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Unit 2 KING LEAR

葫芦岛市第一高级中学

王鹏

Unit 2

KING LEAR

葫芦岛市第一高级中学

王鹏

Teaching Aims

2) to let the students know more about English literature 1) to improve the students’ reading ability

2) to let the students know more about human nature.

Teaching Procedure: Step 1. Warming up Enjoy a short video to know about King Lear. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, which is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of Lear of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen.

Step2. Introduction 1.

Main character 2.

Complete the following main point of Part 1 3.

Words from the daughters. I love you more than all the riches in the world, more than my freedom, more even than my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than life itself.

——Goneril I adore you more than anything else in the whole world. My greatest happiness is in loving you.——Regan I love you as it is right and proper for a daughter to love her father, neither less nor more.

—Cordelia

Step 3. Acting

Act the part 1 out with your partners.

Step4

First reading Skim the text quickly to find out the answers 1．Part 3 is mainly about ________. A．Oswald was disrespectful towards King Lear B．King Lear was not being treated with the respect

C．Goneril complained about the hundred soldiers D．King Lear got very angry and decided to leave immediately 2．Why did the Duke of Kent disguised as a servant ask for a job from King Lear? A．Because he was loyal to King Lear and wanted to help him. B．Because he couldn’t escape from Britain. C．Because he couldn’t make a living without King Lear. D．Because Goneril was trying to catch him. 3．The reason why Oswald was disrespectful towards King Lear was that ________. A．he was a foolish servant B．he didn’t know how to treat people C．Goneril encouraged him to do so D．King Lear had done wrong to him before 4．Goneril complained about the hundred soldiers.Her real purpose was that ________. A．she wanted to reduce the soldiers B．she wanted to reduce the expenses to keep them C．she wanted to drive King Lear out of her kingdom D．she wanted to cause friction between Regan and her 5．It can be inferred that ________.

A．King Lear reunited his kingdom again B．Goneril would be at war with Regan C．Goneril was defeated by Regan D．King Lear’s life of old age couldn’t be happy

Step 5. Acting

Act the part 3 out with your partners.

Step 6. Language points

1.

She encourages her staff to be disrespectful towards Lear 2.

OK Caius. I'll give you a trial. And if you prove to be good at your job, I'll keep you on as my servant.

3.

Sir, I am sorry, to tell you this, but it seems to me that you are not being treated with the respect due to a king. 4.

I suspected the same, but I keep telling myself it was my imagination. 5.

What's up, daughter?

6.

Is it any wonder that I frown when your soldiers are continually drinking and fighting?

7.

Is this my daughter scolding me? 8.

I have had enough of your soldiers. Step 7. Discussion 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 Goneril's husband, the Duke of Albany, 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 Lear's friend, the Duke of Gloucester. The tragedy of King Lear is not to moisten the eyes of the reader with tears, but to fill the brain of the reader with thoughts. Step 8. 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 in group.