Tuesday, September 30 ActI.ii. viewing and responses to Claudius's speech.

Important: we are in the computer room in the library Wednesday and Thursday. Make sure you bring your copy of Hamlet. 

Due Friday: Hamlet 2 vocabulary (review of words)
Collecting Hamlet ActI.i work from anyone who did not turn in the material yesterday. Last opportunity.
In class: watching ActI.ii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28EBS6B0S0  time 9:40 to end
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SBrh2NJmLk to 8:54
              responses to ActI.ii. Claudius's speech  Class handout / copy below.

Hamlet ActI.ii   responses to Claudius’s speech to Hamlet

In Act I.ii, you are encountering the character of Hamlet for the first time through the eyes of his Uncle Claudius, who is now his stepfather.  Claudius reproaches Hamlet for his continued grief over the death of his father. Note their interactions and begin to think about the following ideas: gender roles, duty and mortality.

KING CLAUDIUS      ' Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound            90 In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow: but to persever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief; It shows a will most incorrect to heaven, A heart unfortified, a mind impatient, An understanding simple and unschool'd: For what we know must be and is as common As any the most vulgar thing to sense, Why should we in our peevish opposition      100 Take it to heart? Fie! 'tis a fault to heaven, A fault against the dead, a fault to nature, To reason most absurd: whose common theme Is death of fathers, and who still hath cried, From the first corse till he that died to-day, 'This must be so.' We pray you, throw to earth This unprevailing woe, and think of us As of a father: for let the world take note, You are the most immediate to our throne; And with no less nobility of love            110 Than that which dearest father bears his son, Do I impart toward you. For your intent In going back to school in Wittenberg, It is most retrograde to our desire: And we beseech you, bend you to remain 115 Here, in the cheer and comfort of our eye, Our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son.

Lines 90-92 1.     Who is Hamlet mourning? ___________________________ 2.     What are the two adjectives that the King uses to describe Hamlet’s Nature? 3.     What word used by Claudius gives evidence that that indicated the King’s shift to the main purpose of his speech? __________________________ Lines 93-96 4.     How does Claudius view the loss of Hamlet’s father? Use evidence from the text to support your position. _________________________________ ________________________________ _______________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _______________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Lines 96-101 5.      Condolement is  similar to condolences. What does it mean to send condolences? 6.      Paraphrase (put into your own words) lines 93-98. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7.      What may be inferred about Claudius’s sense of grief and its relationship to duty? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8.      What does Claudius mean when he calls Hamlet’s sense of grief unmanly? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9.      Lines 102-105 Read the meanings for vulgar: characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste                                       indecent, obscene or lewd                                       crude, coarse, unrefined                                       of, pertaining to ordinary people in society                                       current, popular or common How is the word vulgar used is line 103? Lines 107-110       10.  To what concept does Claudius appeal in lines 107-110?  ______________________________ 11.  How does Hamlet’s grief appear to Claudius? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 12.  What is the reasonable attitude towards death, according to Claudius? _______________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, September 29 Hamlet ActI.i. graphic organizer. Hamlet vocabulary 2 list

Elsinore Castle
In class: 1)handing back Hamlet I vocabulary test from Friday. Make arrangements to make this up, if you were absent.
2) New vocabulary Hamlet 2 (class handout / copy below) Image review. Test this Friday, October 3.
3) In class. Using your Hamlet text, complete the graphic organizer  that was handed out on Friday. This INDEPENDENT WORK is due at the end of class. 

Hamlet vocabulary 2   Test on Friday, October 3.

1.   filial (adjective)- pertaining to a son or daughter

2.   obsequious-(adjective)-obedient, dutiful

3.   obstinate-(adjective)-stubborn, opinionated

4.   impious-(adjective)-not religious

5.   retrograde-(adjective)- opposite, contrary

6.   courtier –(noun)- a person in attendance at the court of a noble

7.   discretion-(noun)- behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid

                                causing offense or revealing private information.

8.   auspicious-(adjective)- conducive to success; favorable.

9.   fledgling –(noun)- a person or organization that is immature,

                                       inexperienced, or underdeveloped.

10.to tether- (verb)- tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to

                                             restrict its movement.

Friday, September 26 Hamlet day 2.

I never received your "My Last Duchess" essay from the following students. 

Starr, Seneca, Rodney, Raphael, Esteban and Tim

Hamlet: Dramatis Personae

Hamlet- son to the late and nephew to the present King

 Claudius- King of Denmark

 Gertrude- Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet

 Ophelia- daughter to Polonius

 Polonius- Lord Chamberlain

 Horatio- friend to Hamlet

 Ghost- Hamlet's father

 Laertes- son to Polonius

 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern- courtiers

 Cornelius and Voltimand

 Osric

 Marcellus- officer

 Bernardo- officer

 Francisco- a soldier

 Reynaldo- servant to Polonius

 Two clowns- grave-diggers

 Fortinbras- Prince of Norway

A little background information

Where William Shakespeare set the play:

. Elsinore, Denmark: in and around the royal palace. The story of Hamlet is set in the late middle ages (14th and 15th centuries, or 1300 to 1499) in and around (mostly) the royal palace in Elsinore, a city in Denmark.

However: This is a universal plot line, so directors have transposed the setting to various historical and place times.

In class work: independent reading of Act I.i. and 11 accompanying text-based questions. This is due by the end of class or by Monday if you are unable to finish it. Again, it is silent independent work.and a graded assignment. (class handout / copy below)

Hamlet by William Shakespeare     ActI.i.100-175

1.       Quick write: look at the title of the play: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

What information may be gathered from the title.

a.       _______________________________________________________________________

b.      ________________________________________________________________________

c.       ________________________________________________________________________

d.      ________________________________________________________________________

2.       Look into the text at the dramatis personae (character list) at the first four names. What information can you gather?

a.       ________________________________________________________________________________________

b.      _________________________________________________________________________________________

c.       ________________________________________________________________________________________

d.      _________________________________________________________________________________________

3.       Read lines 1-61.  From “Who’s there? / Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself” to “Stay! Speak! speak! I charge thee, speak!” 

What is the tone established in these lines? How is it accomplished? Use specific text to support your response.

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4.       Look at line 7. What is Barnardo doing?

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5.       Look at lines 28-30.  According to Marcellus, what does Horation think of the Ghost?

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6.       How many times have Barnardo and Marcellus seen the Ghost?

_______________________________________

  The following questions are from lines 47-61

7.       How does Marcellus react to the appearance of the Ghost?  (quote)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

8.       How does Barnardo react to the Ghost?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________9.  How does Horatio react to the Ghost?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Read Marcellus’ lines 157-164. Paraphrase his reasoning for why the Ghost has disappeared.

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11. Read Horatio’s lines 165-173.

    a. To whom will Horatio impart the knowledge? ________________________________________

12.   For what two reasons does Horatio give for wanting to disseminate this information? (quote)

a. _________________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________________

Thursday, September 25 finishing "Dover Beach" written response; Act I.i. Hamlet

Due tomorrow: Hamlet 1 vocabulary test
Reminder: anyone who was on yesterday's list, and from whom I did not receive an essay, should come to 176 after school today prepared to finish the work that was due last Friday.
Anyone not showing up will have your name referred to Ms. Aspenleiter for a Saturday detention.   Thank you.
In class: in your notebook's respond to the following question, making sure to incorporate textual evidence. Your response should be a minimum of one page.
Remember: 1) you have a thesis statement
                   2)  you have proof, which is your text
                   3) You'll end with an analysis statement, which answers why what you said was significant.

Your paragraph question: What is the speaker's assessment of the world?
Second half of class: Watching Act I.i.. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
If you are absent, make sure to watch the following and respond to the questions after.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28EBS6B0S0

1.   Describe the setting of ActI.i. (Use a complete sentence.)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.   Write 3 adjectives that describe the mood or tone of the setting.

3.   What specifically contributes to the mood or tone.

_____________________________________________-

4.   Who does the apparition look like?

________________________________________________

5.   What does the apparition say to the guards?

__________________________________________________________

                    

Wednesday, September 23.."Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold

The following students did not turn in their “My Last Duchess” essays, which were due last Friday.

You now have an academic detention for this Thursday, September 25 immediately after school in 176. If you wish to avoid this, please turn in your essay. Anyone either not turning in the essay or writing after school on Thursday will have his or her name referred to the administration for a Saturday detention.

8^th period                                            4^th period

Seneca                                                 Xavier B.

Keion                                                   Rodney

Kalvon                                                Lauren                                                                            Raphael                                                Starr

Esteban

Xavier L.

Tim

Due on Friday: Hamlet vocabulary test 1
In class: 1) review of Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sriCfeCZ64E

     2) writing response in notebook.  Please respond to the following in a well-written paragraph that incorporates textual evidence from the poem. It is not necessary to cite the lines, but mark any line breaks.
What is the speaker's assessment of the world?

 Please write the following definitions in your notebook:
1. pathetic fallacy-

1. the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature. Note that pathos means emotions / feelings
2. Here are three examples:
3. 
   

   • he was miserable when it started to rain

   • she was gloomy when thunder struck

   • joyful tears came to Emily's eyes when the sun had come out and a rainbow appeared.

2. onomatopoeia-the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo,sizzle ).

3. free verse-poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
4. Romanticism-a style of art, literature, etc., during the from late 18th to mid 19th centuries that emphasized the imagination and emotions and a deep connection to nature.

5. anaphora-the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Dover Beach

BY MATTHEW ARNOLD

The sea is calm tonight.

The tide is full, the moon lies fair

Upon the straits; on the French coast the light

Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,

Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.

Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!

Only, from the long line of spray

Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,

Listen! you hear the grating roar

Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,

At their return, up the high strand,

Begin, and cease, and then again begin,

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago

Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought

Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow

Of human misery; we

Find also in the sound a thought,

Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith

Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore

Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.

But now I only hear

Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,

Retreating, to the breath

Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear

And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true

To one another! for the world, which seems

To lie before us like a land of dreams,

So various, so beautiful, so new,

Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,

Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;

And we are here as on a darkling plain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night.

1.         

1.      Underline all unfamiliar words. List: 

2.      How many stanzas has the poem?__________

3.      What do we call a poem with no rhyme scheme? ________________________

4.      Look at stanza three. What are the repeated open vowels?_________________________
List of words: 

5.      What is the tone of the poem; that is what feeling is evoked?

_________________________________________

6.      The Romantic idea of pathetic fallacy is when the poet attributes or rather projects a human feeling onto an inanimate object. How does Arnold employ the literary technique of pathetic fallacy? ________________________

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7.      What verb is repeated in lines 1-4 to emphasize the scene?

__________________________________________

8.      In stanza 4, what words are repeated to emphasize the denial of basic human values?

__________________________________________

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9.      What is the dramatic pledge that the speaker is asking?

_________________________________________

10.  To whom is the narrator speaking?

________________________________________

Tuesday, September 23 Dover Beach

Due Friday...Vocabulary quiz Hamlet 1 on Friday.
That is your homework for the week; study
In class: 1) review of yesterday's words
2) the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold. graphic organizer / class handout / copy below.

Directions:
 1)This is a partnered assignment. Each person must fill out a competed graphic organizer.
2) I will read the poem aloud the first time.
3) With your partner, each person is to read the poem aloud to each other. That will mean there have been three readings. 
4) Continue by responding to each of the graphic organizer questions. 
5) I will collect these at the end of class for a graded class participation assignment.
6) Be prepared at the beginning of class tomorrow for a quick write on the poem. 
7) Please note that you are working with your partner only. This not conversation time.


Last day to turn in any essays. After school academic detention is Thursday. I'll call home.
Missed yesterday's vocabulary test? See me.

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand; Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.          5 Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,  10 At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago                                                      15 Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.                   20 The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,                25 Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems       30 To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain                 35 Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.

1.      Underline all unfamiliar words. 2.      How many stanzas has the poem?__________ 3.      What do we call a poem with no rhyme scheme? ________________________ 4.      Look at stanza three. What are the repeated open vowels?_________________________ 5.      What is the tone of the poem; that is what feeling is evoked? _________________________________________ 6.      The Romantic idea of pathetic fallacy' is when the poet attributes or rather projects a human feeling onto an inanimate object. How does Arnold employ the literary technique of pathetic fallacy? ________________________ _____________________________________ ___________________________________________ 7.      What verb is repeated in lines 1-4 to emphasize the scene? __________________________________________ 8.      In stanza 4, what words are repeated to emphasize the denial of basic human values? __________________________________________ _________________________________________ 9.      What is the dramatic pledge that the speaker is asking? _________________________________________ 10.  To whom is the narrator speaking? ________________________________________

Monday, Septembert 22 new vocab/ essay review / collecting Hamlet

Please hand in any outstanding essays. I will return those turned in on Friday. We are reviewing the essays in class. Those who had extensions as per Friday's discussion will be graded on the full scale; anyone else is turning in late work, so is beginning with a 75. Any not received by tomorrow in class will receive a phone call home and be required to complete an academic detention after school. Avoid this, and get your work in.

 In class:

1.  vocabulary quiz "Dover Beach" This was handed out last Monday.

  2. collecting Hamlet. You will need to bring your text to class everyday. Keep it in your bag.

 3.  Review of essay. (Model below)

  4. Handout of new vocabulary. Bring the

 list tomorrow for review. (class handout / copy 

below) 

Model for “My Last Duchess” essay.

(MLA heading)

Your name

Parker

English III- either 4 or 8

19 September 2014

                                        “My Last Duchess”

  INTRODUCTION

   Power has the potential to corrupt both the giver and the receiver. The poet Robert Browning reveals the true character of the Duke in his dramatic monologue poem “My Last Duchess” through the noble’s manipulation of the setting when he speaks to the Count’s emissary, his description of the Duchess  and the tone in which the Duke speaks.

Body Paragraph 1

    The poem opens with the Duke standing before a portrait of the Duchess “painted on the wall,” addressing the emissary, who is representing the Count, whose daughter the Duke wishes to marry. He politely asks the gentleman to “please sit …and look at her” (5); thereby immediately establishing his control over the situation. This position is maintained, as the Duke further announces his authority in addressing the Count as a “never read / Stranger,” who would never be allowed to draw the curtain that reveals the painting.  The Duke continues his monologue, allowing the emissary to stand only when further addressed: “Will’t please arise? We’ll meet / The company below” (47-48).  Finally, as they walk down the stairs, the Duke tells the emissary to “Notice Neptune…/ Taming a sea-horse” (54-55), his unspoken message being that the Duke thinks of himself as a god, who takes control of his world. 

Body Paragraph 2

        The Duke expounds on the details of his Duchess, so that the emissary has a clear expectation of how the new Duchess is expected to behave. The last Duchess did not regard the Duke’s nine-hundred-year old name with what he considered to be the proper respect; she looked upon his heraldry, as if it were the same as “anybody’s gift”(34). To the Duchess, there was joy in “the dropping of the daylight in the West,/ The bough of cherries some officious fool / Broke in the orchard for her, [and even] the white mule / She rode with round the terrace”(25-29).  The Duke would not “stoop” to tell her of his feelings, so that she could be “lessoned sop” (40), and that led to him giving “commands” (45).  By his repeating that the portrait showed her “as if alive,” one may assume she is literally or metaphorically dead. The emissary has been warned and so will the new Duchess.

Body Paragraph 3

        The Duke chooses his words carefully, so as to establish his power; at the same time he is careful to appear as a generous and self-reflecting individual. He acknowledges the Duchess’s beauty, her blushing and her sense of courtesy and even that “who could blame /[her] sort of trifling”(34-35). He is self-effacing when he says he does not have “skill / in speech” (35-36), but his choice of words is meant to disarm the emissary, so that in one instance the Count’s “munificence” is recognized, but in the next breath he asserts “no just pretense / Of [his] dowry will be disallowed”(50-51). The Duke’s tone sends a clear message as to his demanding personality and that no one should question his power or authority.

Conclusion:

        The Duke’s ultimate objective is to disparage his last Duchess, so as to forgo any problems with new Duchess. This man is a collector objects, designed to promote his sense of self, to reaffirm is ego. Unfortunately, he views people as mere collector items and those objects that are flawed are not welcomed in his world.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare     vocabulary 1

Test Friday, September 26   

1.     to entreat-(verb)- to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way

2.     to harrow-(verb)- to pillage or plunder

3.     to emulate-(verb)- to strive to equal or excel, to imitate

4.     to vanquish-(verb)- to defeat (someone) completely in a war, battle, etc.

5.     malicious-(adjective)- having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person : having or showing malice

6.     suspiration-(noun)- a long deep breath (to suspire- to breathe)

7.     dejected-(adjective)- cast down in spirits

8.     to mock-(verb)- to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something)

9.     peevish- (adjective)- feeling or showing irritation

10.                        incestuous- (adjective)- involving sexual intercourse between closely related people

11.                        apparition (noun)- ghost, supernatural figure