Students were assigned a specific character (Gertrude, Ophelia, Claudius, or Horatio) and wrote a blog post or diary entry describing the events of the evening entertainment at the palace from that character's point of view. Then there were four other questions about the rest of Act 3, Scene 2 to write on as homework
HOMEWORK
So for people who were in class: read the rest of Scene 2 and answer the questions on the half-sheet I have you in class.
If you were gone today for band or choir, here are the instructions for both parts of the assignment; you should do them and be ready to turn them in tomorrow. If you were sick today, you have the normal one day for each day's absence.
Absent people--go by birthday: Jan-March = Gertrude; April-June = Ophelia; July-Sept. = Claudius;
Oct-Dec = Horatio.
Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2
You now have a number (1-4);
write that number beside your name. Now
write down which character you are doing for this portion of the assignment
(will vary by class).
Assignment
After leaving the theatrical
performance, each character retreats to write in his diary or post in his
blog.
· Even if you have
read to the end of Act 3, this assignment refers to what characters are
thinking right after everyone leaves the play.
· Report on what
you saw in the play, report your interactions with Hamlet, and report your
thoughts on how the pleasant evening was so abruptly
interrupted.
·
Include two
quotations in your blog.
·
You can quote
directly or paraphrase extremely closely; either
way, include line numbers.
Now answer the following questions on the back of your paper:
1. What does Horatio seem to agree with Hamlet about? (He never says so directly).
2. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to tell Hamlet--that is, what's the actual message/request they bring?
3. Explain what Hamlet tries to get Guildenstern to do near the end of Scene 2.
4. When Guildenstern protests that he can not do what Hamlet is requesting, what larger point does Hamlet make? Explain the analogy.
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