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 12
... letters are a stressed or a strong beat . They should be emphasised a little more than the weaker beats : GLOUCESTER I HAVE no WAY , and THERE - fore WANT no EYES ; ( Act 4 Scene 1 ) Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter ( five te - DUMs ...
... letters are a stressed or a strong beat . They should be emphasised a little more than the weaker beats : GLOUCESTER I HAVE no WAY , and THERE - fore WANT no EYES ; ( Act 4 Scene 1 ) Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter ( five te - DUMs ...
Page 19
... letter to deliver. Edmund convinces his brother Edgar to flee Gloucester's castle for his own safety. Persuaded of his son's disloyalty, Gloucester asks for Regan and Cornwall's assistance is hunting Edgar down. When Gonerill's servant ...
... letter to deliver. Edmund convinces his brother Edgar to flee Gloucester's castle for his own safety. Persuaded of his son's disloyalty, Gloucester asks for Regan and Cornwall's assistance is hunting Edgar down. When Gonerill's servant ...
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... letter . When Gloucester enters , Edmund pretends to hide the letter he is reading . His father demands to see the letter , which reveals a plot to murder Gloucester and divide the inheritance . Under Gloucester's questioning Edmund ...
... letter . When Gloucester enters , Edmund pretends to hide the letter he is reading . His father demands to see the letter , which reveals a plot to murder Gloucester and divide the inheritance . Under Gloucester's questioning Edmund ...
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... letter] EDMUND Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a ...
... letter] EDMUND Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a ...
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... letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate . I grow . I prosper . Now gods ... letter ] GLOUCESTER EDMUND Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter ? I know no news , my Lord . What paper were ...
... letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate . I grow . I prosper . Now gods ... letter ] GLOUCESTER EDMUND Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter ? I know no news , my Lord . What paper were ...
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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