Hamlet Wrap-Up

November 5, 2009

Today

1. Critical Analysis Review2. Not-Your-Grade-12-Hamlet3. Hamlet questions4. Final Exam Preparation5. In-class Essay Details

Essay Tip: Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis

Combination of: Observations Inferences

Observation Exercise

Draw the front (the “tails” side) of a penny

Observation Exercise

Inferences

“intellectual leap from what one sees to what those details might suggest” (Seeing and Writing).

Inferences must be: Reasonable Supportable by evidence/proof/details Not stereotyping

Mark Peterson Photograph (Seeing and Writing)

Close Reading: The Closet Scene Observations: What we are reading Inferences: The theses we make about

the scene Movie version: a series of inferences

Movie: 1:05; 1:173.4

Hamlet Questions

Who is the ghost? What do we like about Hamlet?

Hamlet Questions: The Ghost Forbidden to speak (1.5.13-20) Doesn’t get to work right away Aposiopesis Gestures Rather than Speech Julius Caesar-Hamlet-Macbeth Typically: revenge ghost stands outside of

play/part of prologue or chorus Appearance Does not appear at the end

Secular nod

Ghostly Comparisons:

The Misfortunes of Arthur (1580s):“Since thus through blacke of Limbo lake,And deepe infernall floude of Stygian pooleThe gastly Carons boate transported backe”

Hamlet:“Sleeping within mine OrchardMy custom always in the afternoonUpon my secure hour thy Uncle stoleWith juice of cursed Hebenon in a Vial”

Why Do We Like Hamlet?

We hear of his status before the events Ophelia Fortinbras Horatio

Foil for Laertes “I’ll be your foil, Laertes” (5.1.255) Motives for revenge Methods of revenge Reasons for leaving Elsinore Ordinary/extraordinary

Hamlet Questions

Is Gertrude guilty? Is vengeance moral? Why does Hamlet delay avenging his

father’s death?

Final Exam Preparation

With a partner, write down five important quotes from Hamlet that would be fair game for a final exam.

Schedule

November 10: Trifles November 12: Essay Workshop Part 1 November 17: Essay Workshop Part 2 November 19: In-class Drama Essay November 24: A Clockwork Orange Quiz November 26: A Clockwork Orange December 1: A Clockwork Orange December 3: A Clockwork Orange December 8: Exam Preparation December 10: Exam Preparation