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高三 选修 10
Unit 2Unit 2 KING LEARReading
TaskREADING TASK1 Read the final part of the play in
groups with each person taking the
part of a different character. If there’s
anything you don’t 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 Goneril's 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 Lear's friend, the Duke of Gloucester.2 Read Part 6 again on your own
and answer the questions.1 At the beginning of Part 6 Lear is
mad. What happens to make him
come out of his madness?Lear is given medicine by the doctors
and his daughter talks to him.2 When Cordelia and Lear are taken
prisoner, why does Lear want to go
to prison?Lear wants to live away from the rest of the world with only Cordelia for company. He wants to spend the rest of his life asking for her forgiveness.3 While they are in prison, Lear goes
mad again, what causes this?Cordelia is hanged and Lear once
more goes mad.4 At the end of the play, why does Kent
stop Albany from trying to help Lear?Kent believes Lear no longer wants to live (“he hates this world and cannot bear to live in it any longer”)
and should be allowed to die.5 Why did Albany change sides and
try to save Cordelia?Because he hates the cruel way his
wife is behaving.6 What is going to happen to Lear’s
kingdom now that his family is
dead? Do you think this will be a
good thing? Why?The Duke of Gloucester’s son will become king. Shakespeare intends us to think this is a good thing because the kingdom will have only one ruler and there will be no more fighting.Homework Read the whole play of King Lear and try to understand how Shakespeare compose the play.