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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Second Soliloquy

1. Get into your assigned groups
2. Read your section of the text as a group.
3. Read the modern language version for clarification.
4. Review the qustions on the homework sheet.
5. Translate as best you can line for line your assigned section.
6. Revise the answers that you had for homework.
6. Present to the class.
Below, Hamlet’s soliloquy from the end of Act II is broken up.  Annotate the soliloquy in the margins.  Then, use the speech, the translation in your book (if necessary), and your knowledge of the play to answer the questions.
 GROUP ONE
Who is Hamlet saying goodbye to?  Do you think he is happy to see them go?  Why or why not?



What is Hamlet saying about himself and why?



What is Hamlet saying the player can do?  How does Hamlet feel about the player’s ability to do this?  What specific words and phrases does Hamlet use that reveal his feelings?






Why would he compare himself to the player?  In what way is he different?

 GROUP TWO

Who is Hecuba?  Which literary techniques are used in this section?

What is Hamlet talking about when he discusses his “cue for passion”?

How would the player act if he felt as Hamlet does?


Yet I,
A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak,

How is Hamlet different from the players?


Why does Hamlet question if he is a coward?


 GROUP 3
A scullion!
Fie upon't! foh! About, my brain!


Which literary techniques can you identify in this section?




What is Hamlet saying about himself?  Be specific.





            What has Hamlet heard that guilty people sitting at a play will do?


 GROUP 4


What will Hamlet ask the players to do?




I'll observe his looks;
I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench,
I know my course.

Who is Hamlet speaking about?  What is Hamlet going to be looking for and why?



           
What does Hamlet say about the ghost?  Do you think that this is just an excuse for Hamlet’s inability to take action against Claudius?





Why does Hamlet mean by “the play’s the thing”?

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