Unit 2 King Lear Writing 课件.pptVIP

A Plot Diagram Description Setting King Lear has three daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his three daughters; He is going to do this through a love test. How King Lear is organized: conflict rising action flattery vs honesty; words vs action His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth. Climax Hearing the truth, the king gets very angry. He gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one. falling Action The youngest daughter becomes Queen of France. After getting what they want, the two daughters treat King Lear disrespectfully. Resolution King Lear realizes that money cannot buy true love and true love is expressed by action not words. Homework 1.Read the whole play of King Lear and try to understand how Shakespeare compose the play; 2.Try to find an old story from our Chinese history and culture and compose a play, into a tragedy or comedy as you like, in group. 学科网(ZXXK.COM ）-网校通名校系列资料上学科网，下精品资料！ 学科网(ZXXK.COM ）-网校通名校系列资料上学科网，下精品资料！ Unit 2 King Lear Writing 课件 READING TASK 1 Read or listen to the final part of the play in groups with each person taking the part of a different character. If theres anything you dont understand, ask the group to help you. Part 6 concludes the play. In this part, Cordelia and Lear are reconciled, but then the French army loses and Cordelia and Lear are taken prisoner. Goneril poisons Regan and then kills herself out of shame. Meanwhile Gonerils husband, the Duke of Albany, 故事梗概 finds out that the sisters have ordered that Cordelia be hanged. He tries to prevent it but is too late. After her death, Lear once more goes mad and then dies. Albany then declares that the kingdom will be ruled by the son of Lears friend, the Duke of Gloucester. 2 Read Part 6 again and answer the questions. 1 At the beginning of Part 6 Lear is mad. What happens to make him come out of his madness? 2 When Cordelia and