Coming up: vocabulary 5 Hamlet. quiz on Wednesday, October 24. another copy below.
Watching Act 4.7 and reading Act 4.7 as a class
Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet killed his father Polonius, but Claudius has "an exploit now ripe in [his] device / ...Under which [Hamlet] shall not choose but fail, [and] ...even his mother shall uncharge the practice / And call it accident" (4.7.64-68).
He then attempts to manipulate and guilt Laertes by asking, "Was your father dear to you / Or are you like he painting of a sorrow, / A face without a heart? (4.7.108-10).
King Claudius then shares his plan:
The King tells Laertes that he cannot harm the Prince directly, out of respect and concern for his beautiful Queen, who loves Hamlet above all else. Moreover, Claudius cannot enrage the people of Denmark, who adore the Prince and would surely rise up in protest. So the King proposes that they arrange a fencing match between Laertes and Hamlet, and that Hamlet, thinking it is for sport, will use a blunt sword, while Laertes will use his own military sword. To ensure Hamlet's death, Laertes will coat the tip with a poison "So mortal, that but dip a knife in it / Where it draws blood, no cataplasm so rare / ... can save the thing from death / That is but scratch'd withal" (4.7.142-45).
The King then suggests that a goblet full of poisoned wine be set out for Hamlet to drink if he becomes thirsty during the match. Suddenly, they hear noise outside the door. The Queen enters with the news that Ophelia has fallen off a willow tree branch and drowned. Laertes tries to fight his emotion, but storms out of the room. The King, worried that Laertes will act in haste and ruin the plan, rushes to follow him.
He then attempts to manipulate and guilt Laertes by asking, "Was your father dear to you / Or are you like he painting of a sorrow, / A face without a heart? (4.7.108-10).
King Claudius then shares his plan:
The King tells Laertes that he cannot harm the Prince directly, out of respect and concern for his beautiful Queen, who loves Hamlet above all else. Moreover, Claudius cannot enrage the people of Denmark, who adore the Prince and would surely rise up in protest. So the King proposes that they arrange a fencing match between Laertes and Hamlet, and that Hamlet, thinking it is for sport, will use a blunt sword, while Laertes will use his own military sword. To ensure Hamlet's death, Laertes will coat the tip with a poison "So mortal, that but dip a knife in it / Where it draws blood, no cataplasm so rare / ... can save the thing from death / That is but scratch'd withal" (4.7.142-45).
The King then suggests that a goblet full of poisoned wine be set out for Hamlet to drink if he becomes thirsty during the match. Suddenly, they hear noise outside the door. The Queen enters with the news that Ophelia has fallen off a willow tree branch and drowned. Laertes tries to fight his emotion, but storms out of the room. The King, worried that Laertes will act in haste and ruin the plan, rushes to follow him.
Gertrude's speech on Ophelia's death. Review 4.7.163-183
Hamlet vocabulary 5 quiz on Wednesday, September 24
1. discord (noun)- disagreement, lack of harmony (My soul is full of discord and dismay.)
2. scourge (noun)- whip
3. garrison (noun); (also a verb- to garrison)- the troops who maintain a fortified place
4. bestial (adjective)- lacking human qualities
5. craven (adjective)- completely lacking in courage
6. scruple (noun)- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
7. conjecture (noun)- an hypothesis that has been formed by speculating
8. to inter (verb)- to place in a grave
9. superfluous (adjective)- more than is desired, needed or wanted
10.incensed (adjective)-angered by an unjust wrong.
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