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February 13
Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago. What are two arguments for why reading Shakespeare is still important today?
February 14
List 3 facts about Shakespeare.
February 15
What is your first impression of Polonius? Why?
February 20◦What is Hamlet saying he will do in the lines below?(Act I, v)
Here as before, never, so help you mercy,How strange or odd so’er I bear myself(As I perchance hereafter shall think to meetTo put an antic disposition on)
February 21
Doom on Denmark has been foreshadowed. Predict 3 different events that may happen.
February 22
What’s your first impression of Hamlet? Are you surprised by him in any way?
February 23
If you were romantically interested in someone who appeared not to be interested in you, what would you do?
February 26
What might be Hamlet’s motivation for pretending to be mad?
February 27
Describe Hamlet’s plan to determine if Claudius did in fact murder his father.
February 28
Who is your favorite character in Hamlet so far and why?
March 1
Identify two specific ways Hamlet demonstrates his intelligence in the first two acts of the play
March 6
Did Polonius and Claudius successfully determine the cause of Hamlet’s madness by spying on his interaction with Ophelia? Explain.
March 7
What do you predict will happen after the players act out the scene that is similar to Old Hamlet’s death?
March 8
What is ironic about Hamlet’s decision not to kill Claudius in Act III, iii?
March 12Someone is going to die in scene iv. Predict who and how.
March 13
Hamlet justifies his harsh treatment of his mom with “I must be cruel only to be kind.” Does this seem sincere or dishonest to you? Why?
March 16
Why must Claudius be careful not to appear to enforce too harsh of a punishment on Hamlet for killing Polonius ?(p. 254)
March 19
Hamlet vows to have “bloody thoughts” from now on. Predict how he will seek vengeance on Claudius if he is being sent to England to be killed.
March 22
Summarize Act IV. Write one sentence for each scene (7 sentences total)
March 23
If you were a character inHamlet, who would you be and why?
March 26
1. Do you think Hamlet loves Ophelia? Why or why not?
2. Predict how Hamlet will react when he finds out that Ophelia is dead. Why do you think he will react that way?
March 27
We know that all of Shakespeare’s title tragic characters die. How is Hamlet going to die? Is he going to successfully get his vengeance before?
March 28
Did you like the play Hamlet? Why or why not?