do now: skim through acts 2 & 3. do you have any questions or topics that you need clarified?
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“What a piece of work is man” “What a rogue and peasant slave am I” “To be or not to be…” Claudius’ Confession Speeches & SoliloquiesTRANSCRIPT
Aim: To review for tomorrow’s exam on Acts 2 & 3 of
Hamlet.Do Now: Skim through Acts 2
& 3. Do you have any questions or topics that you
need clarified?
Hamlet – Antic Disposition, Feigned
Madness, Scholar, Man of Action?, Murderer?
Ophelia – Hamlet’s Rejection, Family Pressure
Claudius – Guilty King Gertrude – Weak Mother Polonius – Meddling Statesman Rosencrantz & Guildenstern –
Friends/Spies Horatio – True Friend Fortinbras - Foil
Characters - Progression
“What a piece of work is man” “What a rogue and peasant slave
am I” “To be or not to be…” Claudius’ Confession
Speeches & Soliloquies
Claudius & Polonius Plotting Play-within-a-play Claudius Praying Hamlet & Gertrude Bedroom
Scene Polonius’ Death
Scenes