Hamlet Assigned Reading 2.1 for Monday 2/1

1. Logs due for Act 1.
2. Hamlet Quiz with short answer response through Act 2.1.
3. Prepare a sketch of how you see the stage for Act 2.1 in Log Journal after the Act 1 log entries. How do all the players enter and exit? List all the characters on your diagram.
4. Prepare for close reading of a prose or poetry passage by reviewing assignments from Q1 and Q2 (the mock is coming soon!).
2.1 will be due Wednesday.

Reminder 1.4 - 1.5 Due 1/28

Remember that Act 1.4 and 1.5 are a combined 3 entry log. Try to focus your responses to 1.

Additionally, Draw Hamlet's Mind AFTER 1.5

Mind Fields and The Effects of This Good Lesson Keep Due 1/28

The Minds of Hamlet and Claudius

Now that you've met these two characters, draw graphic representations of the mind of each on separate pages AFTER the 1.2 log. Include their character traits, how you see their minds working, feelings (attitude/tone words), and at least three 3 quotes that capture them at least.

 Read and Log 1.3

Meet The Other Family

Paraphrase in modern language and compose a script in modern colloquial language of this scene. 

What are your opinions of Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes?

Include these AFTER your 1.3 logs.

Hamlet 1.2 - Write responses like these between your scene logs.

Literary Terms

Examine Claudius' Speech (the order of his address, the rhetorical devices - antithesis, equivocation, diction, juxtaposition) and interactions ll.1 - 120; What does the manner of his language reveal about his character?

Examine lines 66 - 95. How does this interaction between Hamlet and Claudius reveal the innermost thoughts (subtext) of each. In other words, what does each really want? How does each really feel? What does Gertrude want? How do you know? Support your answers with text support.

Consider Claudius' use of the Royal "WE" with Hamlet in these responses. What do the shifts in tone signify about the Mind of Claudius?

 

Independent Novel Project Paper

NOTE!!!! If you failed the assignments with a 60 or below and would like to improve your grade, YOU M AY resubmit a revised and improved paper by 1/13 for a higher grade. There is an assignment window on Turnitin for these papers.