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1、Unit2KingLearPartTwo:TeachingResourcesSection2:BackgroundinformationforUnit2KingLear1.KingLeartheplaybyWilliamShakespeare●SummaryoftheplotorstoryThestoryofKingLear,anagingmonarchwhoisheadstrongoldmanwhoisblindtohisweaknesses,decidestodividehiskingdomamongsthisthreedaughters,ac
2、cordingtowhichonerecitesthebestdeclarationoflove.GonerilandReganwhoaretheselfishdaughtersofLearwhopretendtolovehimbutlatertreathimcruelly.CordeliawhoistheloyalandunselfishdaughterofLear.Hedisownsherafterconfusingherhonestywithinsolence.EdgarisGloucester'sloyalsonandheirandEdmu
3、ndisGloucester'sevilbastardson.Atfirstthefamilyappeartobelovingandcaringbutthiscouldnotbefurtherfromthetruth.Asthecharactersunfoldwefindgreed,betrayal,lustforpower,andcruelty.Inotherwords,theyareanythingbutnormalandcaring.Theendoftheplayendsindeatheverywhere.Regandiesafterbein
4、gpoisonedbyGoneril.Gonerilstabsherselftodeath.Edgarrevealshistrueidentitytohisfather,buttheoldmandies.Mortallywounded,EdmundbecomesremorsefulandcountermandshisordertohangCordelia.Butitistoolate,andCordeliadies.Lear,nowabrokenman,fallsuponCordeliaandalsodies.●Informationprovide
5、dabouttheplayWilliamShakespeareneverpublishedanyofhisplaysandthereforenoneoftheoriginalmanuscriptshavesurvived.Eighteenunauthorisedversionsofhisplayswere,however,publishedduringhislifetimeinquartoeditionsbyunscrupulouspublishers(therewerenocopyrightlawsprotectingShakespeareand
6、hisworksduringtheElizabethanera).Acollectionofhisworksdidnotappearuntil1623(afullsevenyearsafterShakespeare'sdeathonApril23,1616)whentwoofhisfellowactors,JohnHemmingesandHenryCondell,posthumouslyrecordedhisworkandpublished36ofWilliam’splaysintheFirstFolio.Somedatesaretherefore
7、approximateotherdatesaresubstantiatedbyhistoricalevents,recordsofperformancesandthedatesplaysappearedinprint.●DatefirstperformedFirstrecordedperformanceofKingLearwason1606December26.IntheElizabethaneratherewasahugedemandfornewentertainmentandKingLearwouldhavebeenproducedimmedi
8、atelyfollowingthecompletionoftheplay.●DatefirstprintedItisbel
