Hamlet

Pre-reading Questions/Anticipatory Set

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=Act I=

** Important Quotations ** ** 1.2, 146 ** “[F]railty, thy name is woman-” -HAMLET

** 1.4, 66 ** “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” -MARCELLUS

** 1.5, 80-86 ** “O horrible, O horrible, most horrible! If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. Let no the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest. Bout howsoever thou pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught.” -GHOST

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 * In Shakespeare’s // The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark //the king, Hamlet is already dead when the play begins. In // The Lion King //, Mufasa, the king, is alive in the beginning. Compare and contrast the difference between having the king dead at first and him not being dead. What does this difference provide for the viewer/reader?

=Act II=

** Important quotations **

** 2.2, 581-582 ** “The play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” – HAMLET

** 2.2 29-32 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“But we both obey, And here give up ourselves in the full bent To lay our service freely at your feet To be Commanded” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-GUILDENSTERN

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 * <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did the producer of The Lion King choose to give Simba loyal friends, while Shakespeare’s Hamlet had disloyal friends?

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 * <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Is Queen Gertrude’s motive the same or different than her husband’s?
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=Act III=

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 3.1 58 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“To be or not to be…” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-HAMLET

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 3.1 122-123 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">– HAMLET <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 3.1, 188 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">– KING CLAUDIUS

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Important quotations **

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 4.3, 213 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“O, from this time forth, My thoughts be bloody, or nothing worth!” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-HAMLET

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Where th’ offence is, let the great axe fall” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-KING CLAUDIUS

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife. <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid, <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">And not have strewed thy grave.” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-GERTRUDE

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are some qualities that are perceived to be associated with masculinity?

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 * <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Is Laertes less, more, or just as justified for wanting to kill Hamlet as Hamlet is justified for wanting to kill Claudius?
 * <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Does Ophelia’s insane behavior make Hamlet’s insane behavior less or more believable? Does her insanity have any effect on the way you perceive his? Do you think Shakespeare meant for the audience to compare the two?
 * <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Or, Write a comic strip about how you predict the dual between Laertes and Hamlet will end. Draw out your prediction on at least 10 frames.

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Important Quotations **

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 5.2, 261-263 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Lo, here I lie, Never to rise again. Thy mother’s poisoned. I can no more. The King, the King’s to blame.” <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">-LAERTES

<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 5.2, 302-303 ** <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. <span style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">- HORATIO

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Discuss the similarities of Hamlet's coming back and finding death and Simba's coming back to find the deplorable state of Pride Rock.

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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Discuss the differences between the ending of both works.