H A M L E T
MONDAY-TUESDAY
Review ACT 3 through action versus inaction; how does the evidence connect to major conflicts: reason and passion;
order and chaos;
revealing and concealing;
honesty and deception
WATCH Branagh in ACT 3: what do you notice about staging and interpretation of character?
Present Parody
HW Read ACT 4 for THURSDAY; ACT 5 for FRIDAY. FInish review in #10.
WEDNESDAY
Review #11
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Review Acts 4-5
ACT 4: What has Hamlet done; what has he become?
-equivocation; “The body is…”
-delay and inaction
-Claudius, foe
What becomes of a sour “state?”
-Laertes, character foil
-Ophelia, Imagery (flowers, innocence)
-father, brother, lover (too many ?)
ACT 5: The duel; Fortinbras
Consider: Pages 307, 339
HW Journal #12: New York Style Review
ESSAY: HAMLET-Choose one prompt and respond in a short essay, prepare to share; Begin reading Death of a Salesman, ACT 1 for TUESDAY.
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