Wednesday, September 27 Ophelia returns letters/ thematic essay

Coming up:  tomorrow the counselors are coming in to speak about PSATs
                    Thematic essay due (sent or handed in on Monday, October 2. This includes both the outline and the essay. 
    In class: Review of Character quiz.
Review of thematic essay and outline graphic organizer (class handout / copy below) Detailed instructions on the essay below.
Hamlet vocabulary 3 quiz



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English III – 2017

Name: ______________________           ____________                       Date: ____/____/______

Directions: Using the word bank below, fill in the blanks with the character that fits the description. You may use the same characters more than once. (5 points each)

	Hamlet       Queen Gertrude       King Claudius       Horatio       Ophelia       Ghost      Polonius     Rosencrantz & Guildenstern      Laertes      King Hamlet

 

1. Remarries not two months after his/her partner’s death: ____________________

2. Hamlet’s former school friends: ____________________

3. Frequented the orchard for naps: ____________________

4. Accuses Hamlet of being “unmanly”: ____________________

5. Best friend of Horatio: ____________________

6. Commands Ophelia to cease speaking to Hamlet: ____________________

7. Son of Polonius: ____________________

8. Accuses Laertes of being a hypocrite: ____________________

9. Compared to a satyr: ____________________

10. Tells Hamlet of the Ghost: ____________________

11. Traveled to Denmark for Claudius’ coronation: ____________________

12. Displays signs of severe depression: ____________________

13. Harrows the palace guards: ____________________

14. Compared to the sun god Hyperion: ____________________

15. Reveals to Hamlet the murderer of his father: ____________________

16. Likes to brown-nose: ____________________

17. Hebona juice was poured into his/her ear: ____________________

18. Orders ambassadors to ferry a message to Norway: ____________________

19. Is in love with Hamlet: ____________________

20. Convinces Hamet to stay in Denmark: ____________________

Extra Credit: Identify the speaker of the following lines:
(5 points)

“Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads
And recks not his own rede.” (1.3.47-51)

Answer: ____________________

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You are writing a thematic essay of five paragraphs, which will be due either as a hand-written copy at the start of class on Monday, October 2 or previously sent to me. To share on google docs, my number is 2006630 or you may send it to my e-mail: dolly.parker@rcsd121.org.  I will collect all the graphic organizers at the start of class on Monday. 

1. Begin your essay with an MLA heading. (check your notebook, if you do not remember)  Your paper title: The theme of _______________ Hamlet 
2. Follow the organizational structure of the graphic organizer.
3. Choose your theme. (see notebook or go back to blog for Monday, September 25.
4. Although I have given you scene associations for the various themes, you must go into the text. Bring your Hamlet home or go on line. There are plenty of copies. 
5.Do not forget to cite the text you are weaving into your own sentences. 
6. At the end of you paper, cite the text you use.  Use citation machine.  Don't know how? Here's the link: citation machine mla

Name_________________  Hamlet thematic essay outline  (graded assignment)

This will serve as your rough draft and must be completed- and utilized- with your essay.

Introduction:

    INTRODUCTION:        Hook? This is your general, universal statement about the play. It should not be biographical information on Shakespeare. This may be 2-3 sentences.  Consider aspects of setting, universal observations on life, such as relationships and life transitions, or cultural situations that serve as impetus to the plot.  Write your hook here: __________________________________________________________

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 Thesis statement: What is your essay about? This is where you weave your chosen theme into the introduction.

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Paragraph 1: Where in the play is your theme first shown? You’ll have to find the place in the text. Include the setting and the characters.

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Textual evidence: write an example from Act 1 through Act 2.2, giving evidence that supports your theme.  Look at dialogue and figurative language. Is there a metaphor? Pun? Simile? Synecdoche? Oxymoron?  Weave in the text and cite.

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Analysis statement: Why or how is this scene that shows (your theme) significant in the overall development of the play?

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Paragraph 2:  Similar to paragraph 1. Give another example from the text that shows the development of your chosen theme. As in paragraph 1, you should include details of the character, setting, plot, as well as any figurative language that enhances the theme. Weave in the text and cite. You’ll have to find the place in the text. Include the setting and the characters.

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Analysis statement: Why or how is this scene that shows (your theme) significant in the overall development of the play?

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Paragraph 3: Similar to 1 and 2. Final example of your selected theme. Again, where it shows up. Include details of the setting, plot and characters. And of course, weave in your textual support and cite. Note any figurative language that enriches the theme’s development.

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Analysis statement: Why or how is this scene that shows (your theme) significant in the overall development of the play?

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Conclusion: (Do not begin in conclusion!)

This is where you bring together in summary and analysis your essay. This is not a restatement of your introduction. Ask yourself what is the larger significance of your theme? How does it connect to the characters and beyond? What does one take away from this as a lesson or awareness in being human? Write your notes below.

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