Worksheet 8K5SQX

You may work through this assignment independently or with up to two partners (groups of three). You may NOT exceed three people in a group! Type the name of each group member: How does Ophelia’s use of language in this passage help to characterize Hamlet? You may voice-record or type your answer. Why might Shakespeare have thought it was important to include Claudius’s perception of Hamlet’s “madness”? You may voice-record or type your answer. How does Polonius’s description of Hamlet’s decline further characterize his madness? You may voice-record or type your answer. Google Accounts >Analyzing Impact of Language on Meaning Predictive Submission< Critical Viewing: Act II Scene ii Lines 182-237 Enter Hamlet <reading a book>As you watch the clip below, take note of the following questions:1. How would you describe the tone used by Hamlet and Polonius in their conversation?2. What does this reveal about each character's opinion of the other?3. Polonius says of Hamlet, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." How does the word method deepen the meaning of the passage and shed light on both Hamlet and Polonius's characters? How would you describe the tones used by Hamlet and Polonius in their conversation? You must TYPE your responses. What does this reveal about each character's opinion of the other? You must TYPE your responses. Polonius says of Halmet, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." How does the word method deepen the meaning of the passage and shed light on both Hamlet and Polonius's characters? You must TYPE your responses. Critical Viewing: Act II Scene ii Lines 238-403 Enter Guildenstern and RosencrantzAs you watch the clip below, take note of the following questions:1. Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "Denmark's a prison." How might the metaphor help contribute to a possible theme of the text?2. How does Rosencrantz respond to Hamlet's comment above that might show a guilty conscience? How have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet, and do they admit it?3. Hamlet spends a good deal of time pretending to be mad, but he admits to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." How does this figurative language create the sense that Hamlet is, in fact, sane? Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "Denmark's a prison." How migh the metaphor help contribute to a possible theme of the text? You must TYPE your responses. How does Rosencrantz respond to Hamlet's comment above that might show a guilty conscience? How have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet, and do they admit it? You must TYPE your responses. Hamlet spends a good deal of time pretending to be mad, but he admits to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." How does this figurative language create the sense that Hamlet is, in fact, sane? You must TYPE your responses. Critical Viewing: Act II Scene ii Lines -575 Then came each actor on his assAs you watch the clip below, take note of the following questions:1. How does Hamlet react to the arrival of the Players? What use does he propose to make of them?2. Why do you think Hamlet chooses to add "a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines" that he wrote himself to the play? Make a prediction about what he will add based on his objectives for this play.3. What inferences can you make based on the title of the play Hamlet requests? How does Hamlet react to the arrival of the Players? What use does he propose to make of them? You must TYPE your responses. Why do you think Hamlet chooses to add “a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines” that he wrote himself to the play? Make a prediction about what he will add, based on his objectives for this play. You must TYPE your responses. What inference can you make based on the title of the play Hamlet requests? You must TYPE your responses. Critical Viewing: Act II Scene ii Lines 576-634 O, What a rogueAs you watch the clip below, take note of the following questions1. What causes Hamlet to exclaim, "O, what a rogue and peasant slamve am I!"2. How does Hamlet's soliloquy at the end of scene two contribute to the plot, characterization, and atmosphere of the play?3. Based on what you know about him so far, why do you think Hamlet might be suffering from confusion or indecision about his father's orders to kill Claudius? Do you expect him to carry them out anyway?4. What does Hamlet plan to add to the player's play and for what purpose? What causes Hamlet to exclaim, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!"? You must TYPE your responses. How does Hamlet’s soliloquy at the end of scene two contribute to the plot, characterization, and atmosphere of the play? You must TYPE your responses. Based on what you know about him so far, why do you think Hamlet might be suffering from confusion or indecision about his father’s orders to kill Claudius? Do you expect him to carry them out anyway? You must TYPE your responses. What does Hamlet plan to add to the player's play and for what purpose? You must TYPE your responses.