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King Lear by William Shakespeare All new material @2010 E Inc.or its Licensors.All Rights Reserved. No portion may be reproduced without permission in writing from the publisher. For complete copyright information please see the online version of this text at /king-lear-text Table of Contents Strategies for Understanding Shakespeare s Language 1 Reading Pointers for Sharper Insight 6 Act L 9 Scene I 9 Scene II 19 Scene IⅢ 25 Scene IV 26 Scene V 39 Act IⅡ 42 Scene I 42 Scene Ⅱ 47 Scene Ⅲ 53 Scene IV 54 Act IIL 66 Scene I 66 Scene I 67 Scene Ⅲ 70 Scene IV . 71 Scene V 77 Scene VI 78 Scene VH 83 Act IV 89 Scene I 89 Scene I 92 Scene IⅢ 96 Scene IV 98 Scene V 99 Scene VI 101 Scene VII 111 Act V 116 Scene I 116 Scene Ⅱ 119 Scene II 120 Strategies for Understanding Shakespeares Language 1.When reading verse,note the appropriate phrasing and intonation. DO NOT PAUSE AT THE END OF A LINE unless there is a mark of punctuation.Shakespearean verse has a rhythm of its own,and once a reader gets used to it,the rhythm becomes very natural to speak in and read.Beginning readers often find it helpful to read a short pause at a comma and a long pause for a period,colon,semicolon,dash,or question mark. Heres an example from The Merchant of Venice,Act IV,Scene i: The quality of mercy is not straind,(short pause) It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath:(long pause)it is twice blest;(long pause) It blesseth him that gives,(short pause)and him that takes;(long pause) Tis mightiest in the mighties;(long pause)it becomes The throned monarch better than h