Please turn in your Dead Poets writing from this weekend

Famous Quotes from Hamlet

1.  "To be, or not to be: that is the question". Hamlet quote (Act III, Sc. I).

2.     "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". Hamlet quote Act I, Sc. III).

3.     "This above all: to thine own self be true" Hamlet quote (Act I, Sc. III).

4.     "Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." Hamlet quote (Act II, Scene II).

5.     "That it should come to this!". Hamlet quote  (Act I, Scene II).

6.     "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet quote (Act II, Sc. II).

7.     "What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! " Hamlet quote (Act II, Sc. II).

8.     "The lady doth protest too much, methinks". Hamlet ( Quote Act III, Sc. II).

9.     "In my mind's eye".  Hamlet quotation  (Quote Act I, Scene II).

10.                        "A little more than kin, and less than kind". (Hamlet Quote Act I, Scene II).

11.                        "The play 's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king". Hamlet Quote (Act II, Scene II).

12.                        "And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man". (Hamlet Quote Act I, Scene III)."

13.  "This is the very ecstasy of love". - ( Hamlet Quote Act II, Sc I).

14.  "Brevity is the soul of wit". -  Hamlet Quote (Act II, Scene II).

15.                        "Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love". Hamlet Quote (Act II, Sc. II).

16.                        "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind". - (Hamlet Quote Act III, Scene I).

17.                        "Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?" Hamlet Quote (Act III, Sc. II).

18.                        "I will speak daggers to her, but use none". - (Hamlet Quote Act III, Sc. II).

19.                        "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions". - (Hamlet Quote Act IV, Scene V).











What would it feel like to return home after being away for the summer to discover that your father is dead and your mother had already remarried?

What if the man your mother remarried was a lowlife and took over all of your father’s affairs and successes?  How would you feel and what, if anything, would you do about it?

What if someone gave you reason to believe that your new stepfather murdered your father?

How would you go about getting your stepfather to confess to the murder of your father?

If you wanted to make people believe you’re insane, how would you do it?


How would you feel and what would you do if you found out that a close friend has been spying on you? 

Homework:

Read 1.1.1-80 and do Hamlet log #1 in your notebook

1) Summarize the action of these lines in plain English (one paragraph)

2) Ask questions about anything that has caused confusion

3) Pretend you are an actor playing one of the characters in the scene.  Get inside that character’s mind.  Tell how the character feels about her/himself, about other characters, about the situation of the scene. (one paragraph)