Absolutely stunning presentations today. Thanks. They will help with our final project for Hamlet. I'll let the cat out of the bag on Wednesday. If you were away today, please make copious notes on the remaining sections and hand all your notes to me Wednesday. You will also need to create a thesis statement on Hamlet's character as a way of synthesizing your notes. We did that in class today. You should have made notes on all of Act 4 by now, yes? We won't be going over any passages but Hamlet's 7th soliloquy is in there and deserves a look as well as Claudius' seduction of Laertes. We watched Act 5, sc. 1. today and part of scene 2.
Read all of Act 5 for Wed. We'll discuss it in detail and I'll introduce the Hamlet in-class essay topic. We'll spend two days in class preparing for it and then one day writing it. Should be fun.
Next up is a dramatic poetry unit that will (excuse the cliche) knock your socks off.
I also have a list of former essay topics that you need to look at regarding the novel you are reading and annotating on your own.
Toodles.
