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Hamlet opening assignments 2014

Hamlet opening assignments 2014. HAMLET. THEME: Decisions, based on data, are filtered by our beliefs. Review focus questions. RENAISSANCE THEATER. First permanent theater built in 1576 – The Theater The greatest period of drama since Greeks Professional troupes of players

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Hamlet opening assignments 2014

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  1. Hamlet opening assignments 2014

  2. HAMLET THEME: Decisions, based on data, are filtered by our beliefs. Review focus questions

  3. RENAISSANCE THEATER • First permanent theater built in 1576 – The Theater • The greatest period of drama since Greeks • Professional troupes of players • Shakespeare greatest playwright

  4. RENAISSANCE DRAMA • CHANGES in staging: a building, professional actors, support of monarchy, inventive drama • Yard, stage, gallery, few props, close contact between audience/actors

  5. RENAISSANCE STAGE

  6. GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR THIS UNIT 1. Which decisions I make today will affect me for my entire life? 2. How do I develop a realistic plan for the future? 3. How can I invent new opportunities? 4. How will knowing how decisions are made help me plan for my life? 5. When is loyalty to myself, and my own values, more important than loyalty to a friend? 6. Can one apparently have all the right information and make the wrong decisions?

  7. Objectives • Explore Shakespeare’s use of poetic language • Explore character development of Hamlet • Analyze themes explored in Hamlet • Justify the traits of a classic that apply to Hamlet

  8. Textbook notes p. 894-902 • Terms to own: • Groundlings • Aside • Soliloquy • Comic relief • Revenge tragedy (957-958) • QUESTIONS: • How are asides and soliloquys used? • What are the traits of a revenge tragedy?

  9. TEXTBOOKp. 957-958 • Traits of a revenge tragedy • How does the character Hamlet take a typical revenge tragedy further? • List of traits- characterization of Hamlet • What are some of Hamlet’s conflicts? • Predict: based upon this information-what themes might Shakespeare be developing?

  10. Quick Write • One of the most famous lines from the play Hamlet involves words of advice spoken by Polonius to his son Laertes: “This above all to thine own self be true.” • Explain the meaning of the quote. Do you agree or disagree with the meaning? • Describe a real life situation in which you have practiced or failed to practice this idea. What was the outcome?

  11. TEXT BOOKMARK & FREYTAG’S MODEL • Receive bookmarks • Read and discuss Feytag’s Pyramid • Create own blank model

  12. VIEWING • Shakespeare Module 5: Hamlet Basics (5 segments-26 minutes) • www.unitedstreaming.com • Begin reading the play. • Fill in bookmarks and pyramid as you go.

  13. Shakespeare for the Impaired • Online resource-a modern version-not academically sound, but gives a feel for the meaning and idea of the lines. • http://www.sullivanet.com/misc/hamlet/start.htm

  14. ACT 1, scene iii • Chart the advice Polonius gives his son Laretes. • Quote it • Rewrite it in modern language • View: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5jOTxdg • (1:26 min.)

  15. QUICK WRITE : Act 1, final scene (4) • Why or why not should Hamlet listen to the Ghost of his father? • What would you do if you were Hamlet?

  16. PARAPHRASE ACTIVITY • Small group/partner modern translation and sharing of assigned passage.

  17. Ophelia & Hamlet scene • Gilligan’s Island • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4qRWsgxssA&NR=1&feature=endscreen • (2:29)

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