LIKENESSES OF SHAKESPEARE Chandos Portrait Droeshout Portrait

LIKENESSES OF SHAKESPEARE Janssen StatueCobbe Portrait

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EXIT TICKET That's what’s so damning about the documentary record. The greatest manhunt in literary history has turned up no manuscripts, no letters, no diaries. – Doug Stewart 1. Read the chapter from Bill Bryson. 2. Explain why you think a “manhunt” exists in order to discover details of Shakespeare’s life. Why is it important to establish facts and details about him?

ADD TO YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK… Table of Contents  47-48Hamlet Plot Map Words Worth Knowing  Tragedy: a story in which a heroic character dies or comes to another unhappy end

Hamlet Plot Map [IN 48]

ADD TO YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK… Table of Contents  49-50Introduction to Shakespeare & Hamlet

INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE [IN 50] Reflect on the chapter from Bill Bryson and the mini-biography video to develop notes on William Shakespeare: Life  5 key points about Shakespeare’s life Literature  3 key points about Shakespeare’s literary contributions Why He Matters  1 thoughtful response on why Shakespeare matters to those who study the humanities

INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE [IN 49]  Use complete sentences to respond to the close- reading questions (glue in).  Draw on evidence from the play to support your responses.

ADD TO YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK… Table of Contents  51-52King Claudius

KING CLAUDIUS [IN 52] How does King Claudius demonstrate power? ExamplesEvidence Sends letter and ambassadors to Norway “we have here writ / To Norway … / … and here we dispatch / You, good Cornelius, and you, Voltemand, / For bearers of this greeting to old Norway” (I.ii.27-35).

KING CLAUDIUS [IN 51] Journal: Why does Hamlet choose "To put an antic disposition on" (I.v.192)? Claim: What do you think? Hamlet chooses “To put an antic disposition on” (I.v.192) in order to. Evidence: What makes you say so? This is evident when Hamlet says, “” (). Warrant: So what? Why does your evidence matter? In other words,.

ACT II THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

WORDS WORTH KNOWING  Soliloquy: a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings.  Monologue: a long, formal speech made by a character in the play

Lady Fortune and Her Wheel

ANTIC DISPOSITION (ACT II, SCENE V) CharacterHamlet’s Antic BehaviorReactions Ophelia Polonius

ANTIC DISPOSITION (ACT II, SCENE V) 1. Why does Hamlet engage in this pretended madness in the first place? 2. Why does Polonius say, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it”?

ACT III THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

The question is: is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all? Dying, sleeping—that’s all dying is—a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life on earth gives us—that’s an achievement to wish for. To die, to sleep—to sleep, maybe to dream. Ah, but there’s the catch: in death’s sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come, after we’ve put the noise and commotion of life behind us. That’s certainly something to worry about. That’s the consideration that makes us stretch out our sufferings so long. After all, who would put up with all life’s humiliations—the abuse from superiors, the insults of arrogant men, the pangs of unrequited love, the inefficiency of the legal system, the rudeness of people in office, and the mistreatment good people have to take from bad— when you could simply take out your knife and call it quits? Who would choose to grunt and sweat through an exhausting life, unless they were afraid of something dreadful after death, the undiscovered country from which no visitor returns, which we wonder about without getting any answers from and which makes us stick to the evils we know rather than rush off to seek the ones we don’t? Fear of death makes us all cowards, and our natural boldness becomes weak with too much thinking. Actions that should be carried out at once get misdirected, and stop being actions at all.

“TO BE OR NOT TO BE” Discussion Questions 1. If death is a form of sleeping, then what are the dreams Hamlet is referring to? 2. What are some of the specific problems in life that Hamlet complains about? 3. Why, according to Hamlet, do we not end everything with a “bare bodkin” (small dagger)?

“TO BE OR NOT TO BE” Details from the TextHow These Affect Attitude/Tone/Mood Hawke Branagh

ACT IV THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

WHAT IS A MAN  Based on the text, do you think Hamlet will finally take action? Why? Cite textual evidence to support your claim.

ACT V THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

ALAS, POOR YORICK  Identify a piece of figurative language in the text and quote it at the top of the page. Then, sketch what is being described.

VIDEO CLIPS! PREVIEW AND LABEL ASAP

HAMLET VIDEO SUMMARIES  Shmoophttp://shmoop.com/video/hamlet/  SparkNoteshttp://  ThugNoteshttp://

WATCH…  Act I, scene ii (part one) Act I, scene ii (part one)  Act I, scene ii (part two) Act I, scene ii (part two)  Act I, scene iii Act I, scene iii  Act I, scene iv (part one) Act I, scene iv (part one)  Act I, scene iv (part two) Act I, scene iv (part two)  Act II, scenes i-ii Act II, scenes i-ii  Act II, scene ii Act II, scene ii  Act III, scene iii Act III, scene iii  Act III, scene iv Act III, scene iv