Sept. 20

September 20, 2016

E.Q: Characterize Hamlet through direct and indirect characterization.

Support your analysis with textual evidence.

Compare and contrast the original play to a modern adaptation.

Obj: I can characterize Hamlet through direct and indirect characterization.

I can support my analysis with textual evidence.

I can compare and contrast the original play to a modern adaptation.

Starter: 

Select one quote from the play that you believe best describes Hamlet.

Explain what the quote means and why you chose it. 

Vocabulary: 

Lit Term: Foil

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character.

Your Definition:

Activity: Give an example of a foil.

Use Hamlet Vocab for this element.

You should have 30 words by the end of the unit.

For each activity box use the word in a sentence.

It will go for a grade at the end of the unit.

* There are more than 30 boxes in this document.  You do not have to fill them all!

Activity:

1.  Hamlet's Soliloquy Analysis

With a partner, translate the lines into a language that is understandable to you.

You may use any sort of style that is suitable for you and your partner. 

When complete, think about the overall mental state of Hamlet.

Answer: What does this soliloquy reveal about his mental state?

To be, or not to be: that is the question: 

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer 

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, 

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

 And by opposing end them? 

To die: to sleep; No more; 

and by a sleep to say we end 

The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks 

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation 

Devoutly to be wish'd. 

To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: 

ay, there's the rub;

 For in that sleep of death what dreams may come 

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, 

Must give us pause: there's the respect 

That makes calamity of so long life;

 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, 

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, 

The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, 

The insolence of office and the spurns 

That patient merit of the unworthy takes,

 When he himself might his quietus make 

With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,

 To grunt and sweat under a weary life, 

But that the dread of something after death, 

The undiscover'd country from whose bourn 

No traveller returns, puzzles the will 

And makes us rather bear those ills we have 

Than fly to others that we know not of? 

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; 

And thus the native hue of resolutions 

sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, 

And enterprises of great pith and moment

 With this regard their currents turn awry, 

And lose the name of action.-

Soft you now! The fair Ophelia! 

Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember'd

2.  BBC Production

0:00-7:45

As you watch act three, scene one, consider the similarities and differences between the text and the play.

How would you characterize Hamlet based on this version?

3.  Hamlet Act Three, Scene Two

.  Act Three Scene Two

Listen to the audio play version of Hamlet

12: 22 - 35: 10

Hamlet

First Player

Polonius

Rosencrantz

Guildenstern

Horatio

Claudius

Ophelia

Player King

Player Queen

Lucianus
Prologue
Gertrude

Discussion Questions

Analyze the interaction between Hamlet and Ophelia, and describe both of their mental, emotional, and physical states.

Summarize the play acted out for the king and queen.

Critique the effectiveness of Hamlet's plan.
Analyze what the recorder represents with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

4.  Double Entry Journal

Reflect on Act Three thus far.

Select five quotes that resonate with you.

These quotes can be important, intriguing, confusing, ect.

Make sure to record your reaction to the quote.
Use the template linked above and make a copy of it in your assignments folder.

Closure:

How confident do you feel finding textual evidence to support your ideas?

Rate yourself using the learning target on a scale of 1-4.