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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... lines are packed with puns , metaphors and ironies . Sometimes his words and phrases strike the modern reader as difficult and strange , and some of these words ( such as ' naughty ' and ' doubt ' ) have shifted in meaning since ...
... lines are packed with puns , metaphors and ironies . Sometimes his words and phrases strike the modern reader as difficult and strange , and some of these words ( such as ' naughty ' and ' doubt ' ) have shifted in meaning since ...
Page 10
... line, this pause is known as a caesura. Shakespeare uses this device often. Read the lines again, this time pausing at punctuation marks rather than at the end of each line, paying particular attention to the caesuras. You will notice ...
... line, this pause is known as a caesura. Shakespeare uses this device often. Read the lines again, this time pausing at punctuation marks rather than at the end of each line, paying particular attention to the caesuras. You will notice ...
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... lines , besides the fact that they do not rhyme . Take a moment to read them aloud . Can you hear the rhythm in the words ? Read the lines aloud once more . Can you hear the regular heartbeat repeating itself in each line ? te - DUM ...
... lines , besides the fact that they do not rhyme . Take a moment to read them aloud . Can you hear the rhythm in the words ? Read the lines aloud once more . Can you hear the regular heartbeat repeating itself in each line ? te - DUM ...
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... line , divided into what are called iambs . Each iamb contains one unstressed beat followed by one stressed beat ... lines particularly poignant , emphasising the close connection between Edgar ( as Tom o ' Bedlam ) and Gloucester at ...
... line , divided into what are called iambs . Each iamb contains one unstressed beat followed by one stressed beat ... lines particularly poignant , emphasising the close connection between Edgar ( as Tom o ' Bedlam ) and Gloucester at ...
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... line is not the expected heartbeat rhythm of the iambic pentameter that characterises the first two lines. Instead, the stress in each foot comes on the first beat in 'never', which is how the word is normally spoken. The jarring ...
... line is not the expected heartbeat rhythm of the iambic pentameter that characterises the first two lines. Instead, the stress in each foot comes on the first beat in 'never', which is how the word is normally spoken. The jarring ...
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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