Monday 26 September 2011

Vocabulary 2 due Friday 30 September
In class: review of act II
Writing response to Hamlet's second soliloquy, which you were asked to review carefully for today.

Prior to writing we'll watch
David Tennants O what a Rogue and Pesant Slave am I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2hvp2u930&feature=related

Handout of questions below. These will count as a test grade. Please take your time with them.
Hamlet Act III study questions Due Wednesday.

1. Polonius gives his daughter Ophelia a book to read as a distraction whilst
waiting for Hamlet. The subject of the book is about “an exercise may colour
Your loneliness. We are oft to blame in this,--
'Tis too much proved--that with devotion's visage (visage - face)
And pious action we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.” (III.I.51-55)
Explain the meaning of these lines and their irony in being said in the presence of Claudius.

2.
Hamlet initially denies having loved Ophelia when she returns his love letters.
Where does he tell her to go, how should she behave if she does not go there and finally, where from are these words provoked?
Read over III.i.131-62.


3 Ophelia is distraught and Claudius is piqued. This kid is not in love, but trouble.
Where does he intend to send him and for what reason? see III.i.176-89.


4. Hamlet is giving the travelling players some new lines- as well as acting advice;
albeit one may say, he’s somewhat arrogant, his words are hallmarks of good acting.
List a half-dozen qualities of fine acting; then state what ultimately is the purpose of acting.
See III.ii.1-45.


5. The play within the play. What is the quiddity (essence) of this piece
and how does Claudius react/? See III.ii.253-95.


6. What is Hamlet’s reaction to Guildenstern’s pestering him
about the prince’s behavior to his uncle and mother? III.ii.378-402.

7. Hamlet is off to have a chat with his Mum. What are his intentions?
III.ii.419-32.


8 How does Claudius feel about his own crime? What does he physically do?
III.iii. 40-5.

9 Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius now? When would be a better time?
III.iii.77-100.


10 What does Hamlet do, when he hears the noise behind the arras? III.iv.28-9.






11. Paraphrase the potent descriptions that Hamlet uses to compare his father to his uncle. . Why is it impossible for his mother to be in love with Claudius III.iv.63-98The ghost appears, or is it a figment of the prince’s imagination?
What does he tell Hamlet? And how does his mother react? III.iv. 118-56.




12. Explain these words of Hamlet: “I must be cruel, only to be kind.” III.iv.194-200







13. Hamlet is about to head off to England along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
How much does Hamlet trust these schoolfellows and what is in the sealed letters? III.iv.225-8)