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http://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000002611529/instahamlet.html
Teenagers today still connect to the characters and themes in Hamlet!
Class Read Aloud:
Today we are beginning Act III. As a class, we will read Act III.i Lines 1-90 together.
King Claudius
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Queen Gertrude
Polonius
Ophelia
Hamlet
After reading lines 1-90, we will focus in on Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy. We will re-read this section and annotate it for phrases we understand and those we don't understand.
A graphic organizer will be passed out and the rest of the class will be spent answering questions on Hamlet's fourth soliloquy.
Graphic organizer:
Act III.i: Hamlet’s fourth soliloquy
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep—(60)
No more—and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to! 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep—
To sleep—perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub, (65)
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, (70)
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make (75)
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will, (80)
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, (85)
And enterprise of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.—Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia!—Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
Lines 56-60:
1. What does “fortune” mean on line 58, and
what are the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”?
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2. What might “a sea of troubles” be in line 59,
and what does ending them mean?
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3. Summarize the problem Hamlet describes in
the first five lines. With what issue is Hamlet struggling?
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Lines 60-64:
4. How are death and sleep related to the
problem Hamlet describes?
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5. What does Hamlet mean with the phrase “flesh
is heir”?
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6. Consummation means “completion.” To what
consummation is Hamlet referring?
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Lines 64-68:
7. What is Hamlet afraid will happen in death?
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8. What is “the rub”?
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9. In this context, what might Hamlet be saying
with “When we have shuffled off this mortal coil” (line 67)? What word gives us
a hint?
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Lines 68-76:
10. How do lines 68-69 shape your understanding
of Hamlet’s view of life?
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11. How do the things that are listed in lines
70–74 support Hamlet’s statement: “There’s the respect / that makes calamity of
so long life” in lines 68-69?
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12. If “quietus make” refers to settling his account
with life, what does “bare bodkin” mean here? What is your understanding of
this sentence?
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