2.16 Reading Guide to King Lear, Act I (pp. 1143-64)
Due before class on October 4. Five points. (Extra credit for Screwtape at end.)
Identify the following quotations from Act I, answering the following questions:
A. Who says the lines?
B. To whom or about whom are they said?
C. In one sentence, what is the meaning or significance of the lines?
1. Now, our joy.
Although our last and least.
2. Nothing will come of nothing.
3. Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
4. I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not.
5. Time shall unfold what pleated cunning hides.
6. . . . he hath ever but slenderly known himself.
7. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity.
8. Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest.
9. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
10. If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'd have thee beaten for being old before thy time.
Optional extra credit for those who attended Screwtape:
11. For five extra credit points, in the performance of Screwtape at the University of Alabama Allen Bales Theater, what common household material do the fiends pass through to indicate that they are exiting the scene and going "down under"?
Due before class on October 4. Five points. (Extra credit for Screwtape at end.)
Identify the following quotations from Act I, answering the following questions:
A. Who says the lines?
B. To whom or about whom are they said?
C. In one sentence, what is the meaning or significance of the lines?
1. Now, our joy.
Although our last and least.
2. Nothing will come of nothing.
3. Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
4. I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not.
5. Time shall unfold what pleated cunning hides.
6. . . . he hath ever but slenderly known himself.
7. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity.
8. Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest.
9. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
10. If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'd have thee beaten for being old before thy time.
Optional extra credit for those who attended Screwtape:
11. For five extra credit points, in the performance of Screwtape at the University of Alabama Allen Bales Theater, what common household material do the fiends pass through to indicate that they are exiting the scene and going "down under"?
2.17 Reading Guide to King Lear, Acts 2-5
Double reading guide due before class on Friday, October 8. Ten points.
Are you having trouble understanding King Lear? For a side by side original/modern text, go to: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/lear/page_2.html. Be sure to read the original Renaissance text, but if you get stuck, there's help on the right hand side of each page. (Note: The modern text is a loose translation, not an exact one.)
For 1-5, identify the following quotations from Acts II and III, answering the following questions:
A. Who says the lines?
B. To whom or about whom are they said?
C. In one sentence, what is the meaning or significance of the lines?
1. Fortune, good night; smile once more; turn thy wheel!
2. I will do such things--
What they are, yet I know not; but they shall be
The terrors of the earth!
3. Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!
4. 'tis a naughty night to swim in.
5. The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
6. Act IV, Scene ii shows an argument between Albany and Goneril. Why is each upset with the other?
7. What well-meaning trick does Edgar play on Gloucester in 4.6?
8. What does Goneril's letter ask Edmund to do?
9. What growing rivalry between Regan and Goneril becomes evident in 5.1? What is Edmund's position concerning this rivalry?
10. We see the last of Goneril and Regan in 5.3. How does each die?
Double reading guide due before class on Friday, October 8. Ten points.
Are you having trouble understanding King Lear? For a side by side original/modern text, go to: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/lear/page_2.html. Be sure to read the original Renaissance text, but if you get stuck, there's help on the right hand side of each page. (Note: The modern text is a loose translation, not an exact one.)
For 1-5, identify the following quotations from Acts II and III, answering the following questions:
A. Who says the lines?
B. To whom or about whom are they said?
C. In one sentence, what is the meaning or significance of the lines?
1. Fortune, good night; smile once more; turn thy wheel!
2. I will do such things--
What they are, yet I know not; but they shall be
The terrors of the earth!
3. Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!
4. 'tis a naughty night to swim in.
5. The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
6. Act IV, Scene ii shows an argument between Albany and Goneril. Why is each upset with the other?
7. What well-meaning trick does Edgar play on Gloucester in 4.6?
8. What does Goneril's letter ask Edmund to do?
9. What growing rivalry between Regan and Goneril becomes evident in 5.1? What is Edmund's position concerning this rivalry?
10. We see the last of Goneril and Regan in 5.3. How does each die?
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