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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... Questions for debate Creative writing Illustration Questions for discussion Essay questions Appendices 207 207 209 209 210 211 To the teacher 211 A Shakespeare reading list 214 Vocabulary list 215 Image credits 217 Index 218 ...
... Questions for debate Creative writing Illustration Questions for discussion Essay questions Appendices 207 207 209 209 210 211 To the teacher 211 A Shakespeare reading list 214 Vocabulary list 215 Image credits 217 Index 218 ...
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... questions . It is full of workshops and young apprentices and you notice an overly high number of beggars . It is also the location for five of London's prisons , including that most notorious prison : the Clink . DO Today's play is ...
... questions . It is full of workshops and young apprentices and you notice an overly high number of beggars . It is also the location for five of London's prisons , including that most notorious prison : the Clink . DO Today's play is ...
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... Lear and Cordelia to be saved but almost immediately Lear enters carrying Cordelia's body. Lear expresses his bitter grief before dying. Quick questions ! ng Spend a few minutes answering these. 20 Insight Shakespeare Plays.
... Lear and Cordelia to be saved but almost immediately Lear enters carrying Cordelia's body. Lear expresses his bitter grief before dying. Quick questions ! ng Spend a few minutes answering these. 20 Insight Shakespeare Plays.
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... questions in pairs or as a class . Questions 1 Which two daughters inherit half of King Lear's kingdom ? 2 Which daughter loses her third of the kingdom ? 3 Who does the King banish for questioning his judgement ? 4 Who marries Cordelia ...
... questions in pairs or as a class . Questions 1 Which two daughters inherit half of King Lear's kingdom ? 2 Which daughter loses her third of the kingdom ? 3 Who does the King banish for questioning his judgement ? 4 Who marries Cordelia ...
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... Questions ? 2 Why is King Lear giving up his kingdom? 3 What evidence can you find in this scene that Lear loves Cordelia more than his other daughters? 4 Why does Cordelia say that she cannot compete with her sisters' speeches? 5 What ...
... Questions ? 2 Why is King Lear giving up his kingdom? 3 What evidence can you find in this scene that Lear loves Cordelia more than his other daughters? 4 Why does Cordelia say that she cannot compete with her sisters' speeches? 5 What ...
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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