1、Unit 2 KING LEARIn this part of the play,King Lear asks the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France whether they still want to marry Cordelia.What do you think the two men will say?Can you make some predictions?ListeningKing Lear tells them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdo
2、m and She will be a poor woman when she marries.the Duke of Burgundy(DB)s response:he cannot marry her after all.Listen and try to catch these ideas:the King of France(KF)s response:he decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom.Who will Cordelia marry?The King of France.1.What do
3、es King Lear tell the two men?2.How does the Duke of Burgundy respond when he hears the news?Listen again carefully and then answer the questions:3.What does the King of France want to know when he first hears the news?What does Cordelia tell him?4.What does the King of France decide to do?1 Lear te
4、lls them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdom.She will be a poor woman when she marries.Answers 2.Burgundy says he cannot marry her after all.3 The king of France asks Lear what Cordelia has done to turn him against her.Cordelia explains she has done nothing bad,just hasnt fo
5、und the words to tell her father how much she loves him.4.The king of France decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom.1 What do you think of the Duke of Burgundys decision?2 What is your opinion of the King of France?Questions left for you to discuss:3 How do Goneril and Regan
6、act towards their sister after the king has left?What does this tell you about the character of the two elder sisters?4 What do you think will happen next?3 The two sisters are rude to their younger sister.They refuse to take Cordelias advice and ask her to mind her own business.All these give a hin
7、t of their rudeness and cruelty.4.According to what they said,probably they will do something bad to their father-King Lear.Listening text N=Narrator B=Burgundy C=Cordelia L=Lear F=King of France R=Regan G=GaonerilN:After the kings harsh words to him,Kent sadly leaves the room.Just as he goes,the Ki
8、ng of France and the Duke of Burgundy enter.Both these gentlemen want to marry Cordelia.L:Ah,come here Burgundy.I have something to tell you.I no longer care for my daughter and she is to leave my castle a poor woman.She will have none of my riches when she marries you.B:That was not our agreement,s
9、ir.L:Well,it is now.B:I am sorry but I cannot marry her under these circumstances.L:Fine,then dont.And you,France.Are you willing to marry this daughter whom I hate?F:I dont understand.Yesterday Cordelia was your favorite.She was the child of your old age,the best,the dearest of your daughters.She m
10、ust have done something most terrible to turn you against her.C:Your Majesty.I have committed no murder or any other dishonorable act.It is simply that I could not find the words to tell my father how much I love him.L:It would have been better if you had never been born than you had displeased me s
11、o much.F:Is this her only fault?Why,then I shall marry her and take her to France where she will be my queen.L:Take her,for she is no daughter of e Burgundy.I do not want to look any longer at her face.N:The King and Burgundy leave together with the Dukes o Albany and Cornwall.C:Sisters,goodbye.I pr
12、ay that your grand speeches have some truth in them and that you will be kind to my father.R:Dont tell us what to do.G:Yes,mind your own business and look after your husband.N:Cordelia and the King of France leave.G:Sister,our father is much changed.He always loved Cordelia best yet see how quickly
13、he threw her out.R:Yes,I think he is becoming unwise in his old age.G:Well,he was always quick-tempered but now he is becoming far worse.I think we had better find some way of making sure he cant cause us any problems.R:Yes,Lets think about it.N:Regan and Goneril leave.Discuss the pictures.Listening
14、 Ex.on P.591 Who do you think the man with the sword is?Kent disguised as Caius.2 Why do you think he has been placed in the stocks?For hitting the other man(Regans servant)with a sword.3 What do you think King Lear is saying to his daughter and her husband?Listen to the tape with these questions an
15、d try to answer them:1 Why was the Duke of Kent put into the stocks?He had an argument with Regans servant,and hit him with the flat side of his sword.2 What happens when Lear asks to see his daughter?Regan at first pretends she is too tired to see Lear.Regan tells Lear he should return to Goneril a
16、nd apologize.3 What does Regan tell the king to do?When Goneril arrives what do the sisters tell King Lear to do?What happens to King Lear next?Goneril and Regan tell Lear that he is selfish and that he should dismiss all his soldiers except for a few old men.Lear becomes angry and says he will not
17、live with either of his daughters.Then he rushes away from the castle into an approaching storm.()A Kent gets into an argument with Oswald and is put in the stocks.()B At first Regan and her husband refuse to see Lear.Listen again and cross out the ones that didnt happen and number the others in ord
18、er.24()C Lear runs out into the storm.()D Kent demands that Regan apologize to him for putting him in the stocks.()E Kent goes to Regans castle to tell her Lear is coming.71()F Goneril arrives at the castle and she and Regan tell their father hes a silly old man.()G When Lear arrives and finds Kent
19、in the stocks he is very angry.63()H When she finally comes to see Lear,Regan tells Lear to return to Goneril and apologize.()I Kent tells the king he is Kent disguised as Caius,his servant.51 How does King Lear feel when he finds Kent/Caius in the stocks?He is angry and sees the punishment of his p
20、ersonal servant as an insult to himself.3 Listen again and answer these questions:2 Why do you think being put in the stocks is a terrible punishment?Being put in stocks and left on public display would be shameful.Passersby could laugh,call out insults or even throw things like rotten food at him.3
21、 What does Regan say that shows the audience she has no sympathy for Lear?She says that Goneril is not that bad and then she suggests Lear return to Goneril and apologize to her.4 Why do you think it is so important for King?Lear to keep his troop of one hundred soldiers?The hundred soldiers act as
22、an bonour guard to show that be is still an important person.Without his troop he would be just an ordinary person of no importance.KING LEARPart 4(N=Narrator L=Lear K=Kent KN=KnightR=Regan)LISTENING TEXTN:The Duke of Kent,disguised as Lears servant,Caius,travels to Regans castle before King Lear to
23、 tell his second daughter that he will soon be arriving.Unfortunately,Kent meets Regans servant outside the gates of the castle.They argue and Kent beats him with the fiat side of his sword.Regans husband,the Duke of Cornwall punishes Kent by.placing him in the stocks.When Lear arrives,he finds Kent
24、 in the stocks,outside the castle gates.Lear enters with one of his knights.L:I wonder why my servant Caius didnt return after he delivered my message to Regan?KN:I dont know.We should have met up with him by now.K:Welcome,Your Majesty.L:Caius?Are you playing a joke on me?K:No,my Lord.L:Then what ma
25、n has done this to you?K:Man and woman,my Lord.It was your daughter and son-in-law who had me put in these stocks.L:No,no,they wouldnt dare do such a thing!K:Yes,my Lord.L:Never!K:I swear its true.L:This is terrible!They cannot do this to my personal servantl Wheres this daughter?K:Within the castle
26、 with her husband.N:At first Regan and her husband refuse to speak to Lear.They say they have been travelling all night and are too tired.However,when King Lear tells their servant that he will go into their bedroom to talk to them,Regan and Cornwall come to the entrance of the castle.Regan and Corn
27、wall enter with some soldiers.R:Its good to seeyou,Your Majesty.L:Oh,Regan,you wont believe how unkind your sister is.I can hardly talk about it.R:Im sure shes notas bad as all that.L:Shes a monster.R:Father,I really think you should return to Goneril and apologize.L:Never!She told me to get rid of
28、half my troops.Shes an unnatural daughter.Let her go to hell!R:I advise you to do as Goneril requests,and return to her castle.You cant stay here,I dont have enough food for even fifty soldiers.I dont know whyyou need so many,anyway.Even twenty-five are too many.N:Before long Goneril arrives at the
29、castle too and the sisters call Lear a silly old man and tell him he is selfish to keep so many soldiers with him.They tell him he should keep just a few old men with him and tell all the rest to go home.Lear angrily tells his daughters he will live in neither of their houses.He rushes away from the
30、 castle into the countryside just as a storm is beginning.Regan locks the doors of the castle behind him.(the sound of an approaching storm)Listening on P62(WB)1 Study the pictures and discuss with a partner what is happening in each picture.Try to work out who each person is.Caius and another man a
31、re taking the King somewhere.It is raining.Picture A:Gonefils husband,the Duke of Albany,is leaving the castle on his horse.Picture B:Lear seems to be mad.He is pointing at a chair and seems to be talking to itPicture C:Caius is leading Lear to some place(probably the French army).Lear does not look
32、 well.Picture D:King Lear has probably just left Regans castle and is walking around alone in the rain.Picture E:2 Listen to Part 5 of the play and number pictures A-E to show the order of the events.1E 2A 3C 4D 5B3 Listen again and answer the questions.1 Where do the Duke of Gloucester and Kent tak
33、e Lear?To the Duke of Gloucesters castle.2 What strange thing does Lear do that shows he is mad?What reason do they give for his madness?Lear thinks the chair and the stool are his daughters.They say he has gone mad because he has lost everything.3 What news does the servant give Gloucester?What do
34、they decide to do?There is a plan to kill the king.They decide to take Lear to Cordelia and the King of France.4 Summarize what has happened to each of the following characters.A Goneril and ReganGoneril,Regan and their husbands get ready to go to Dover in order to fight the French army.B Regans hus
35、band Regans husband is killed in a fight.C Gonefils husband,the Duke of Albany Gonerils husband,the Duke of Albany,leaves his wife and goes to join the French army.KING LEARPart 5(N=Narrator G=Gloucester K=Kent L=Lear)LISTENING TEXTN:Kent is taken out of the stocks and allowed to go free.He finds Le
36、ar walking around the countryside in a storm.He tries to get Lear to go into an old hut to shelter from the storm,but Lear has become mad after all that has happened to him.An old friend,the Duke of Gloucester finds the King,and he and Kent take him to Gloucesters home.Now they are in Gloucesters be
37、droom.G:Youll be much warmer in here.K:I thank you for your kindness.Come,Your Majesty,would you like to lie down and rest?L:No,no,not yet.First I must see Goneril in prison.N:Lear points at a stool.L:Here she is.This is the daughter who kicked the king,her poor father.N:He now points at a chair.L:A
38、nd heres another.She has a heat of stone.Quick,quick,dont let her escape.K:He thinks the furniture is his daughters!The king grows mad.G:Its no wonder with all thats happened to him.He was once a great king and now he has nothing-no home,no friends,no daughters,no soldiers.N:A servant rushes into th
39、e room,bows to everyone and then whispers in Gloucesters ear.(Scene:Hurried footsteps come into the room and stop.)G:Excuse me.(Sound of whispering)The devils!Ive just been told that there is a plan to kim the king.Hes not safe here.Quickly,take the King to Dover where the Queen of France,Cordelia,h
40、is daughter,has just arrived with an army.He will be safe with her.N:They leave,holding Lear between them.Goneril,Regan and their husbands prepare to march to Dover to fight the French.However,Regans husband is killed in a fight and Gonerils husband,the Duke of Albany,hating the cruel way his wife is behaving,decides to leave her and go to fight with Cordelia and the French army.
