In class: Please turn in your notebooks with the responses from Tuesday's questions that were on the blog.
Demonstration of using citation machine for Works Cited.
Finishing up the graphic organizer for Hamlet's second soliloquy. This was handed out yesterday.
More idioms. class handout / copy below..quiz on Thursday, October 12. matching only.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! 560
Is it not monstrous that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soul so to his own conceit
That from her working all his visage wann'd,
Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, 565
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting
With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her? What would he do, 570
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have? He would drown the stage with tears
And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,
Make mad the guilty and appal the free,
Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed 575
The very faculties of eyes and ears. Yet I,
A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak,
Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,
And can say nothing; no, not for a king, 580
Upon whose property and most dear life
A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward?
Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across?
Plucks off my beard, and blows it in my face?
Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat, 585
As deep as to the lungs? who does me this?
Ha!
'Swounds, I should take it: for it cannot be
But I am pigeon-liver'd and lack gall
To make oppression bitter, or ere this
I should have fatted all the region kites 590
With this slave's offal: bloody, bawdy villain!
Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!
O, vengeance!
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,
That I, the son of a dear father murder'd, 595
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
A scullion! 600
Fie upon't! foh! About, my brain! I have heard
That guilty creatures sitting at a play
Have by the very cunning of the scene
Been struck so to the soul that presently
They have proclaim'd their malefactions; 605
For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ. I'll have these players
Play something like the murder of my father
Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks;
I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, 700
I know my course. The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil: and the devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps
Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
As he is very potent with such spirits, 705
Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds
More relative than this: the play 's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
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Soliloquy Hamlet 2.2.559-617 Name ___________________________________________ (writing grade) Seven questions follow the soliloquy. If you are absent, you may send along the responses. There is no need to print.
Now I am alone.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!
Is it not monstrous that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soul so to his own conceit
That from her working all his visage wann'd,
Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting
With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her? What would he do,
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have? He would drown the stage with tears
And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,
Make mad the guilty and appal the free,
Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed
The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Yet I,
A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak,
Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,
And can say nothing; no, not for a king,
Upon whose property and most dear life
A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward?
Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across?
Plucks off my beard, and blows it in my face?
Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat,
As deep as to the lungs? who does me this?
Ha!
'Swounds, I should take it: for it cannot be
But I am pigeon-liver'd and lack gall
To make oppression bitter, or ere this
I should have fatted all the region kites
With this slave's offal: bloody, bawdy villain!
Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!
O, vengeance!
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,
That I, the son of a dear father murder'd,
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,
A scullion!
Fie upon't! foh! About, my brain! I have heard
That guilty creatures sitting at a play
Have by the very cunning of the scene
Been struck so to the soul that presently
They have proclaim'd their malefactions;
For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
I'll have these players
Play something like the murder of my father
Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks;
I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench,
I know my course. The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil: and the devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps
Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
As he is very potent with such spirits,
Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds
More relative than this: the play 's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
1. Why is Hamlet angry with himself?
Write a complete sentence that weaves in some of the text.
2. How would Hamlet have acted, if “he the motive and cue for passion” that the actor had when weeping for Hecuba? Write a complete sentence weaving in text.
3. List four items from the text that Hamlet gives for excuses he could use for not having fulfilled his ghost father’s request for vengeance. TEXT
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4. List 4 adjectives Hamlet uses to berate himself.
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5. a. What has commanded Hamlet to revenge his father’s murder? (TEXT)
4. List 4 adjectives Hamlet uses to berate himself.
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5. a. What has commanded Hamlet to revenge his father’s murder? (TEXT)
b. To what does Hamlet compare himself? (TEXT)
6. What happens when “guilty creatures” observe their bad actions in a play? Write a complete sentence, weaving in text.
7. Write out the final couplet and explain Hamlet’s plan.
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Some more idioms. These are in lieu
of vocabulary next week. The quiz will take place on Thursday, October 12. It
will only be matching.
Idiom
Meaning
1. A
hot potato
Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about
2. A
penny for your thoughts A way of asking what
someone is thinking
3. Actions
speak louder than words
People's intentions can be judged better by what they do than what
they
say.
4. Add
insult to injury To
worsen an unfavorable situation.
5. An
arm and a leg
Very expensive or costly.
6. At
the drop of a hat Meaning:
without any hesitation; instantly.
7. Back
to the drawing board
When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.
8. Ball
is in your court It is up
to you to make the next decision or step
9. Barking
up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
10. Be
glad to see the back of Be happy when a
person leaves.
11. Beat
around the bush Avoiding the
main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue.
12. Best
of both worlds Meaning:
All the advantages.
13. Best
thing since sliced bread
A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.
14. Bite
off more than you can chew To
take on a task that is way too big.
15. Blessing
in disguise Something
good that isn't recognized at first.
16. Burn
the midnight oil To work late into the
night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.
17. Can't
judge a book by its cover
Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.
18. Cross
that bridge when you come to it Deal
with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.
19. Cry
over spilt milk When
you complain about a loss from the past.
20. Devil's
advocate To
present a counter argument
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