TODAY IN CLASS
There was a quiz over Acts II-III.  Make it up tomorrow afternoon or Friday afternoon if you missed it today.

I collected the Act III study guides just before the quiz; I also returned the Act II guides.

I did NOT collect last night's homework; apparently I forgot to tell one class that the details of a short imagery assignment would be on the blog, and some individuals in another class seemed to feel that the link was broken. (?) I am giving all of us a bit of slack on this work:  everyone can turn it in tomorrow!!

SO, FOR TOMORROW
Here, just copied and pasted, is what was on yesterday's post:

As homework, write a short analysis of three of the following four passages from Scene 4.  Each passage contains an analogy or imagery that helps convey the literal meaning. Here are two quick examples of what you need to do.

Ex. #1:   " . . . you shall not budge./ You go not till I set you up a glass/ Where you may see the inmost part of you."  (Folger 3.4.23-25; McD-L 3.4.19-21)

Hamlet's analogy uses "glass" in the sense of a "mirror," only as a special kind of mirror which would show what is inside a person instead of the mere reflection of the exterior.  He is saying that he is going to force his mother to look inside herself to see what is really on her conscience.

Ex. #2:  "Look here upon this picture and on this, / The counterfeit presentment of two brothers."
(Folger 3.4.63-64; McD-L 3.4.54-55).  [And this is expanded in the following lines.]

Hamlet is actually using literal props here; he indicates two actual portraits, one for each brother.  They may be paintings on the wall, small portraits on a dresser, or even a "miniature" (of his own father) that he wears around the neck.  He points to each picture, as needed, to support his description of the noble character of the dead King vs. the "mildewed ear" of corn or grain that is Claudius.

CHOOSE THREE OF THE FOLLOWING FOR SHORT EXPLANATIONS OF YOUR OWN:

Folger 3.4.100-103 / McDougal Littell 3.4.91-93

Folger 3.4.126-7 / McDougal Littell 3.4.114-115 (What is the nature of the analogy, and what is the Ghost urging Hamlet to do?)

Folger 3.4.161-163 / McDougal Littell 3.4.146-147

Folger 3.4.165-170 / McDougal Littell 3.4.149-155