Research Paper Outline For King Lear
Advanced Placement in
English Literature and Composition
Individual Learning Packet
Teaching Unit
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Written by Eva Richardson
Copyright © 2006 by Prestwick House Inc., P.O. Box 658, Clayton, DE 19938. 1-800-932-4593. www.prestwickhouse.com Permission to copy this unit for classroom use is extended to purchaser for his or her personal use. This material, in whole or part, may not be copied for resale.
ISBN 978-1-60389-340-4
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King Lear
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEACHING UNIT
King Lear
Objectives
By the end of this Unit, students will be able to:
1. trace the development of the main plot in the play and indicate how and where the subplot
parallels …show more content…
trace and analyze the development of the following characters: Lear, Cordelia, Regan,
Goneril, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar, Edmund, Cornwall, Albany, Oswald.
3. trace the causes, symptoms, and consequences of the developing madness that plagues
King Lear throughout the play.
4. trace and analyze relationships between characters, especially between Lear and Cordelia,
Regan and Goneril, Edmund and Edgar, and Gloucester and Edgar.
5.
analyze Shakespeare’s use of language:
• rhyme and meter
• figurative devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
• dramatic conventions such as pun, aside, allusion, subplot, etc.
6.
analyze the function of the Fool.
7.
define the concept of the tragic hero by looking at the example of King Lear.
8.
trace the following themes in the play:
• old age and the ingratitude of the young
• the concept of Natural Order in terms of family relations and the influence of fate, the stars, and the gods
• the meaning of “nothing”
• the conflict between sight and insight, vision and blindness, ignorance and …show more content…
7. Trace Lear’s developing madness through the text and identify causes, symptoms, and consequences of his growing mental instability.
8.
I dentify how the theme of “nothing” correlates with notions of property, value, and family relations. 9. How does Shakespeare’s play comment on family relationships, loyalty, and the status of women? Find specific instances in which the text reveals the attitudes of the author or of individual characters in the play.
QUESTIONS
FOR ESSAY AND DISCUSSION
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King Lear
STUDENT COPY
King Lear
Act I, Scene I
1.
What is the question Lear asks his daughters before he makes the division of his kingdom final? What does he expect of his daughters?
2.
What is Cordelia’s answer to Lear’s question, and why is Lear outraged by Cordelia’s answer?
3.
How does Kent’s reaction to Lear’s banishment of Cordelia introduce the theme of sight and insight?
4.
In this first scene of the play, how does Shakespeare establish the parallels between the stories of Lear and his daughters on the one hand and the story of Gloucester and his sons on the other hand?
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STUDY GUIDE
King
English Literature and Composition
Individual Learning Packet
Teaching Unit
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Written by Eva Richardson
Copyright © 2006 by Prestwick House Inc., P.O. Box 658, Clayton, DE 19938. 1-800-932-4593. www.prestwickhouse.com Permission to copy this unit for classroom use is extended to purchaser for his or her personal use. This material, in whole or part, may not be copied for resale.
ISBN 978-1-60389-340-4
Item No. 301474
King Lear
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEACHING UNIT
King Lear
Objectives
By the end of this Unit, students will be able to:
1. trace the development of the main plot in the play and indicate how and where the subplot
parallels …show more content…
trace and analyze the development of the following characters: Lear, Cordelia, Regan,
Goneril, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar, Edmund, Cornwall, Albany, Oswald.
3. trace the causes, symptoms, and consequences of the developing madness that plagues
King Lear throughout the play.
4. trace and analyze relationships between characters, especially between Lear and Cordelia,
Regan and Goneril, Edmund and Edgar, and Gloucester and Edgar.
5.
analyze Shakespeare’s use of language:
• rhyme and meter
• figurative devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
• dramatic conventions such as pun, aside, allusion, subplot, etc.
6.
analyze the function of the Fool.
7.
define the concept of the tragic hero by looking at the example of King Lear.
8.
trace the following themes in the play:
• old age and the ingratitude of the young
• the concept of Natural Order in terms of family relations and the influence of fate, the stars, and the gods
• the meaning of “nothing”
• the conflict between sight and insight, vision and blindness, ignorance and …show more content…
7. Trace Lear’s developing madness through the text and identify causes, symptoms, and consequences of his growing mental instability.
8.
I dentify how the theme of “nothing” correlates with notions of property, value, and family relations. 9. How does Shakespeare’s play comment on family relationships, loyalty, and the status of women? Find specific instances in which the text reveals the attitudes of the author or of individual characters in the play.
QUESTIONS
FOR ESSAY AND DISCUSSION
16
King Lear
STUDENT COPY
King Lear
Act I, Scene I
1.
What is the question Lear asks his daughters before he makes the division of his kingdom final? What does he expect of his daughters?
2.
What is Cordelia’s answer to Lear’s question, and why is Lear outraged by Cordelia’s answer?
3.
How does Kent’s reaction to Lear’s banishment of Cordelia introduce the theme of sight and insight?
4.
In this first scene of the play, how does Shakespeare establish the parallels between the stories of Lear and his daughters on the one hand and the story of Gloucester and his sons on the other hand?
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