Hamlet Act V/ Common Core Regents

http://www.engageny.org/resource/regents-exams-ela-sample-items

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la4XiB1dZq0 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9VZp7IFfXQ

Hamlet Act IV

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0


Read Hamlet, Act IV

Hamlet Act 3, Sc. 2/Sc. 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtYCXO-jAJg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjpvNPr3JU

1. What plan do Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia now put into action?

2.What is the nature of Hamlet's soliloquy, lines 64-98?
Read this, Hamlet's fifth soliloquy, carefully. How is it different from the other soliloquies? What is the mood of the soliloquy? How do you react to it? What is happening to Hamlet?

3. What is Hamlet's main argument against suicide?

4. Why does Hamlet treat Ophelia as cruelly as he does? What has changed him?

5.What thinly veiled threat to Claudius does Hamlet voice, after he becomes of his hidden presence? (lines 148-150)

6. At the end of scene 1, what does the King decide to do with Hamlet?

7.What qualities in Horatio cause Hamlet to enlist his assistance? and what does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?

8.Why, in line 233, does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as "The Mouse-trap"? What is the King's reaction to the play?

9.In lines 354-363, to what object does Hamlet compare himself? Why?

10.Describe the role of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in this act.

11. Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he has the chance? What does Claudius find it impossible to do? Why is that ironic?

12.Why does the ghost appear to Hamlet again? What is different this time? What thoughts do you have about these differences?

13. Describe your impressions of Hamlet's interactions with his mother. In lines 20-21, Hamlet says to his mother, "You go not till I set you up a glass/ Where you may see the inmost part of you." Beginning with line 55, in what way does he do this?

14. Why does Hamlet kill Polonius? Is this a rational mistake? What is your reaction?

15. The climax is the turning point in a story or play when the action changes course and begins to resolve itself. It is generally agreed that the climax of Hamlet occurs in Act Three. When does it occur?

Hamlet, Act II, sc. 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTXtdQ63FA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nM_Oqd6Ers

Hamlet

 Hugh Laurie and Rowan Atkinson



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvaUwagX_uU

PBS  Royal Shakespeare Company modern version:
http://www.pbs.org/arts/gallery/shakespeare-three-tragedies/hamlet-full-performance-video/ 



Comparison/contrast of Soliloquys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJ4hKJvgJw 

http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_001.html

HAMLET

Hamlet

Shakespeare's HAMLET

As we read Hamlet, consider the following major themes:


• Revenge: Hamlet searches continuously for the answer to the question of whether or not he should avenge his father’s death. His concern with right and wrong in religious, moral, and political terms causes him much inner turmoil.
(Journal Topics 1, 2)
• Appearance vs. Reality: The play contains many situations in which the surface appearance of things does not always match reality. Hamlet struggles to determine who his true friends are; the players in the acting troupe assume new identities; Claudius appears to be a true and just king and Gertrude his virtuous queen. (Journal Topics 4, 8, 10, 11)
• Sanity vs. Insanity: In many ways this conflict is intertwined with the theme of appearance vs. reality. Hamlet’s sanity or insanity has baffled critics for years. Even the characters in the play discuss inconsistencies in Hamlet’s behavior,sometimes assuming he is really insane, at other times amazed by his clarity of thought. (Journal Topics 3, 9)
• : Among the most powerful images of the play are those which reveal disintegrating situations, both in personal terms for Prince Hamlet, and in political terms for Denmark. (Journal Topics 1, 2, 9, 12)

Journal Topics

Journal Topics
• How common do you believe the act of revenge is in everyday life? Write about specific incidents, including any in which you were involved or have witnessed.
• Find magazine/newspaper articles, short stories, plays, poems, or novels containing events motivated by revenge. How might events have been changed had someone not sought revenge?
• Characterize yourself as a "thinker" or a "doer." In this respect what character in the play are you most like? How would you like to be different, or would you like to be different?
• Have you or anyone you have known ever seen or claimed to have witnessed some kind of supernatural being? Explain the circumstances surrounding the event. Do you believe in the supernatural? Explain.
• In Act I, scene iii of Hamlet, Polonius gives Laertes a great deal of "fatherly advice" about how to live his life. Look at this section and find advice you have heard from your own parents. How valuable is this advice? Have you used it? Have you been involved in any situation to which this advice was applicable?
• To what extent do parents have the right to "spy" or check up on their children? What circumstance might allow or prevent this?
• How are relationships between stepparents and stepchildren generally depicted in fiction or film? Do you have any experience with or knowledge of step-relationships? What conflicts and barriers must be overcome? What are the advantages, the positive aspects of these relationships?
• Are parents generally blind to their children’s faults? Why or why not?
• King Claudius states "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." (III, i) How is this true in any age? What evidence can you find in recent news stories to support this statement? How do societies keep checks and balances on their "great ones?"
• So you know what an "apple polisher" is? Have you every known one or been one yourself? Why do you think people do this? How do you feel about it?
• Have you ever been the victim of unrequited love? How did you feel? Have you ever been the recipient of affection from someone whom you did not care about? How did you feel about this situation?
• Write about a time when you discovered that someone was purposefully plotting against you for some reason. Explain the situation—how you felt, how it turned out.

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For AP Test tomorrow:
Review AP English Language terms and Academic verbs
Relax and get a good night's rest!

You'll do well tomorrow! No fears!

Review packet questions.

View video and discuss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb83boc3Hx0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNK2cH0d7cQ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvpLdM-3mTc

http://youtu.be/kNK2cH0d7cQ

Packets for essays/ Review MC packet

Today we will discuss essay ideas and approaches.

Turn in your packets for the essays.

New packet for Multiple Choice questions.

Just review, review, review!

More hints:

http://chloeyelenamiller.blogspot.com/2011/06/tips-on-taking-ap-english-language-exam.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpG9Za7jGc

Academic VERBS

http://quizlet.com/4232423/verbs-in-ap-english-academic-discourse-flash-cards/