Tuesday, October 9 final assessment Hamlet

Due today: vocabulary 2 at the beginning of class AND your introduction to your choice Hamlet essay. The introduction will be returned to you tomorrow.
Already received and returned: Miranda, Chrishell, Nick, Austin and Aaron.
Any not received in class will have calls home made today.

What's happening this week? Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we are viewing Hamlet. There will be small in class responses that will be collected each day.  What are you working on outside of class? Your paper. Please review your handout, a copy of which is on last week's blog. You will most definitely have to reread the play. Review the information on how to incorporate textual evidence and citations.  Your paper is due at the beginning of class next Monday, October 15. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. Ms. Harmon is grading these and must turn them around quickly, as she leaves the 19th, and that is the last day of the marking period.  You may also send along your paper to be before class, and I'll print it out.

Friday, Oct 5 Hamlet assessment

Reminders: vocabulary 2 is due Tuesday at the beginning of class. As well, your typed introduction to the paper is due as well on Tuesday.
In class: Hamlet assessment. For those of you who actually are looking at this, as you have been requested on Thursday to do, the assessment today will be based upon plot. (See below)  The test is designed to be - or not to be- instructional.  However, you will see the excerpts from the individual acts on Tuesday. This will allow you more time to review and getting organized for your paper.
Next Tuesday, October 9:  Act assessment; review your sheets. (Jamichael, you are excused from this.)
 Tuesday, October 9: Hamlet paper introducion
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PLAY OR PAPERR, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT ME.   dmpalond@frontiernet.net
Monday, October 15  final paper due

 Hamlet-------reviewing the plot. Below you will find 13 plot items. Please number  them as they appear in the play. Note how textual material has been incorporated.

________Hamlet talks with his ghost father on the ramparts, where the young prince first learns that his father, King Hamlet, had been murdered by his Uncle Claudius, who had put poison in his ear while sleeping, and not a natural death by a serpent.

____________Polonius gives his son Laertes permission to head back to university, but Claudius and Hamlet’s mother Gertrude ask Hamlet to stay at Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Incidentally, Claudius has just informed Hamlet that fathers die; so get over it.

___________ Laertes is back in town, after having learned of his father’s death. He’s out for revenge. Claudius takes advantage of the situation and beguiles Laertes by insinuating that if he speaks truly- and really loved his father- he has a plan to get rid of Hamlet. Best of all, everyone will think it an accident.

__________  Fortinbras, king of Norway and son of the late eponymous king, announces: “ Let four captains / Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, / To have proved most royal ; and for his passage, / The soldier’s music and the rite of war / Speak loudly for him.”

__________ Hamlet speaks with the actors about inserting some lines into their play, with the objective that he will be able to ascertain by Claudius’ reaction whether he is guilty of having killed Hamlet’s father.

__________ Hamlet has a conversation with the gravedigger and discovers that the skull in grave belonged to the late king’s court jester: Alas poor Yorick

__________ Gertrude informs Claudius and Laertes, who have already hatched their plan, that Ophelia “…her garments, heavy with their drink, / Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay / To a muddy death.”

__________ Polonius is stabbed by Hamlet: “How now, a rat. Dead for a ducat, dead.”

__________ Bernardo and Francisco inform Horatio that a figure “fair and warlike in form” had been seen on the ramparts.

_________ Claudius watches the play with the inserted lines and announces, “Give me some light. Away!”

_________ Hamlet tells Laertes that he “loved Ophelia…Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love / Make up my sum.”

_________ Hamlet relates to Horatio how he “Fingered [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s] packet, and in fine withdrew / …to unfold / Their grand commission.”

________  Gertrude drinks of the poison meant for Hamlet.

Thursday, 4 October Hamlet Acts IV and V

Hamlet and Laertes
Notes: vocabulary 2 is due next Tuesday, October 9 at the start of class; any material received after that time is considered late at the usual rate of 10 points off per day, at which point you may turn the assignment in for 50 points.
Tuesday, October 9: introduction to Hamlet due; this will be returned to you on Wednesday.
On Friday there will be a final assessment with the material taken directly from the study questions. It will count in the 30 % category.

On Monday, October 15 your formal analysis paper on Hamlet will be due. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The term ends on the 19th, and these must be graded by that time. See copy of the assignment below. Copy follows. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME-dmpalond@frontiernet.net.


In class today: We will be finishing up Hamlet today in class, reviewing the study questions for Acts IV and V. 

Hamlet critical analysis paper.   Due Monday, October 15

No late material will be accepted, as the term ends on Friday, October 19, and these have to be turned around and graded.

Three themes that have intertwined throughout the play are: filial responsibility, illusion versus reality and the role of fate. You are to choose one of these and discuss how it influences the development of the plot.

Your paper will need the following: 1)  a clearly stated thesis in the introductory paragraph, 2) five paragraphs, each focusing on one aspect of each act that supports your thesis and 3) a conclusion that offers up some insightful, universal idea that ties it all together. YOUR CONCLUSION IS NOT A RESTATEMENT OF THE INTRODUCTION.

How should you start?  Do some background reading; know the meaning of filial responsibility or the concept of reality versus illusion or the idea of fate. You must have these down before you begin.

Next: write the introduction. This is due next Tuesday, October 9. I will check it over to make sure you are on the right track and return it on Wednesday. It must be typed. Include your MLA heading.

Building the paper: you will need to reread the play – although some bits may be skipped, if you know they are not directly applicable- and pull out specific textual evidence that applies to your theme.  I suggest you create a work document- or write them out. Make sure to note where the lines came from specifically. (I.ii.38-39  or IV.iii.129-39) NOTE THIS FORMAT!

After you have done the research for your paper, organize the paragraphs, and within each weave in the quotes. Seldom should a quote stand alone. Here are some examples for you: Ophelia “speaks much of her father…speaks things in doubt / That carry but half sense” (IV.v.84-85), and so her death, although tragic is not unexpected.

Note that in incorporating your quotes, you must always show how the original text was written. This is done by putting a  slash (/) mark on the line.  (see above example).  Note also how the line citation was incorporated. There are also words in the original text that I didn’t need, but I must indicate that they were there originally. In order to pick and choose, I just included an ellipsis (three dots)

Here’s another example: The king assures him that he is “guiltless of [his] father’s death / And am most sensibly in grief for it (IV.v.171-72).  Note that when you interweave a quote, you might have to change or exclude some words, as it must be grammatically correct. What I have done is change the “you” in the original quote to “his”, but to show that this is my word- and not Shakespeare’s, I put the change in brackets. 

Conclusion: I cannot emphasize enough that this is not a repeat of the introduction. Answer the question what was the point in the way the play developed? What larger idea can be taken away for what happened to these characters? Think of the historical context.

Details: this is a critical analysis paper. There are NO I think or I believe.  Within each paragraph there should be a clear thesis (controlling idea), which will be supported by textual evidence and then an analysis statement that tells how this is significant in terms of the moving along the play.

RECAP: typed (size 12, Times New Roman font); introduction is due on Tuesday, October 9 (homework grade) and the final paper is due on Monday, October 15. Any not received in class will have a phone call home by the end of the day.

Wednesday, October 3--PSAT and paper information

 Reminders: vocabulary 2 is due next Tuesday, October 9 at the start of class; any material received after that time is considered late at the usual rate of 10 points off per day, at which point you may turn the assignment in for 50 points - better than the 0 you have- until the end of the term.

In class: you are in the theatre today for a PSAT prep, which you will be taking in school at some point.

We will be finishing up Hamlet tomorrow in class, reviewing the study questions for Acts IV and V. On Friday there will be a final assessment with the material taken directly from the study questions. It will count in the 30 % category.

On Monday, October 15 your formal analysis paper on Hamlet will be due. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The term ends on the 19th, and these must be graded by that time. See copy of the assignment below. FOR HOMEWORK TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY- please read the detailed instructions on the paper that were handed out in class before you went to the PSAT meeting. Copy follows, as well. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME-dmpalond@frontiernet.net.



ACT V study questions:
1. Even Shakespeare’s tragedies have comedians and Hamlet’s are the gravediggers. Why was Ophelia allowed a Christian burial, despite having committed suicide? And “What is he that builds stronger than the mason, the shipwright or the carpenter? V.i.1-61.





2. Hamlet plays word games with the gravedigger. Eventually, the prince asks him how long he has been at this profession. Shakespeare then uses the digger to make a dig at the English by explaining to Hamlet, whom he does not recognize, where for is the prince and why it makes no difference whether or not he returns to Denmark. Explain this self-effacing humor. V.i.145-160.






3. The macabre fascinated the Elizabethans, much as it does many in contemporary society. According to the gravedigger, what determines the time necessary for decomposition of a corpse? And whose skull is discovered in the grave? V.i. 168-191.




4. What was Horatio’s relationship with individual who once occupied the skull? V.i.202


5. What does Horatio do, asking them to “hold off the earth awhile?” And when Hamlet steps into the scene, how does he behave? V.i.258-273.





6. How does supposedly Hamlet feel about Ophelia’s death? What does he mean by these parting words” “The cat will mew, and the dog will have his day.” V.i.285-311.





7. Explain the following words said to Horatio by Hamlet: “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, / Rough hew them how we will” (V.ii.11-2).





8. What did Hamlet discover in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s sea cabin? How did he change the information to suit his own purpose? V.ii.15-60.







9. What does Osric tell Hamlet that Claudius has wagered in his match against Laertes? V.ii.160-166




10. Horatio worries that Hamlet is not as good a fencer as Laertes, but the prince assures him that while in France he has improved from “continual practice.” Hamlet is determined to “defy augury.” “There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ‘tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now, yet it will come. The readiness is all” Explain Hamlet’s attitude toward the upcoming match. V.ii.233-236.





11. What explanation for his behavior does Hamlet give to Laertes? V.i.240-258







12. How does Claudius demonstrate his support for Hamlet during the match? V.ii.286-307






13. Claudius announces that the queen “swoons to see [Laertes and Hamlet] bleed. What is the real reason? V.ii.339-341


14. How does Hamlet kill Claudius? V.ii.356-359.



15. What is Hamlet’s last request for Horatio? V.ii.381-384




16. Fortinbras from the Polish wars and the ambassador from England arrive after the debacle. Horatio orders the bodies “high on a stage be placed to the view.” “So shall [they] hear / Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, / Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, / Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, / And in this upshot, purposes mistook / Fall’n on the inventors heads.” V.ii.415-427. That pretty much sums up the plot. Give specific examples of each.


a. Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts.


b. Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters


c. Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause


d. And in this upshot, purposes mistook / Fall’n on the inventors heads

Tuesday, 2 October Hamlet Act IV

Quiz on Hamlet Vocabulary 2!
 Hamlet vocabulary packets are due next Tuesday, October
Heads Up! final cumulative assessment on Hamlet this Friday. It will consist of the class questions.

In class today:

We will be discussing Act IV today, after the quiz. You will find the discussion questions below:

Act IV Study questions

1.   How does Hamlet react to having killed Polonius and what does Claudius tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do with the body? IV.i. 25-38.
 

2.   Hamlet gives a “knavish speech” to a “foolish ear”, specifically Rosencrantz, who has come to remove Polonius’ body. What does Hamlet mean when he tells him he is a sponge and how does it relate beyond the context of the play? IV.ii.11-21.
 

3.   Why can’t Claudius simply have Hamlet arrested for the murder of Polonius? IV.iii.1-12.
 

4.   Hamlet insists on winding up the king, that is teasing him to make him upset. Where in abstraction does he tell the king that the body can be found and ultimately, where is the corpse located? IV.iii.19-41.
 

5.   For what reason will England follow Claudius’ orders to kill Hamlet? IV.ii.67-77.
 

6.   On his way out, Hamlet meets the Captain, the representative of the “nephew to old Norway,” who is on his way to Claudius to request passage through Denmark to attack a ‘little patch of ground” in Poland. What is Hamlet’s observation on this action? IV.iv.10-30.
 

7. After departing from the Captain, Hamlet muses on what it means to be a man, in contrast to a beast, what excuses he has for not having taken action and what is future holds. Read the following soliloquy IV.iv.34-69 and explain . 

8.   How all occasions do inform against me, 

And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, 

If his chief good and market of his time 

Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. 

Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, 

Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and god-like reason 

To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be 

Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple 

Of thinking too precisely on the event, 

A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom 

And ever three parts coward, I do not know 

Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;' 

Sith I have cause and will and strength and means 

To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me: 

Witness this army of such mass and charge 

Led by a delicate and tender prince, 

Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd

 Makes mouths at the invisible event, 

Exposing what is mortal and unsure 

To all that fortune, death and danger dare, 

Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great 

Is not to stir without great argument, 

But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 

When honour's at the stake. 

How stand I then, 

That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, 

Excitements of my reason and my blood, 

And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see 

The imminent death of twenty thousand men, 

That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, 

Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot 

Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, 

Which is not tomb enough and continent 

To hide the slain? O, from this time forth, 

My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!

8. Ophelia’s mad; in “a poison of deep grief.” Claudius notes that the griefs come in battalions. According to the king, what tragedies have so far occurred? IV.v.80-103.

9.    Now Laertes is back, having heard “cries of cuckold to [his] father. Claudius calms him down and explains he is guiltless of his father’s death and convinces him to “let the great ax fall...where th’ offense is.” As well, Hamlet is back-alone- and has sent a note essentially saying he’s going to settle the score. Claudius flatters Laertes about his “rapier most especial” and presents a plan, whereby Laertes will have his revenge on Hamlet for his father’s death and his sister’s madness.
 a.    How does Claudius provoke Laertes to action? Where have you seen this type of behavior earlier in the play? IV.vii.126-143.
  b.    How will Laertes be assured that he will best Hamlet? IV.vii.145-169.
 

10. What were the circumstances under which Ophelia drowned? IV.vii.187-207.

NOTES for ACT IVScene I: Gertrude relates to King Claudius that Hamlet has killed Polonius, and that her son is "mad as the sea and wind when both contend / Which is the mightier" (IV.i.7-8). It's even more important now to get the kid out of the kingdom.

Scene ii: Rosencratz and Guidenstern ask Hamlet where Polonius' body is. Hamlet calls out their syncophancy, the way they suck up to the king: they are sponges, who "soak[ ] up the King's countenance, / his rewards, his authorities...When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again" (IV.ii.15-21).

Scene iii: Hamlet finally relents and tells the king where Polonius might be found"Hamlet eventually tells the King "but if, indeed, you find him not / within this month, you shall nose him as you go up / the stairs into the lobby" (IV.ii.38-41). After Hamlet departs for England, the King's soliloquy reveals that "by letters congruing to that effect / The present death of Hamlet"(IV.iii.73-74).

Scene iv.: Hamlet encounters Fortinbras and his army, who are on their way to attack Poland. Through the conversation between Hamlet and the Captain we gain some insight into the purposelessness of war. Captain: "Truly to speak, and with no addition, / We go to gain a little patch of ground / That hath in it no profit but the name"(IV.iv.19-21). Hamlet observes that the war is being fought simply because of "much wealth and peace." This scene closes with another soliloquy, where he compares his own inaction to how Fortinbras "makes mouths at the invisible event / Exposing what s mortal and unsure / To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, / Even for an eggshell" (Iv.iv.53-55). In other words, for "honor's sake", Norway will attack a tiny, useless piece of Poland, and Poland will not yield it, because this would not be honorable. Yet, Hamlet "that have a father killed, a mother stained" has yet to seek his father's revenge. The soliloquy concludes with his "thoughts be[ing] bloody, or be[ing] nothing at all."

Scene v. Ophelia "speaks much of her father;...speaks things in doubt / That carry but half sense" and people are listening. Horatio convinces Queen Gertude to have a conversation with her. The King wants her watched closely and observes, "when sorrows come, they come not single spies, / But in battalions"(IV.v.84-85). Note how he summarizes the play to this point.

And if that is not enough, in comes "young Laertes, in a riotous head" and assumes Claudius is the killer. The king assures him that he is "guiltless of [his] father's death / And am most sensibly in grief for it"(IV.v.171-72). Then Ophelia comes along, strewing flowers: rosemary for remembrance, pansies for thoughts, rue and daisies. The king takes advantage of the situation- Laertes grief and anger over his father's death, who incidentally had an "obscure funeral" and "no noble rite nor formal ostentation", and his sister's mental breakdown, to take the time to calm him down.

Scene vi.: Horatio gets a letter from Hamlet, who relate how he switched the message sent from Claudius to England that said the Prince was to be killed. In his stead now, his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will be murdered.

Scene vii. Laertes wants to know why Claudius hasn't done anything about his father Polonius' death. Claudius' excuse is that "the Queen his mother / Lives almost by his looks (IV.vii.13-14) and the public has a "great love" for him. then what news should be imparted: Hamlet's back, but the has an idea. Laertes will "be ruled / The rather if you could devise it so / That I might be the organ" (IV.vii.77-79). That is Laertes wants to be the one to carry out Claudius' plan. Claudius flatters Laertes that he is known for his "rapier most especial", sword fighting. The king then goads him by questioning his love for his father: "was your father dear to you? / Or are you like a painting of a sorrow / A face without a heart?(IV.viii.122-4). Claudius will arrange a friendly sword competition between Hamlet and Laertes, but Hamlet, "being remiss, / Most generous, and free from all contriving, / Will not peruse the foils" (IVLaertes sword will have a poison tip. These lines should give you insight into Hamlet's character.

And still to come in scene vii: Ophelia's death by drowning. But Laertes refuses to cry for "too much of water hast" she.

Monday, 1 October Hamlet Act III Questions

Reminders: tomorrow test on the second- and last- Hamlet vocabulary. It is matching.
Due on Tuesday, October 9
- vocabulary 2







 Hamlet and Ophelia

In class today:

By now, you will have finished reading the rest of the play.

We will continue our discussion of Act III, using the guided questions outlined below.
Partners have been assigned, and you will work with your partner on your assigned question--you may be assigned more than one question...

*****YOU MUST USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IN YOUR ANSWER!!!*****

Then we will come together as a whole group, and you and your partner will present your question to the class. Please remember that you must be able to answer all of the questions, so take notes!! You WILL see these questions again...

Partners for Act III:

Aaron and Ashli

Joe and Allison and Nicolas

Katherine and Tamia

Ariana and Austin

Chrishell and Nalia

Tianna and Miranda

Tarek and Chris

Kathy and Sierra

Zadejah and Heidi

Act III Questions:

1. Polonius gives his daughter Ophelia a book to read as a distraction whilst

waiting for Hamlet. The subject of the book is about “an exercise may colour

Your loneliness. We are oft to blame in this,--

'Tis too much proved--that with devotion's visage (visage - face)

And pious action we do sugar o'er

The devil himself.” (III.I.51-55)

Explain the meaning of these lines and their irony in being said in the presence of Claudius.

2.

Hamlet initially denies having loved Ophelia when she returns his love letters.

Where does he tell her to go, how should she behave if she does not go there and finally, where from are these words provoked?

Read over III.i.131-62.

3 Ophelia is distraught and Claudius is piqued. This kid is not in love, but trouble.

Where does he intend to send him and for what reason? see III.i.176-89.

4. Hamlet is giving the travelling players some new lines- as well as acting advice;

albeit one may say, he’s somewhat arrogant, his words are hallmarks of good acting.

List a half-dozen qualities of fine acting; then state what ultimately is the purpose of acting.

See III.ii.1-45.

5. The play within the play. What is the quiddity (essence) of this piece

and how does Claudius react/? See III.ii.253-95.

6. What is Hamlet’s reaction to Guildenstern’s pestering him

about the prince’s behavior to his uncle and mother? III.ii.378-402.

7. Hamlet is off to have a chat with his Mum. What are his intentions?

III.ii.419-32.

8 How does Claudius feel about his own crime? What does he physically do?

III.iii. 40-5.

9 Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius now? When would be a better time?

III.iii.77-100.

10 What does Hamlet do, when he hears the noise behind the arras? III.iv.28-9.

11. Paraphrase the potent descriptions that Hamlet uses to compare his father to his uncle. . Why is it impossible for his mother to be in love with Claudius III.iv.63-98 The ghost appears, or is it a figment of the prince’s imagination?

What does he tell Hamlet? And how does his mother react? III.iv. 118-56.

12. Explain these words of Hamlet: “I must be cruel, only to be kind.” III.iv.194-200

13. Hamlet is about to head off to England along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

How much does Hamlet trust these schoolfellows and what is in the sealed letters? III.iv.225-8)

For Tuesday, 2 October:

NOTE: You will have a matching quiz on Hamlet vocabulary 2 on Tuesday!! See the bottom of the blog for the vocabulary quiz you should be studying.

Also, Tuesday October 9 - vocabulary packet number 2 is due. See one of us, if you need help.




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

Friday, Sept 28 Hamlet Act III questions

Missing soliloquy response due yesterday:

   absent; please turn in: Allison and Aaron

Did not turn in.....hmmm....you know the grade!

Austin, Chris and  Nicolas

If I made an error, please let me know

In class: Act III questions with a partner.

Due Tuesday October 9   vocabulary 2

Test Tuesday October 2 on Hamlet vocabulary 2

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

   

Hamlet Act III study questions ......These will be covered in class on Friday, using your text.If you are absent, you are responsible for turning them in for class participation grade.

1. Polonius gives his daughter Ophelia a book to read as a distraction whilst
waiting for Hamlet. The subject of the book is about “an exercise may colour
Your loneliness. We are oft to blame in this,--
'Tis too much proved--that with devotion's visage (visage - face)
And pious action we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.” (III.I.51-55)
Explain the meaning of these lines and their irony in being said in the presence of Claudius.

2.
Hamlet initially denies having loved Ophelia when she returns his love letters.
Where does he tell her to go, how should she behave if she does not go there and finally, where from are these words provoked?
Read over III.i.131-62.


3 Ophelia is distraught and Claudius is piqued. This kid is not in love, but trouble.
Where does he intend to send him and for what reason? see III.i.176-89.


4. Hamlet is giving the travelling players some new lines- as well as acting advice;
albeit one may say, he’s somewhat arrogant, his words are hallmarks of good acting.
List a half-dozen qualities of fine acting; then state what ultimately is the purpose of acting.
See III.ii.1-45.


5. The play within the play. What is the quiddity (essence) of this piece
and how does Claudius react/? See III.ii.253-95.


6. What is Hamlet’s reaction to Guildenstern’s pestering him
about the prince’s behavior to his uncle and mother? III.ii.378-402.

7. Hamlet is off to have a chat with his Mum. What are his intentions?
III.ii.419-32.


8 How does Claudius feel about his own crime? What does he physically do?
III.iii. 40-5.

9 Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius now? When would be a better time?
III.iii.77-100.


10 What does Hamlet do, when he hears the noise behind the arras? III.iv.28-9.






11. Paraphrase the potent descriptions that Hamlet uses to compare his father to his uncle. . Why is it impossible for his mother to be in love with Claudius III.iv.63-98The ghost appears, or is it a figment of the prince’s imagination?
What does he tell Hamlet? And how does his mother react? III.iv. 118-56.




12. Explain these words of Hamlet: “I must be cruel, only to be kind.” III.iv.194-200







13. Hamlet is about to head off to England along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
How much does Hamlet trust these schoolfellows and what is in the sealed letters? III.iv.225-8)