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Hamlet unit test this week
THURSDAY, MAY 10
Parts one and two: short answer/closed book
FRIDAY, MAY 11
Part three: short essay/open book
Character word descriptions---and the line(s) to prove them
1. Ophelia
2. Hamlet
3. Polonius
4. Claudius
5. Gertrude
6. Laertes
7. Horatio
8. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Hamlet FinalWhat lesson(s) can be gleaned from reading
Shakespeare’s Hamlet?Write a five-paragraph essay that explores this
topic, utilizing at least three documented/cited passages from the play as
support.E-mail your essay to
[email protected] by the end of your class period tomorrow, June 1.
This final grade is 50 points---30 points for accurate and explicated content and 20
points for elevated style and proper usage.
Hamlet FinalIn the play, Polonius says to Laertes: “This above
all, to thine own self be true./And it must follow…Thou canst not then be false to any man.” [I, 3, 78 –
80].Write a five-paragraph essay that supports or refutes
this idea, utilizing at least three documented/cited lines from the play as support. You may also
relate examples from history, current events, or your personal experience.
E-mail your essay to [email protected] by the end of your class period tomorrow, June 1.
This final grade is 50 points---30 points for accurate and explicated content and 20 points for elevated
style and proper usage.
• Though William Shakespeare simply titled his revenge play Hamlet, assume the role of the playwright and provide the play with a subtitle; then, compose a 5-paragrah essay response to support your choice. For instance, you might select the title Hamlet: A Tale of Grief, Guilt, and Revenge, and explicate scenarios of the play (such as Hamlet’s grief at his isolation and fate, his guilt over Ophelia’s death, and his revenge at the play’s end).
• Include at least 3-4 appropriate cited examples as support. Remember to cite lines correctly: [act, scene, line number(s)].
OPHELIA, ACT FOUR
• YouTube - Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act 4, Scene 1. - Pt.1
• YouTube - Ophelia (3 of 4)(montage)• YouTube – Ophelia(Stiles)• YouTube - Ophelia's Mad Scene, Part 1 -
Kate Winslet (1996)• YouTube - Ophelia's Mad Scene, Part 2 -
Kate Winslet (1996)
Reminders:
1. Soliloquy Writing Assignment due (typed with MLA heading) tomorrow---20 points.
2. Act four quiz of Hamlet will be this Friday---same format, 10 points.
To Laertes:There’s rosemary, that’s for
remembrance.
Rosemary,
Rosmarinus officinalis, means “to remember with faithfulness.”She wants her brother to help her figure out who killed their father. "Remember/ Think back on what's been going on" is what she is telling him.
To Laertes:“And there’s pansies, that’s for
thoughts.”
Pansy, Viola tricolor,
is the symbol for thoughts and faithfulness.Of all the men in her life, Laertes---though physically absent---has been the most emotionally present.
To Queen Gertrude:"There's rue for you; and here's some for me. We may call it herb of “grace a Sunday's.” O, you must wear your rue with a difference." .
Rue, Ruta graveolens,
means adultery and genuine repentance of all transgressions for women and everlasting suffering. Rue is very bitter. Note that rue was the major cause of abortion in its day, which is also why it was tied in with adultery. So she insults both the Queen and King to their faces, in front of witnesses.
To Claudius:“There’s fennel for you…”
Fennel, Foeniculum
vulgare, is the symbol of flatteryAt this point, Ophelia walks to the King, and while handing him some fennel, says, "There's fennel for you and columbines." That's a jab to the King! The audience in Shakespeare's time would have understood that to mean flattery and male adultery and foolishness, because once you pick fennel, it would wilt so quickly. She knew that the new King loved flattery.
To King Claudius:“And [here is] columbines...”
Columbine,,
Aquilegia vulgaris, is the symbol for male adultery and ingratitude and faithlessness.It was also the symbol for foolishness.
To herself:“There’s a daisy…”
Daisy, Bellis perenis,
means Innocence. Ophelia then sees a daisy and says, "There's a daisy," and she picks it up, looks sadly, and then puts it back. In effect she is saying, "There is no innocence here."
To Gertrude and Claudius:"I would give you some violets, but they
wither'd all when my father died."
Violet, Viola odorata,
is the symbol for faithfulness or fidelity.So what is she implying to the King and Queen about their faithfulness and integrity?
To hoke or not to poke…O proud left foot, that ventures quick within,
Then soon upon a backward journey so lithe,
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command thy internal core to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid poke
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wide release from heaven’s yoke,
Blessed dervish! Thou can surely go, girl!
To hoke, to poke---banish now thy doubt:
Certainly, I say, ‘tis what’s it’s all about!
Act two, scene two• YouTube - Comparing Productions of Hamlet, A
ct II, Scene ii. (Part 2 of 2)
Act three, scene one• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uJBOAkMsS
c• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=DUdVVnk3m24• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-wxlavDQI
Hamlet’s “Antic Disposition”
How does Hamlet’s antic disposition/madness evolve from his
interaction with Polonius to his conversation with
Ophelia?
• YouTube - Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act 3, Scene 2. - Pt.1
• Hamlet and the Masochistic TheoryHamlet seems to be intellectually and emotionally enjoying the torment of his situation and he wants to prolong it.
• Hamlet and the Melancholy TheoryBradley suggests that the direct cause of Hamlet’s delay is a state of mind “quite abnormal and induced by special circumstances”---a state of profound melancholy or excessive brooding that makes him too depressed to act.
• “Hamlet, the Intellectual” TheoryColeridge suggest that Hamlet has an inborn quality---the inability to act, the tendency to procrastinate and the “fondness for intellectualizing everything.” Therefore, Coleridge asserts, “Hamlet is continually resolving to do but does nothing to resolve.”
• “Hamlet, the Perfectionist” TheoryIt has been suggested that Hamlet wants a perfect revenge. Thus, he takes many unusual steps to attain this consummate revenge.
• Hamlet and the Oedipus TheoryPossibly because of his relationship with is mother, Hamlet hesitates until he knows that his mother will approve of his actions.
• Hamlet’s New Morality TheoryHamlet is a “Superman” born ahead of his time who attempts to achieve a certain moral order. In doing so, he casts aside the morality of his time and tries out a new morality that others are willing to accept because it is new and “abnormal.” Because he cannot actually commit physical revenge, he attempts to break the revenge cycle but in doing so, only acts as a catalyst for other revenges.
Act five, scene one
• YouTube - Kenneth Branagh ~ Hamlet ~ Gravediggers scene ~ Part 1 ~ Whose grave's this, sirrah?
• YouTube - Kenneth Branagh ~ Hamlet ~ Gravediggers scene ~ Part 2 ~ Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay
• YouTube - Hamlet ~ Kenneth Branagh ~ Ophelia's Burial
• YouTube - Branaugh's Hamlet - Part 4 (Act 5) - Treason (Revenge)
Hamlet (written in 1600)
• Most frequently produced play in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company
• The subject of more scholarship than any other Shakespearean play
• Source of so many famous lines and latter-day phrases
• Not considered a “true” tragedy, but rather a “revenge” play
Why teach Hamlet?• Hamlet is a college-student.• He has not yet been forced to apply his
learning (other than academics).• He is close to both of his parents.• He is an only child.• He is unmarried and too immature to be in
a fully-committed relationship.• He is an avoider and procrastinator.• Hamlet deals with depression and suicidal
ideations.
When the play begins
ClaudiusGertrudeKing Hamlet
Prince Hamlet Ophelia
Polonius, royal advisor to King
Laertes
siblings
Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Fortinbras, Prince of NorwayWants to take over Denmark
At the time of the play, Denmark was an elective monarchy. How does this differ from England’s
monarchy?
Elsinore Castle,Denmark
Act one, scene one
The play begins with guards and a young courtier nervously assembled on the castle battlements. The reason for their vigil appears---a ghost. In fact, it is the ghost of the dead king, King Hamlet, but it will not speak to them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-NLnsq3P7Y
Royal Shakespeare Company/BBC version
Act one, scene twoPrince Hamlet, the ghost/king’s son, is at
court, wearing mourning black amid everyone else’s bright colors.
Everyone else at court is celebrating the marriage of Prince Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, to his uncle, Claudius, barely two months after King Hamlet’s death.
YouTube - Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act one, Scene 2. - Pt.1