Monday October, 27

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• Finish reading Act 2
• Discuss monologue:
• Quiz on act 2: get into groups

If you were absent make sure to come!

Review these topics prior:

• • Polonius’ relationship with his son, Laertes?
  • Polonius’ assumptions re: Hamlet and Ophelia?
  • Cause of Hamlet’s madness
  • Voltemand’s message from Norway
  • Claudius and Polonius’ plan
  • Roles of R and G?
  • Hamlet’s suspicions of his friends?
  • Acting troupe v. child actors
  • Player’s speech
  • Hamlet: man of action or inaction?
  • Hamlet’s plan
  • Dissect Hamlet’s monologue

• Watch act 2
• Gibson: scene 10: 35 and again at 53
• watch for Ophelia
• friendships with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
• Branagh: scenes 16, 17, and 20
• watch Ophelia, Polonius, Claudius
• HW: review notes on act 2, fishbowl group prepare for Wednesday : syllabus and critical review