Posted: March 21, 2013
Complete the following with supporting evidence and line references.
II i
1. What happens in this scene to further the subplot?
2. What happens to further the main plot?
3. Which characters help weave the plots together? Why?
II ii
1. What is Kent’s opinion of Oswald? Who starts the fights? Who stops the fight? What is Kent’s behavior towards Edmund and Cornwall?
2. Placing someone in the stocks was a punishment for the lowest criminal and thus an insult for the King’s messenger. Who determines the punishment? Who tries to intervene?
3. What is the letter which Kent reads and why is it important?