BRING YOUR CHEQUE FOR THE AP EXAM: $89.00 to the office tomorrow.
Thanks. Last date is this Friday by noon.
Today: Pick up a Hamlet text from the library. The first line of this tragedy is a question: WHO'S THERE? This play will be the most important book you will read.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a university student, returned home for his father's funeral who has died unexpectedly. He discovers that his mother has married his uncle, his father's brother. He is in shock. He then sees a ghost which looks exactly like his father. This ghost-father tells Hamlet that he did not die a natural death. He died because his brother murdered him by putting poison in his ear. Hamlet's entire world has been turned upside down and the world he once knew no longer exists.
This dramatic stage allows Shakespeare to explore themes important to us all. Who are we? What shall we believe? Approach reading this play with the intensity of annotating a poem so that you pay attention to imagery, tone, shifts in tone and most importantly, ambiguity.
Introduction to Hamlet link: Read the short webpage below and make notes on the components of a revenge tragedy.
Introduction to Hamlet
If you were absent today, read soliloquy 1 on page 21. Annotate it as if it is a site passage on the poetry section of our exam. Create a thesis to describe Hamlet's character based on this soliloquy alone. It will be out of context but this exercise will teach you to focus on the language, tone, imagery, and punctuation.
Get the notes on Hamlet's 7 soliloquies off a friend.
Due Tomorrow: Notes on the various eras. Test on the literary terms for each era.
Thursday: Please submit your poetry essay, the three poems, the TPCASTT charts, the MLA works cited page, and your completed essay cover sheet.
Wed. after school this week: poetry essay on a poem from a previous exam
Next Wed: section 3 essay on the novel you are currently reading. See the last blog post for ideas regarding preparing for this essay.
