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Ding Unit 19 Integrating skills Shakespeare’s Heroines What does ‘Heroine’ mean? A woman Who is noted for courage and daring action. 女英雄： The principal female character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation. 女主角： For example: The lady did something very risky, she saved the man, therefore she was a heroine. Shakespeare’s heroines Shakespeare’s heroines Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Portia appears in The Merchant of the Venice Cordelia in King Lear Listen and read the passage on page 142 1 What are the names of the three women characters in Shakespeare’s plays mentioned in the text? In which plays do they appear and what roles do they play? Answer the following questions: 1 Their names are Juliet, Portia and Cordelia. Juliet appears in Romeo and Juliet; Portia appears in The Merchant of the Venice; Cordelia appears in King Lear. Juliet is a woman full of courage, strength and determination. Portia is a woman full of passion, imagination and intelligence. Cordelia is a woman full of devotion, kindness and honest. Answers 2. According to the writer, each of them represents a different quality of character. Which quality marks each of the three women characters in the text? Answer: Juliet is brave, Portia is intelligent and Cordelia is honest. 3. Which of the three women do you admire most? Explain why. l admire Juliet because she is brave and of the spirit of self-sacrifice in seeking the true love. I admire Portia because she values friendship, is loyal to love and clever at handling things. I admire Cordelia so much because she has the true love for her father and fear no misunderstanding and doesnt care for losing wealth. 4. Why can we call Juliet brave in her love for Romeo? Because in order to seek her own true love she breaks away from her family, takes a poisonous drug and kills herself in the end. 5. What test does King Lear give his daughters? King Lears test is asking each of his daughters how much she