The"Love
and Death" group should answer TWO of the following questions.
The students in this group are: Danielle M, Kara C, Sydney W, Bekkah T, Madison G, Erica M, Heather B, Raven J, Jack A, and Mya C
The students in this group are: Danielle M, Kara C, Sydney W, Bekkah T, Madison G, Erica M, Heather B, Raven J, Jack A, and Mya C
Q1: Read Hamlet's famous
"to be or not to be" speech carefully: what is he really arguing
here? It begins with him asking "should I keep on living or find a way to
end myself," but how does he answer this question? What interesting idea
or metaphor can you find in this speech that complicates his question, or his
character?
Q2: Why does Hamlet turn
so violently on Ophelia in Act 3, scene 1? What does he seem to be accusing her
of? Is he merely acting mad here, or is he using his madness to speak the
truth? Any clues?
Q3: Discuss a scene
where Hamlet switches from prose to verse (or the other way around). Why is
this? How does prose (or verse) help us understand what he's saying, and who he
is while he's saying it?
Q4: In Act 3, scene 4,
Hamlet argues with his mother over her 'bad' behavior much as he had earlier
chided Ophelia in scene 1. By the end of it, the Queen gasps, "O Hamlet,
thou has cleft my heart in twain!" Is she saying this because he's made
her see the true nature of her sin? Or is she heart-broken at his apparent
madness? In other words, has he won her over to his side, or does she just seem
to be humoring him?
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