Thursday, October 26 the wager

Learning Targets: 

I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

I can demonstrate my familiarity with the text by responding to prompts, solidifying my understanding of the material. 

Coming up: vocabulary quiz on Hamlet 6 on Wednesday, November 1

In class: quick write / watching the king's plot (5:18); see notes after.

On the sheet of paper I have handed you, explain the following as said by Hamlet to Horatio, making sure your response can stand independently; that is anyone who read this would know exactly to what you are referring. Begin with a MLA heading.

"There's a divinity that shapes our ends, 
Rough-hew them how we will" (5.2.10-11).

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Discussion questions Act 5.1
1. What is Hamlet's response when Horatio tells him Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead?

HORATIO:	So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't.
HAMLET:	Why, man, they did make love to this employment;
	They are not near my conscience; their defeat
	Does by their own insinuation grow: 2. Note how Hamlet sees a parallel between himself and Laertes. How could this be? 3. Note the new character Osric. Who in the court is he replacing?

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Discussion questions Act 5.1
1. What is Hamlet's response when Horatio tells him Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead?

HORATIO:	So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't.
HAMLET:	Why, man, they did make love to this employment;
	They are not near my conscience; their defeat
	Does by their own insinuation grow: 2. Note how Hamlet sees a parallel between himself and Laertes. How could this be? 3. Note the new character Osric. Who in the court is he replacing? 4. King Claudius' wager: The king, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary horses; against the which he  has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdle, hangers and so: three of the carriages, in faith, are very dear to fancy, very responsive to the hilts, and most delicate carriages and of liberal conceit.