1. Hamlet Act 1

2. Agenda Quizlet C/C Hamlet and Ophelia Act 1, Scene 3 Modernization Watch Act 1, Scene 3 Discussion-Were Hamlet and Ophelia right? Begin reading Act 2 Homework: Read Act 2, Complete Act Summary

3. Quizlet Who do the guards see while on night duty? Why is Hamlet upset at his mother? What was Hamlet’s job before he returned to Denmark after the death of his father? Does Laertes think that Hamlet really loves Ophelia? Why or why not? Why does the dead king want Hamlet to kill his uncle?

4. Group Activity Group A What do we know about Hamlet from Act 1? – Who is he? – What is he like? – What motivates him? Group B What do we know about Ophelia from Act 1? – Who is she? – What is she like? – What motivates her?

5. Hamlet and Ophelia SimilarDifferent

6. Modern Scenario If Act 1, Scene 3 happened today, what would that conversation be like? Do you think the characters would have acted the same way? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8T5DPx Y5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8T5DPx Y5Y

7. How should Ophelia and Hamlet respond to their parents? Did they do the right thing?

8. Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Ephesians 6:1-4 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

9. Exodus 20:12 - “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the L ORD your God is giving you. Hebrews 12:7-11 - It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

10. In these passages, what do you observe about the parent/child relationship? How do these principles relate to what’s going on in Hamlet? – Proverbs 22:6 – Ephesians 6:1-4 – Exodus 20:12 – Hebrews 12:7-11 – Deuteronomy 21:18-21

11. How should we interact with our parents? Is that always easy? Why or why not?

12. Homework Read Hamlet Act 2 Complete Act Summary Hamlet Project Due September 24