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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... play's first audiences. For the play's main plot, Shakespeare was also probably inspired by contemporary events. In an infamous lawsuit in 1603, the two eldest daughters of Sir Brian Annesley tried to have their father declared ...
... play's first audiences. For the play's main plot, Shakespeare was also probably inspired by contemporary events. In an infamous lawsuit in 1603, the two eldest daughters of Sir Brian Annesley tried to have their father declared ...
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... play, Edgar distils into a single utterance the 'weight' of the play's tragedy and the lesson to be learned from it: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. (Act 5 Scene 3) ii Chants and ...
... play, Edgar distils into a single utterance the 'weight' of the play's tragedy and the lesson to be learned from it: The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. (Act 5 Scene 3) ii Chants and ...
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... play? Press PLAY Trevor Nunn: DVD Chapter 1 1 Why do you think Nunn employs low-key lighting and shadows for the opening of this scene? 2 Which of the play's themes does this emphasise? 3 What sort of atmosphere is created by the organ ...
... play? Press PLAY Trevor Nunn: DVD Chapter 1 1 Why do you think Nunn employs low-key lighting and shadows for the opening of this scene? 2 Which of the play's themes does this emphasise? 3 What sort of atmosphere is created by the organ ...
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... play's main themes? 3 How would you describe the setting ofLear's throne-room? What atmosphere does this setting create and how does it reinforce some of the play's major themes? 4 When he delivers his opening speech, Lear does not move ...
... play's main themes? 3 How would you describe the setting ofLear's throne-room? What atmosphere does this setting create and how does it reinforce some of the play's major themes? 4 When he delivers his opening speech, Lear does not move ...
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... play's main themes? Soliloquies and asides Picture this: you don't go to school one day and you end up watching Days of Our Lives. Besides the rather predictable plot and the abundance of cosmetic surgery, you notice that sometimes the ...
... play's main themes? Soliloquies and asides Picture this: you don't go to school one day and you end up watching Days of Our Lives. Besides the rather predictable plot and the abundance of cosmetic surgery, you notice that sometimes the ...
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Act 1 Scene ALBANY Albany’s audience Bedlam beggars blinding brother Burgundy characters Child Rowland complete the table contrast Copy and complete CORDELIA KING LEAR daughters death dost dramatic irony Duke Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDGAR GLOUCESTER EDGAR EDMUND GLOUCESTER emphasise enters Exit eyes father FOOL KENT FOOL KING LEAR Fool’s GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR GLOUCESTER Gloucester’s castle gods Gonerill and Regan Gonerill’s hast hath heart iambic pentameter iambs imagery Jacobean KENT KING LEAR Kent’s KING LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT KING OF FRANCE King’s kingdom knave language LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT KING Lear’s letter lines Lord Madam man’s means nature night Nuncle Nunn nutshell OSWALD pathetic fallacy Peter Brook play’s poor Press PLAY Prithee Questions servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s plays sister soliloquy speak storm Text notes thee There’s thine Trevor Nunn trochee villain words