlam 83 Scene 4 Unwelcome Lear exits 86 Act 3 101 Scene 1 Gentleman in the storm 101 Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' 105 Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret 112 Scene 4 Lear meets Tom o' Bedlam 116 Scene 5 Cornwall ...
Page iv
... Bedlam Scene 2 Gonerill and Edmund Scene 3 Cordelia in command 140 145 151 Scene 4 Regan, Oswald and the message 154 Scene 5 Gloucester survives to meet Lear 157 Scene 6 The reconciliation 171 Act 5 178 Scene 1 A battle lost but the ...
... Bedlam Scene 2 Gonerill and Edmund Scene 3 Cordelia in command 140 145 151 Scene 4 Regan, Oswald and the message 154 Scene 5 Gloucester survives to meet Lear 157 Scene 6 The reconciliation 171 Act 5 178 Scene 1 A battle lost but the ...
Page v
... Bedlam and beggars A performance at the court before the King King Lear as tragedy Shakespeare's themes and techniques Soliloquies and asides 46 114 125 183 36 Dramatic irony 44 Thinking about appearance and reality 63 A word about ...
... Bedlam and beggars A performance at the court before the King King Lear as tragedy Shakespeare's themes and techniques Soliloquies and asides 46 114 125 183 36 Dramatic irony 44 Thinking about appearance and reality 63 A word about ...
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... Bedlam , Shakespeare drew extensively on Samuel Harsnett's anti - Catholic polemical work Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures , first published in 1603 , which attacked the Catholic practice of exorcism . Thus , in King Lear ...
... Bedlam , Shakespeare drew extensively on Samuel Harsnett's anti - Catholic polemical work Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures , first published in 1603 , which attacked the Catholic practice of exorcism . Thus , in King Lear ...
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... Bedlam ) and Gloucester at the precise moment Gloucester believes he is departing the world . The poignancy is heightened by the stress on key emotive words ( ' fare ' , ' well ' , ' sir ' , ' all ' and ' heart ' ) which are ...
... Bedlam ) and Gloucester at the precise moment Gloucester believes he is departing the world . The poignancy is heightened by the stress on key emotive words ( ' fare ' , ' well ' , ' sir ' , ' all ' and ' heart ' ) which are ...
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Act 1 Scene Alack ALBANY audience Bedlam beggars blinding Burgundy characters Child Rowland complete the table contrast Copy and complete CORDELIA KING LEAR CORNWALL daughters death dost dramatic irony Duke Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDGAR GLOUCESTER EDGAR emphasise enters Exit eyes father FOOL KING LEAR Fortune France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR GLOUCESTER Gloucester's gods Gonerill and Regan Gonerill's hast hath hear heart iambic pentameter iambs imagery Jacobean James justice KENT KING LEAR Kent’s KING LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT kingdom Kingdom of Britain knave language Lear and Cordelia Lear's letter lines look Lord Lord Chamberlain's Men Madam means messenger nature night Nuncle Nunn nutshell OSWALD KENT paraphrase might read pathetic fallacy Peter Brook play play’s poor Prithee Questions REGAN GONERILL servant sister soliloquy speak speech storm tell Text notes thee thine Trevor Nunn trochee villain words