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Teaching Shakespeare's
great tragedy has just been made much easier. When I started writing this guide, Lear
was my least favourite of the great tragedies; by the time I had finished, it
was my favourite. |
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Contents of the Guide |
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Teacher's Guide |
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Study Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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Suggested Teaching Plan |
4 |
Differing Interpretations |
3 |
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Plot Summary |
5 |
Shakespeare's World |
4 |
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Scene-by-scene Commentary |
6 |
Sources |
6 |
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Questions to Help Clarify the Plot |
19 |
Texts and Performances |
7 |
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Conflict |
21 |
Introducing the Main Characters |
8 |
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Examining Scenes One and Two |
22 |
Keep a Log |
9 |
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Language Analysis: Scene One |
29 |
Questions to Help Clarify the Plot |
10 |
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Questions To Further Understanding |
33 |
Conflict Task Sheet |
11 |
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Structure |
37 |
Examining Scenes One and Two |
13 |
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The Two Plot Structure |
40 |
Language Analysis: Scene One |
14 |
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Structure Notes |
42 |
Questions To Further Understanding |
16 |
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Structure 2: Language Patterns |
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Structure Task Sheet |
17 |
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Paradox and Dramatic Irony |
44 |
Structure 2: Patterns of Language |
18 |
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The Gods |
45 |
Shakespeare's Language |
19 |
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47 |
Themes |
20 |
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Symbolism |
48 |
Setting Task Sheet |
21 |
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Language Notes |
49 |
Characterisation Tasks |
22 |
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Themes |
55 |
Character Questions |
23 |
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Setting |
61 |
Exploring Issues in Depth |
24 |
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Character Questions |
63 |
Extension |
25 |
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Character Notes |
66 |
Quizzes |
26 |
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Exploring Issues in Depth |
72 |
Quotation quizzes |
34 |
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Model Essay |
75 |
Essay Topics |
37 |
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Quiz Answers |
78 |
Useful Definitions |
38 |
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Worksheet Answers |
82 |
Worksheets |
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Bibliography |
84 |
Study Record |
40 |
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Structure Worksheet |
85 |
Easy plot Summary |
41 |
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Vocabulary |
42 |
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Quotations to Complete |
43 |
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Character Chart |
45 |
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Exam Question |
46 |
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Structure Worksheet |
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Extras on the CD: A Christian Interpretation; Chronology of Shakespeare's Time; Elizabethan World View; Glossary of Literary Terms; Reconsidering Soliloquies; Shakespeare's Language; Presentation of Essays; Tragedy According to Aristotle; and a full script. |
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