Hamlet and Horatio death scene
I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Coming up: Hamlet 6 vocabulary quiz tomorrow. (another copy below)
Anyone who was absent yesterday, I have extra copies of the practice test. You are not being graded, but this will help you with plot and characterization. The answer key is on yesterday's blog.
In class: Hamlet 6 power point review
Hamlet Act V.ii The climax and denouement everyone dies! begin at 5:22 (9 minutes)
Questions: graphic organizer / class handout
How might the dying lines of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes be viewed as typical of the way their characters have been presented throughout the play?
1. Gertrude's dying lines: "No, no the drink! O my dear Hamlet!
The drink, the drink! I am poisoned (V.ii.110-11).
2. Claudius' dying lines: O, yet defend me, friends, I am but hurt" (V.ii.325).
3. Laertes' dying lines:
"He is justly served.
It is poisoned tempered by himself.
Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Mine and my father's death come not upon thee, Nor thine on me" (V.ii.328-332).
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___________ Hamlet Act V.ii
character debriefing
How might the
dying lines of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes be
viewed as typical of the way their characters have been presented throughout
the play? Please respond to each in a minimum of two well-written sentences.
These will be collected at the beginning of class tomorrow.
1. Gertrude's dying lines: "No, no the drink! O my dear Hamlet!
The drink, the drink! I am poisoned (V.ii.110-11).
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2. Claudius' dying
lines: O, yet defend me, friends, I am but hurt" (V.ii.325).
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3. Laertes' dying lines:
"He is justly served.
It is poisoned tempered by himself.
Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet.
Mine and my father's death come not
upon thee,
Nor thine on me" (V.ii.328-332).
Hamlet vocabulary 6 quiz on Friday, October 21
1. To abhor (verb)- to find repugnant,
very distasteful
2. gibe (noun)- an aggressive remark
3. imperious (adjective)- having or
showing superiority
4. to profane (verb)- to violate a
sacred place, person or language
5. requiem (noun)- song or hymn as a
memorial for a dead person
6. churlish (adjective)- having a bad
disposition
7. amity (noun)- friendship (note the opposite is enmity!)
8. perdition (noun)- the place or state
that one suffers eternal punishment
9. umbrage (noun)- a feeling of anger
caused by feeling offended
10.
infallible
(adjective)- incapable of failure
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