M/T
Feb. 27/28
W8A |
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1. MP # 1 2nd Due Date
2. Shakespeare, Hamlet, Acts II and III
Act II Study questions:
1. Why is Hamlet interested in the play about Priam?
2. How are the opening words of Act I further developed in Act II?
3. Why is Act II, Scene I in the play?
Pay special attention to the following lines:
Hamlet "I will tell you..." pp. 41-42
Hamlet "O, what a rogue..." pp. 49-50
Act III Study questions:
1. Why does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go to a nunnery?
2. What is the function of the puns in Scene 2 (pp. 60 ? 64)?
3. Why doesn't Hamlet kill the king when he sees him in Act 3?
4. What is the purpose of the play within the play?
5. If deceit/spying was the major idea of Act 2, what is the major
idea of Act 3? Explain your answer.
Pay special attention to the following lines: Hamlet (III,
I) "To, or not to be..." pp. 53-54 |
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W/Th
Mar. 1/2
W8B |
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1. Shakespeare, Hamlet Acts IV and V
Act IV Study questions:
1. One of the ways in which the initial "Who's there?" of the play
is developed is in Hamlet's view of what a man (i.e., human) is. What is
Hamlet's view of man?
2. What is the function of Laertes in Act 4?
Pay special attention to the following
lines: Hamlet on worms (pp. 82-83)
Act V: Pay special attention to the following lines:of
the clowns (101-105)
When does Hamlet kill Claudius?
2. Write a thesis and outline for an essay on
the use of foils in Hamlet. |
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