Jan 17 – AP Lit

1. Jan 17 – AP Lit • O, What a Rogue (II:ii) • Class reading • Group work • Questions • Film HW: • Log entry (this one’s different): WITHOUT LOOKING FOR HELP paraphrase all of the “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy in your own words

2. Soliloquies • Hamlet’s major soliloquies are debates, arguments, discussions and/or discoveries “between self” • When you read them, you should look for: • Inner argument • Antithesis (the balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, phrases or sentences in parallel grammatical form)

3. O, What a Rogue • Turn to Act II, Scene ii, lines 529-end • Read the soliloquy as a class (in round) • Paraphrase • Answer questions: • It’s obvious that Hamlet is standing alone. Why, then, does he begin with “Now I am alone”? • Why does he refer to himself as a “rogue” and a “peasant slave”? • Hamlet compares himself to the player. What does this show us about his self-perception? • Hamlet uses a lot of theatrical terminology in the play. Why might he be thinking in theatrical terms? • Find examples of why Hamlet might think himself a coward. Do you agree that he is a coward, or is there another reason for his behavior?