TODAY IN CLASS
Hamlet quizzes and the Acts 3 and 4 study guides were returned.
Students had a few minutes to consider/collaborate on the following key spots of Act 5; then we discussed them briefly together.
- Implications of Horatio's exclamation "Why, what a king is this!"
- Osric--what are we supposed to make of this character?
- what is the actual content (message) of his conversation with Hamlet?
- how do both Hamlet's comments (directly to Osric plus asides to Horatio) AND what Osric says (substance as well as style) help tell us what kind of person he is?
- Serious conversation between Hamlet and Horatio:
- one spot we didn't discuss: look at 5.2.11-12 (Folger): "There's a divinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will--" Look at what your book says about this; then actually look it up online; then try to apply it to how it applies to Hamlet's frame of mind at this point.
- what we DID discuss: see 5.2.223-238 (Folger) and 5.2.209 to the long stage direction in the 5th period book
Before the quiz--we will make sure to have the fullest possible understanding of the Effects (results) of the specific Causes (actions) listed in #21 of the Act 5 study guide.
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