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INSTRUCTIONS1)\u00a0Choose ONE QUESTION from EACH ACT\u00a0for a total of 5 questions. 2)\u00a0Write substantive answers\u00a0\u00a03-4 sentences, minimum. INCLUDE: \u2022 Direct quotes for at least 2 answers to back up your responses.\u2022\u00a0 The correct page (text) citation (Shakespeare 1234) NOT the numbers below (1.1.8, etc.) \u00a0 What do the numbers in the questions below mean, such as: 1.1.8?? \u00a0 TRANSLATION:\u00a0 1.1.8 means Act 1, Scene 1, Line 8.BELOW in your QAs, the Acts and Scenes, and Linesare referred to by number to help you find your info easier in our ever-changing textbooks, plus easier to find on your textbook page:\u00a0 But DO NOT use for your citations here or in your essay!!!!NOTE: Some MLA Format allows for use of this in text citations BUT NOT US, for our own purposes. Please CONTINUE to use page numbers for your quote citations to prove you are using your textbook. WHY? If you use acts\/scenes\/lines in your citations, I might too easily wonder if you are using work from another source, that is, plagiarizing.And you’ve worked too hard for that question to arise. Using page numbers from our textbook is another assurance to your prof that you are doing original work. \u00a0 HAMLETQA Questions(Choose ONE from each Act)Remember the form: \u2022 Do not use the 1.1.1 form with your direct quotes to back up your answer.\u00a0 \u2022 Use the same text citation form you do for all your other QAs and your essays-author and page number (Shakespeare 1234)\u2022 Add direct quotes for TWO of your answers.\u2022 AT BOTTOM OF QA, put the full textbook citation for Hamlet at the bottom of your QA.\u00a0 ACT I\u00a0 CHOOSE ONE QUESTION: 1. What is the mood of the guard in 1.1? Point out specific examples of\u00a0 this mood such as “I am sick at heart” (1.1.8). What in particular\u00a0is responsible for this mood? 2. A ghostusually appears for a reason. Horatio catalogs some of the\u00a0 usual reasons in 1.1.127-42. What are these reasons? 3. We first meet Claudius, the king, in 1.2. What “green”\u00a0 memory (1.2.2) does he refer to? What does Claudius tell us in 1.2.8-16? 4. We first meet Hamlet in 1.2. Explain Claudius’ question to him in \u00a01.2.66: “How is it that the cloudsstill hang on you?” Explain the conversation with Gertrude about”seems” (1.2.68-86). 5. Read Claudius’ speech in 1.2.87-117. Summarize what he says about the\u00a0 deaths of fathers. What important information do we get in lines 108-09? 6. Explain what Hamlet says in 1.2.129-37. What is his mood? Note the\u00a0 garden metaphor in these lines. 7. Read1.2.137-59. How do these lines help to explain Hamlet’s mood? 8. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 129-59 is what is called a\u00a0“soliloquy.” Define “soliloquy.” Why is the information\u00a0 we get in a soliloquyparticularly valuable in reading a play? 9. In the scene between Hamlet and Horatio, 1.2.160-258, Hamlet reaches\u00a0 an important decision (243-45). What is this decision, and what are its\u00a0 dangers? 10. Act 1,Scene 3 is a scene of advice giving. What advice does Laertes\u00a0 give Ophelia about her relationshipwith Hamlet? What advice does Polonius\u00a0give Laertes? What does Polonius advise (perhaps even command)\u00a0 Ophelia in 1.3.121-36? 11. Hamletfirst sees the Ghost in Act 1, Scene 4. How does he react to\u00a0 the Ghost in 1.4.38-69? 12. Act 1,Scene 5 contains some very important information about\u00a0 Hamlet’s father’s death. What does the Ghost tell Hamlet in 1.5.34-40? What\u00a0does Hamlet mean when he responds “O my prophetic soul!”(1.5.40)? 13. The Ghost explains his murder in detail (1.5.59-80). Summarize how\u00a0 the murder was committed. 14. In1.5.81-91, the Ghost gives Hamlet a task to perform. What does the\u00a0 Ghost say about Gertrude? 15. Hamlet’s third soliloquy follows the Ghost’s exit (1.5.92-109).\u00a0 Describe Hamlet’s mood at this point. 16. When Hamlet talks to his friends following the encounter with the\u00a0 Ghost, he says “It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you” (1.5.138). What does he mean by”honest,” and why is this such an\u00a0 important issue in the play? 17. Read1.5.166-80 carefully. What plan does Hamlet describe? Explain\u00a0 “antic disposition.” \u00a0ACT II \u00a0\u00a0CHOOSE ONE QUESTION: 1. In the scene between Polonius and Reynaldo (2.1.1-74), what does \u00a0Polonius ask Reynaldo to do? (Polonius will use spying again later in the\u00a0play, and it will result in his death.) 2. What has frightened Ophelia at 2.1.75? Describe Hamlet’s appearance as she reports it to her father. 3. What does Polonius assume to be the matter with Hamlet? See especially\u00a0 2.1.101-07. What action does Polonius take (2.1.101 -120)? 4. What does Claudius say to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in 2.2.1-18? 5. Polonius tells Claudius and Gertrude “I have found \/ The very\u00a0 cause of Hamlet’s lunacy”(2.2.48-49). Then in very wordy speeches he\u00a0 explains what he has learned (2.2.86-149). Summarize what Polonius tells the king and queen. 6. Polonius prepares a plan to test his theory about Hamlet’s behavior.\u00a0 What is that plan? 7. Hamlet puts on his “antic disposition” with Polonius\u00a0 (2.2.170-211). What leads Polonius to conclude: “Thought his be\u00a0 madness, yet there is method in’t” (2.2.200-01)? 8. When Hamlet meets with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he says “I\u00a0know the good King and Queen have sent for you” (2.2.265). Hamlet\u00a0describes to them why they were sent for. Study carefully 2.2.279-90.\u00a0 What in particular does Hamlet say about humankind. 9. Who are “the players” Rosencrantz refers to in 2.2.295? What\u00a0 are they going to do? (The discussion at this point makes reference to the\u00a0actors of Shakespeare’s day and especially to the contemporary War of the\u00a0Theaters during Shakespeare’s time.) 10. What does Hamlet tell his friends in 2.2.343-47? Why are these\u00a0 reminders of his mental state important to us? 11. When the players arrive, Hamlet’s greeting is friendly and shows that\u00a0 they are not strangers to him(2.2.383-91). Hamlet requests a particular\u00a0 speech as a preview. This speech is important for two reasons: (1) It shows\u00a0 Pyrrhus acting assertively and taking revenge. (2) It also shows Hecuba’s deep emotion. How are these two elements related to Hamlet and the revenge\u00a0 the Ghost asked him to take? 12. Hamlet has another soliloquy at the end of Act 2 (2.2.500-59). Read\u00a0 this passage carefully. What is Hamlet’s mood in the first two-thirds of\u00a0this speech? In the last third, Hamlet has a definite plan. What is his\u00a0 plan? Explain especially 2.2.557-59. \u00a0ACT III \u00a0\u00a0CHOOSE ONE QUESTION: 1. In the opening scene of Act 3, Claudius refers to Hamlet as\u00a0 “dangerous” (3.1.4) although Hamlet has not yet given him any\u00a0 reason to think so.We hear that Claudius has a plan for learning more.\u00a0 Explain 3.1.28-37. 2. Study 3.1.56-89, Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy.\u00a0 This is a kind of philosophical debate showing Hamlet’s scholarly\/analytical\/philosophical mind at work. What subject is he debating? What does he say about it? Comment on the\u00a0 accuracy of his statement in 3.1.83-88.Is Hamlet acting like a coward? 3. Read 3.1.88-143, the scene between Hamlet and Ophelia (which Claudius\u00a0 and Polonius are spying on). Discuss Hamlet’s treatment of Ophelia. Should\u00a0we believe “I lov’d you not” (3.1.117)? 4. Discuss 3.1.144-55 as a picture of what Hamlet used to be like. (This\u00a0 view from Ophelia, speaking in a soliloquy, is important in helping us to\u00a0have a complete picture of Hamlet.) 5. Claudius speaks of “danger” from Hamlet again in 3.1.161.\u00a0 What plan does Claudius have? 6. In the banter before the play begins, Hamlet’s remarks to Ophelia are\u00a0 full of sexual innuendos. What doesthis show about Hamlet? Compare to\u00a03.1.144-55. 7. The”dumb show” that starts the play-within-the-play scene\u00a0 is a conventional Renaissance device. As Ophelia explains, this pantomime\u00a0“imports the argument of the play” (3.2.123). Describe the pantomime. 8. Act 3, Scene 4 is the structural turning point of the play. An\u00a0 important element in building the intensity of the scene is Claudius’ attempt at prayer (3.3.37-73). Explain carefully the dilemma Claudius is in.\u00a0What does this scene add to our picture of Claudius? 9. Why does the Ghost reappear at this time? Since Gertrude cannot see\u00a0 him, what does she think? 10. What are we to make of Hamlet’s attitude in 3.4.211-16? Is he\u00a0displaying a lack of sensitivity? \u00a0ACT IV \u00a0\u00a0CHOOSE ONE QUESTION: 1. Act 4, Scene 1 is short and succinct; however, it gives us a portrait\u00a0of Claudius at work. How does this scene present Claudius as a good\u00a0politician? 2. Read 4.3.17-35. Hamlet’s thoughts are focused on death. Discuss the\u00a0 naturalistic tone of his language. What does this show about Hamlet? 3. Read 4.4.32-66, Hamlet’s last soliloquy. How does Hamlet feel about\u00a0 Fortinbras’ action? How does Fortinbras’ action contrast with Hamlet’s own inaction? On what note does this soliloquy end? 4. In 4.5, Ophelia enters insane. Her communication is all in fragments\u00a0 of folk songs, some of them bawdy. What is Claudius’ reaction to this new\u00a0problem (see 4.5.65 -92)? 5. In the second half of 4.5, we see Laertes as a foil to Hamlet. What’s a”foil?” [A literary term!] Characterize Laertes in this scene (especially 4.5.126-32) 6. In Act 4, Scene 7, Claudius tells Laertes his version of Polonius’\u00a0 murder. When Laertes questions why Claudius did not earlier take action\u00a0against Hamlet, what two reasons does Claudius give (4.7.9-24) 7. Laertes and Claudius propose two back-up schemes in case the\u00a0 “sword unbated” (4.7.137) fails. What does Laertes propose? What does Claudius propose? \u00a0ACT V \u00a0\u00a0CHOOSE ONE QUESTION: 1. Hamlet’s dialogue about the skulls shows the extent of his\u00a0 disillusionment with humanity. Compare his view of humanity in this scene to\u00a0 what he said in 2.2.279-90. How does the Clown’s cheerful acceptance of the\u00a0 nature of death and time’s inevitable changes contrast with Hamlet’s\u00a0 attitude? 2. Discuss the problem posed by the Clown’s statement that he has been\u00a0 gravedigger since the day Hamlet was born (5.1.126-27), which was thirty\u00a0years ago (5.1.140). What age would you assign to Hamlet? Why? 3. Hamlet’s comments on Yorick’s skull (5.1.161-70) comprise one of the\u00a0 often-quoted passages in the play. Who was Yorick? How is this skull more\u00a0“personal” to Hamlet than the others? 4. How should we react to Laertes’ behavior in Ophelia’s funeral scene? \u00a0How should we react to Hamlet’s behavior? What is the effect of 5.1.242-44? 5. After Osric brings word of the duel to Hamlet and after a Lord comes\u00a0 to announce the time of the duel, how does Hamlet react? In particular, what\u00a0does he say in 5.2.193-97? \u00a0Why do you think he reacts this way? 6. The final scene is filled with deaths. Exactly what causes the death of each of these: Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet?DON’T FORGET: PUT FULL TEXTBOOK CITATION FOR HAMLET\u00a0 AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR QA.DO NOT USE LINE NUMBERS OFFERED HERE FOR STUDY USE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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