Following a discussion this morning, I have some bullet points to provoke discussion as the exams approach. The theme of loyalty requires some identification of the message that Shakespeare might have been trying to get across rather than a list …
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Escape the family: Lear discussion yr 13
Another y13 lesson posted to assist those absent on interview/open day.... This is a discussion of the idea that there is "NO ESCAPE FROM THE FAMILY". https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/family-essay-discussion.mp3 lear family planning Read More "Escape the family: Lear discussion yr 13"
Yr 13 lecture/discussion: Fool as guide…
Linked to this post on the Fool: https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/the-fool-as-much-a-guide-for-the-audience-as-for-lear/ This lecture/discussion was delivered on Tuesday 22nd March. I post it to support Fred and Jack who missed the lesson - interviews and open days! https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/fool-essay-discussion-lesson.mp3 Read More "Yr 13 lecture/discussion: Fool …
THE FOOL: as much a guide for the audience as for Lear?
This post looks at a question from the 2015 OCR level paper on King Lear. The PowerPoint below formed part of a give back and is an invitation for discussion, not a route map to an A*! fool as guide …
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Goneril. A misunderstood woman. #IWD2016
Poor Goneril. Is there a more misunderstood character in Literature? (probably, but indulge me). All too often she is dumped into the same bracket as her noxious middle sister, Regan. Middle siblings: surface charm, surface calm and deep malice. It's …
Stretching Lear 2
2 more presentations by Year 13, with discussion... The Malcontent in Jacobean Literature https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/the-malcontent-alex-sunay-louis.mp3 Warrior Virtues in Lear: Bushido readings https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/warrior-virtues-davin-nikhil-himmat.mp3 Texts will be uploaded as soon as they arrive! Read More "Stretching Lear 2"
Extending Lear: Mothers and The Road…
Two presentations given by Year 13 students Ethan and David. One considers the absent mothers in the play and the other is entitled "What need 1? The mirrored worlds of Lear and The Road". This is the first time the …
Cinderedmund and Corderella
-Forgive the bad puns. my students have been looking at an essay entitled "King Lear can be seen as beginning as a fairy tale, whilst ending as a nightmare". I wanted to make some points as stimulus for the writing …
King Lear theme sheets
Year 13, please find your theme sheets for Act 3 here. Feel free to browse and take these as stimuli for discussion or simply as a starting point for quotation gathering... new doc 10 Act 3 thematic references new doc …
Shakespeare and the Apocalypse: initial thoughts.
https://anchor.fm/jonathan-peel/episodes/King-Lear-and-the-Apocalypse-erav68 This post is available as a podcast here: https://anchor.fm/jonathan-peel/episodes/King-Lear-and-the-Apocalypse-erav68 I am interested in trying to engage students in the idea of Shakespeare presenting the Apocalyptic in his later plays and specifically in Lear, being studied in y13. Eschatology (the …
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