Learning targets: I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
I can evaluate how each version interprets the source text.
In class: review of Act 5, scene 2
new vocabulary: A Room of One's Own ..class handout / copy below
Review of semi colon usage
Writing exercise: Yesterday we read and watched two director's versions of the final death scene in Act 5. The objective was show the interpretive flexibility of the play and two of the many ways it has been staged through the years.
In class, I am asking you to writing a plot summary of the final scene; that is simply a what happened. The objective is to demonstrate your understanding of how the characters interacted. As well, this is an opportunity to 1) incorporate the use semi colons into your sentences and vary your sentence structure. 20 minutes
Note period 8 students have a choice of the above or the divination speech.
Another Hamlet death scene: Kenneth Branaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbRnOQmmZY0Review of semi colon usage
1. The score was tied the game went into
overtime.
2. Professor Brown has left the laboratory,
however, you may still be able to reach her through email.
3. We
didn't attend the play, besides, we had heard that all the good seats were
taken.
4. The keys to the lower door were not, however,
in their usual place.
5. Ingrid, a shortstop, made the team, but Joe,
her cousin, did not make the cut.
8. Read the article out loud, then answer all
ten questions on the quiz.
9. Martin had paid his dues, therefore, we
allowed him to vote in the election.
10.
The World Series had begun, however, we were still stuck in traffic.
11.
Martin Luther King did not intend to become a preacher, originally he wanted to
be a lawyer.
12. If you want to lose weight and keep it off,
try a good diet, if you are serious about your goal, you should be successful.
15. The route suggested by Map Quest was not, however,
open to traffic that day.
16. Many parents are in favor of school uniforms,
they feel that the uniforms develop a sense of community among students.
17. The rain was causing flooding in many areas,
however, we still carried out our plans.
18. Throwing his arms into the air, Mike looked
absolutely dumbfounded, so he stood up, knocking all of the materials on the
floor, and left the building.
19. John is a former police officer, he now stays
home with his children.
20. He is not doing well in school, however,
everyone hopes that he will be able to graduate.
Writing exercise: Yesterday we read and watched two director's versions of the final death scene in Act 5. The objective was show the interpretive flexibility of the play and two of the many ways it has been staged through the years.
In class, I am asking you to writing a plot summary of the final scene; that is simply a what happened. The objective is to demonstrate your understanding of how the characters interacted. As well, this is an opportunity to 1) incorporate the use semi colons into your sentences and vary your sentence structure. 20 minutes
Note period 8 students have a choice of the above or the divination speech.
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf vocabulary quiz on Friday, November 6
1. heiress (noun)- a woman who inherits or will inherit considerable wealth
2. escapade (noun)- a reckless adventure or wild prank
3. patriarchy – (noun)a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
4. agog (adjective)- highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation
5. betrothed- (adjective)- engaged to be married
6. to duck (verb)- plunged or dipped in water
7. to dash (verb)- to strike or smash violently, especially to break into pieces
8. Anon (noun)- anonymous
9. rhetoric (noun) –techniques that writers and speakers use to create meaning, enhance a text or to persuade others to agree with a particular point of view
10. to guffaw (verb)- to laugh crudely
11. to thwart (verb)- prevent from accomplishing a purpose
12. morbid (adjective)- unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive in the extreme
Can you tell who is speaking to whom and what scene this is from?
In Elsinore, Hamlet tells Horatio that he discovered that the letters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bore to England asked that Hamlet be executed. Hamlet switched the letter with one that requested Rosencrantz and Guildenstern be executed.
R and G are duped again. Their sad fate shows the way plots and deception tend to widen and take the lives of those on the periphery too.
Hamlet says he has no sympathy for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who gave up their honor to curry favor with the king. But he is sorry he fought with Laertes, who only wanted to revenge his own father.
Hamlet identifies with Laertes.
A dandyish nobleman, Osric, enters. Hamlet gets him to agree first that it's cold, then that it's actually hot. Osric announces that Claudius has wagered Hamlet can defeat Laertes in a duel. Hamlet agrees to fight.
Osric is what Hamlet most hates—a man who values appearance over reality.
Horatio says that Hamlet will lose the wager. Hamlet says he'll win a fair fight, but he has a bad foreboding. Horatio urges him to call off the duel. But Hamlet says there's no use trying to escape death: it will come no matter what.
Hamlet is finally at peace. He accepts death. Death comes for everyone, so why not face it now? Note that Hamlet has ceased to plot: he's chosen reality over appearance.
Claudius, Gertrude, Laertes, and the entire court enter to watch the duel. Hamlet apologizes to Laertes. Laertes won't accept the apology until he can consult an expert on honor. The two men select their foils (swords). Laertes picks the poisoned foil.
Laertes speaks of honor while plotting against Hamlet. He's sold his soul for vengeance.
Claudius announces that if Hamlet gets one of the first three hits he will drink to Hamlet's health and then drop a jewel into the cup and give it to Hamlet. The duel starts.Hamlet scores the first hit. Claudius drops the jewel into the wine. Hamlet, concentrating on the duel, says he'll drink the wine later.
The "jewel" is poison—appearance vs. reality.
Hamlet scores the second hit. Gertrude lifts the poisoned cup to drink in Hamlet's honor. Claudius tries to stop her, but can't tell her why without revealing his plot. She drinks.
Claudius is in so deep that he can't admit reality even to save his wife.
They duel. Laertes wounds Hamlet, drawing blood. They scuffle, and in the scuffle end up exchanging swords. Hamlet wounds Laertes.
Laertes gets his revenge, but it rebounds on himself.
Gertrude falls. Claudius claims Gertrude fainted because.she saw Hamlet and Laertes bleeding, but Gertrude says the wine was poisoned. She dies.
Claudius lies right up until the end. But death is a reality that appearance can't hide.
Claudius lies right up until the end. But death is a reality that appearance can't hide.
Laertes, who knows he's dying of his wound from the poisoned sword, reveals Claudius's treachery.
Reality revealed.
Hamlet stabs Claudius and then forces him to drink the poisoned wine. Claudius dies.
Hamlet gets his revenge.
Laertes forgives Hamlet and asks for forgiveness. Laertes dies. Hamlet forgives him.
Hamlet and Laertes are honest before they die.
Horatio wants to kill himself, but Hamlet forbids it: Horatio must tell Hamlet's story to the world.
Through Horatio, Hamlet will reveal Claudius's lies.
In the distance a cannon sounds. Fortinbras is returning victorious from Poland, and fired the blast to honor English ambassadors arriving to Denmark. Hamlet says that Fortinbras should be made King of Denmark, then dies.
Fortinbras achieves "vengeance" by not pursuing it. He's the only character who never plots—he always chooses reality over
appearance
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