Unit 2 King Lear Speaking 课件.pptVIP

message. However, Kent becomes involved in a fight with one of Regans servants and he is put into the stocks for punishment. Later, when Lear runs out into the storm Kent follows him to protect him, eventually travelling him to the French army camp. At the end of the play when the Duke of Albany tries to revive Lear, Kent tells him to let the old man die because he has suffered enough. Duke of Albany: The Duke of Albany, Gonerils husband leaves Goneril and Regans army when he realizes how evil his wife is. After the French army is defeated he hears that Cordelia is going to be killed. He tries to stop it but he is too late. After Lears death, Albany announces that the Duke of Gloucesters son will be king and that he will once more unite the kingdom. Quickly re-read The three daughters of the king on page 19. Discuss the similarities and differences between the story and the play. The main difference between the old story and Shakespeares play is the ending. In the story, the third daughter hears that Lear is being treated badly so she raises an army, defeats her sisters and then puts the King back on his throne. When he dies she becomes Queen. At the end of the play both Lear and Cordelia die. Other differences include the daughters having names in the play but not the story. No mention in the story of Cordelia marrying the King of France and no mention of Lear going mad. In the story, the King goes backwards and forwards between the two daughters until all his soldiers have gone. In the play he travels only once and then he runs away from his daughters. 3 What moral messages do you think Shakespeare wants the audience to understand by the end of the play? There are several morals in the play. One is that being disrespectful to your parents leads or causes bad things to happen. Another is that it is unwise to believe people who flatter you (like Regan and Goneril) and equally unwise to give no value to honest plain-speaking people (like Cordelia and Kent). An