Scribe for December 7, 2012

-Started class by assigning parts to read Act-5, then we read Act-5.
-Watched the Graveyard scene of the Hamlet movie and had a quiz over Act 3-4.

Wednesday 12/5/12

Today was a PLC late start.

At the beginning of class we discussed the agenda for the rest of the week, and then immediately began the fishbowl for Act 4.

Throughout the fishbowl we discussed multiple things such as, the sanity of the characters Hamlet & Ophelia, the death of Polonius & Ophelia, the repeating theme of characters losing their father, the ghost of King Hamlet, Claudius' plans for Hamlet, Fortinbras and his army, Hamlet getting on the wrong boat, as well as several other events.

For any further information, here is a link to Week 15 agenda

Homework: Everyone besides the fishbowl leaders need to answer the Act 4 blog question.

Act 4 Question

Do you think Hamlet purposely got onto the pirate ship? If so do you think he knew about Claudius's plan?

December 5, 2012

PLC DAY TODAY!!!

Good morning all. No one brought donuts. Again. I’m going to die of starvation. It’s a rough day. But we have shortened class periods, so that’s good!

Anywho, here’s what we did today:

At the beginning of class we talked about the rest of the week and prepared for the fishbowl.

Then, we had the fishbowl with questions such as:
1. Is Hamlet responsible for Ophelia’s death?
2. Will Hamlet come to a similar end as Ophelia has due to their insanity?
3. Will Laertes think that Hamlet killed Ophelia also?
4. Is Hamlet going truly insane?
5. If he has gone insane, is it in sadness or rage?
6. What will happen to Hamlet since he got on the wrong boat?

And others like these.

If you need any extra information on what this week will entail, here is the LINK to the powerpoint.

Also, if you are struggling with what Hamlet actually means, go HERE and it is really helpful. Although it is Sparknotes, and this shouldn't take the place of reading, if you are struggling on what it means this should help.
HOMEWORK: All you need to do for homework is answer the blog question that has been posted on the blog. Unless you are a presenter.

Hamlet Act 4 Fishbowl

Scribe December 2, 2012

Make sure you are prepared for the act 4 fishbowl!

Today we took our act 3&4 quiz as we watched the Olivier version of Hamlet.
-We payed close attention to how ophelia has lost her mind.\

Then we watched the other two versions, and compared the difference in the degree of ophelia's lunacy. We also talked about the connection between the type of craziness and the time period the interpretation was created in.

Differences between the first (Olivier), second(Gibson), and third(the other one):

1st- Ophelia's craziness is more innocent and somber, she is so nice, and it appears her mind has regressed multiple years. (she handed out physical flowers to everyone like a young girl would)

2nd- She was a little more ravenous, and depressed. Her clothes were dirty and appeared like poor rags. She acted extrememly innapropriate and was mean. The dirtiness of her clothes also made her appearance slightly less innocent.

3rd- Ophelia was so crazy that she was locked in a room in a straight jacket. She was extrememlyangry and very vocal about it, it appeared she did not have to ability to understand what she was going through. Then she proceeded to hand out fake flowers, just adding to the pity of her family.

-Sorry this is a little late

Scribe November 30

Today we started class by watching the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet, we watched the bedroom scene.

Then, we talked about the relationship between Gertrude and Hamlet, and why Hamlet is so aggressive/violent towards Gertrude.

Then, we started reading act 4 all the way until class ends.

For Homework: Finish reading act 4, and study and review for the Act 3-4 quiz on Monday.