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Hamlet. By William Shakespeare. Why do we have to read this?. Also known as “Objectives”. #1. Explain why Fortinbras and Hamlet are foil characters and explain what a foil character is . #2. Identify soliloquies, monologues , and asides . #3. Paraphrase Hamlet’s
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Hamlet By William Shakespeare
Why do we have to read this? Also known as “Objectives”
#1. Explain why Fortinbras and Hamlet are foil characters and explain what a foil character is.
#2. Identify soliloquies, • monologues, and asides.
#3. Paraphrase Hamlet’s • soliloquies and other lines • from the play
#4. Identify internal and external • conflicts within the play.
#5. Cite evidence to support • Hamlet as a revenge tragedy
#6. Explain blank verse and • cite examples of blank verse • within the text.
#7. Provide evidence to • support or refute Hamlet • as a misogynist.
Shakespeare’s Life The Bard
Shakespeare’s Birthplace April 23, 1564 Stratford-Upon-Avon Parents were John and Mary
Biography • Children: • Susanna (Married a doctor, was named heir to Shakespeare’s estate) • Twins: Judith and Hamnet • After the birth of the twins, there is a seven year gap where no records of Shakespeare exist “The Lost Years” • Hamnet died at age 11 Wife: Anne Hathaway Wealthy, older woman (he was 18 and she was 26) Was pregnant when they married
Shakespeare’s Language Words, words, words
Poetic Compressions “What think you on ‘t?” “Know know’st ‘tis common; all that lives must die.” I’m looking for a word that fits, but I just can’t find one. I guess I’ll make up a new word.
Word Play • “tenders” - meaning affection and coins • “son” - meaning son and sun Words that sound the same are used for dramatic irony
Sentence Structure • Subject/Verb Inversion • Thirsty, am I. • Walked, she did. Think Yoda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9swVmOxS6hQ
Words, Words, Words! Shakespeare added over 1, 700 words to our language.
academe accused addiction advertising amazement arouse assassination backing bandit bedroom beached besmirch birthplace blanket bloodstained barefaced blushing bet bump buzzer caked cater champion circumstantial cold-blooded compromise courtship countless critic dauntless dawn deafening discontent dishearten drugged dwindle epileptic equivocal elbow excitement exposure eyeball fashionable fixture flawed frugal generous gloomy gossip green-eyed gust hint gnarled grovel
hobnob hurried impede impartial invulnerable jaded label lackluster laughable lonely lower luggage lustrous madcap majestic marketable metamorphize mimic monumental moonbeam mountaineer negotiate noiseless obscene outbreak panders pedant premeditated puking radiance rant remorseless savagery scuffle secure skim milk submerge summit swagger torture tranquil undress unreal varied vaulting worthless zany
No one…..ever…has contributed more to the English language. Not bad for a 6th grade public school graduate!
Shakespeare quotes you already know • To be or not to be, that is the question • Neither a borrower nor a lender be • This above all: To thine own self be true • Madness in great ones much not unwatched go
Modern Versions Lion King Hamlet
Modern Versions 10 Things I Hate About You Taming of the Shrew
Modern Versions She’s the Man Twelfth Nigh
No fear Shakespeare! Always read the textual notes on the left side of the book!