Classwork 2/26

Complete Act 3

1) Compose: Wants and Gets for Hamlet and Claudius
What are Claudius' wants and gets in 3.3.39 - 101?
What are Hamlet's wants and gets?
Should Hamlet Wait? Why Does he?

How should this scene be played? Be prepared to Act on Thursday.

2) Complete Flight Plan in class

3) Complete an exam survey: bit.ly/NvlkuZ

Assignments Due in Hamlet Logs 2/24

Logs:
2.1, 2.2, 3.1

Hamlet Truths Dramatic Monologue (see post from 2/17) lines 2.2.249 - 335.
"O What A Rogue" Paraphrase. 2.2.550 - 609
"To Be, or Not To Be" Debate between Hamlet's Voices 3.1.63-95
         convert the soliloquy into a Debate, for example:
         Hamlet 1) To Be
         Hamlet 2) or Not To be
         Both) That is the question.
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"Nunnery" (3.1.97 - 170)
Choose a position from the options below (that we explored in class) and compose a reflection in your journals. Which position do you believe most accurately represents your vision of how the scene should be played? Why? Support your answer with apt and ample text evidence.

Read Ahead through the end of Act 3.
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Homework 2/17/14

l  If Hamlet does, in fact, tell some truths in this scene, what might these be?

l  construct a monologue comprised of only the truths Hamlet speaks in lines 249 - 335.

l  Close Read: O, What A Rogue Soliloquy (2.2.550 – 609) identify words you don’t know, circle verbs for close annotation box tone words and underline important details.

If you'd like to watch Act2.2 start at about 1:04:00.

Homework 2/13 Act 2, scene 1

Annotate 2.1.1-77 in your text Circle Verbs, and draw a box around highly CONNOTATIVE words and phrases that reveal Polonius’ values (focus on words that have many meanings).

On a separate sheet of paper compose a response:

What can you conclude about Polonius’ character? List several character traits that you have inferred from his actions and words in this scene.

Please document the character traits with direct text references/citation ie. Polonius demonstrates his ____(character trait goes here)_______ as he suggests “________text goes here___________” (2.1.10) because ______________your inference goes here__________________________.

Character traits

You may use these or traits from your tone pages

Hamlet LOG Calendar

Here's the Calendar for Hamlet Logs:
1.3, 1.4/5: due 2/11
2.1 due 2/12
"Oh, what a Rogue" paraphrase due 2/13
2.2 due 2/14
3.1 due 2/16
3.2 due 2/18

 

Hamlet "Sullied Flesh" soliloquy homework

Read aloud Hamlet’s soliloquy  “O, that this too, too sullied flesh” (1.2.133-162). Paraphrase it in your logs.

Make a note of signals that give clues to Hamlet’s innermost thoughts – for example, Choice of words, construction of phrases, sequences of thought. Does he hide behind puns here as he did with Claudius? What does the antithesis in the soliloquy reveal?

Decide which images you want to bring to life when your group performs the soliloquy. You may bring props, drawings, photos, sounds, ect. to help bring your group's vision to life.

 

Here's the rubric: