Missing possessive homework sheet: Joe, Aaron, Austin, Katherine
Reading schedule: Wednesday, 26 September- finish Act III
Thursday, 27 September Act IV scenes i-iv.
Friday, 28 September finish Act IV
Monday, 1 October finish Act V.
In class: Act II review questions. You will use your text.
Hamlet vocabulary 2--------matching quiz next Tuesday. Please learn these.
Tuesday October 9 - vocabulary packet number 2 is due. See one of us, if you need help.
At the end of today's blog, you will find plot / character notes. Please read them through.
Hamlet vocabulary 2 As with the previous, the assessment will be your simply defining the word.
1.To glean - to gather; to collect
2. sovereign (adj)- absolute; totally undisputed / n- king or monarch
3. satirical (adj) – sarcastic, biting, mocking
4. promontory- (noun)- a cliff high above water
5. rogue (noun)- a villain, fiend, scoundrel
6. firmament (noun) – the sky
7. pestilent – (adj)- deadly, likely to cause an epidemic
8. paragon –(noun)- perfect example, model, standard
9. quintessence –(noun)- ideal, essence, perfect model
10. to cleave (verb)- to split, also to adhere
11. malefactions (noun)- evil deeds
12. consummation (noun) completion; achievement
13. calamity (noun)- disaster, cause of great distress
14. contumely (noun)- insulting treatment
15. wantonness (noun)- immorality, extravagance
16. dejected –(adj)- depressed, disheartened
17. abominably –(adverb)- detestably; with hatred
18. to buffet (verb)- to hit or strike
19. clemency (noun)- leniency, mercy
20. to beguile (verb)- to deceive, to cheat
21. contagion (noun)- the cause of a disease
22. fetters (noun)- chains or shackles attached to the ankles
23. to compel- to force
24. mandate (noun)- a decree, an order, command
25. to whet- to sharpen
Partners for Thursday and Friday
Partners Acts II and III
ACT II ACT III
Barbarita, Joseph Aaron Ashli
Brendze-Brownlie, Aaron Joseph Allison
Giles, Ashli Allison Joe
Haberberger, Allison M Ashli Aaron
Highsmith, Ariana Katherine Tamia
Johnson, Katherine J Ariana Austin
Jones, Tamia Austin Ariana
LaFond, Austin P Tamia Katherine
Leggette, Tianna Chishell Nalia
Marble, Chrishell Tianna Miranda
Morales, Nalia Miranda Tianna
Murphy, Miranda Nalia Chrishell
Nguyen, Kathy Tarek Chris
Persad, Tarek D Kathy Sierra
Peterkin, Christopher Sierra Kathy
Robinson, Sierra N Chris Tarek
Schadt, Heidi Nicolas w/ Joe and Ashli
Staggert, Nicolas Heidi Zadejah
Wilson, Zadejah w/ Nick and Heidi Nick
- Why does Polonius wish Renaldo to use “slips [such] as gaming…or drinking, fencing and quarrelling,” in other words a “bait of falsehood?”
From II.ii.66-73
From II.i.87-94
From II.ii.13-5.
4. What is the relationship between Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What does the queen wish of them?
From II.ii.10-19.
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
From II.ii.176-80.
From II.ii.211-24.
From II.ii.268-70.
Act III. scene i notes:Queen Gertrude and King Claudius inquire of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern how their meeting with Hamlet went. They reply he was "most like a gentleman", didn't ask many questions but answered any they had.
Polonius then puts into play his plan for his daughter Ophelia to speak to Hamlet, whilst he and the king listen in, this being to ascertain if Hamlet's madness is really caused by his love for Ophelia.
Hamlet enters and we have his famous to be or not to be speech. Should he kill himself? What are the arguments for and against suicide?
Hamlet and Ophelia converse. She returns his "perfume-lost" love letters. Hamlet plays word games with her, questioning her honesty and telling her to "get thee to a nunnery" for he is "indifferent honest" and an "arrant knave." As he speaks harshly to Ophelia, but perhaps the words are really meant for his mother. He then says, That those that are married already / all but one, shall live"(III.i.160). On that note, he leaves.
Ophelia's very distraught over this noble mind o'er throwned. But the King realizes that love is not the root of Hamlet's madness."His affections do not tend that way." He determines to send the Prince to England., as "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." Polonious still thinks Ophelia is the cause, but asks King Claudius to let the Queen privately speak with her son about her grief, before he is sent away.
Act III.ii.Hamlet practices with players / actors and gives them new lines to insert into the play. Shakespeare has him give good advice to being a successful performer. These words hold true today. As well, he tells Horatio of his plans, that he is to "rivit" to the [King's] face." Horatio agrees to watch carefully.
The play: Hamlet makes bawdy allusions with Ophelia, and she notes that he is "merry".
In the play within the play: note that Hamlet tells the King the play is entitled "The Mousetrap." In"The Murder of Gonzago" the former king's death, Hamlet's father's murder, is reenacted. Claudius has a fit and the play is brought to a premature end.
Horatio too has noted the king's behavior and Guildenstern informs him of the king's choler (anger) and that the Queen wishes to speak with him. With both Guildenstern and Polonius, Hamlet plays more word games, augmenting the belief that he is truly mad. The scene ends with the "witching time of night" when Hamlet knows he is capable of action. But to his mother, he must "be cruel, not unnatual"; "speak daggers, but use none."
Act III.iiiThe King tells Rosencrantz and Guidenstern to take Hamlet to England.
Polonius informs the King that Hamlet is with his mother. King Claudius' reflects on his actions. Hamlet observes him "a-praying" and so decides not to kill him, because that would mean the King would be forgiven in God's eyes. Remember his father is in Purgatory; how ironic if his murderer goes to heaven.
Act III.ivPolonius hides behind the arras (curtain), whilst Hamlet converses with his mother. Hamlet kills Polonius. This is an intense scene. What do you think is the nature of the relationship between Hamlet and his mother? He is violent towards her, makes vivid comparisons between his father and her new husband, and overt sexual references. His father's ghost appears- or does it, as only Hamlet sees him- and chides him: "Do not forget. This visitation / Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose"(III.iv.126-7). In the meantime, Gertrude thinks he is crazy and asks him to "sprinkle cool patience". When the ghost leaves, Hamlet explains he "must be cruel to be kind." She should not "go to my uncle's bed"...for "a pair of reechy kisses." The scene concludes with her acquiesing to Hamlet's demands and Hamlet telling her that he is to England with "two school fellows / Whom [he] will trust as adders fanged". (Note that he refers to the "letters sealed" his friends carry. These are a mandate from Claudius to kill the Prince, but Hamlet is aware and relishes the idea "when in one line two crafts directly meet". First though he'll "lug the guts (that's Polonius) into the neighbor room."
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