English 122 - Hamlet Homework for Monday

Posted: November 15, 2012

You are to finish Act I for Monday.  I have attached the audio files for scenes 4 and 5.  Listen to them and complete the following:   Act I Scene iii 1. According to Laertes, why should Ophelia not believe Hamlet's professions of love? 2.  What advice does he give her regarding honour?  What is Ophelia's response? 3.  Make note of Polonius's advice to Laertes. 4.  What does Polonius's advice reveal about his character?  What type of father is he? Act I Scene iv 1. How does Hamlet feel about the drunken revelry? 2. What mixed feelings does Hamlet have after seeing the Ghost? 3. Why doesn’t Horatio want Hamlet to follow the Ghost? Act I Scene v A. Comment on the following lines.  State who is speaking, what is being said, and identify any poetic/dramatic devices. 1.  Lines  10 – 13     2.  Lines 29 – 30     3.  Lines 36 – 40     4.   Lines 42 – 46   5.  Lines 59 – 64 6.  Lines 80 – 91 B.  Hamlet’s 2nd soliloquy is found below.  Do a close reading.  (Lines 92 -109) O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else? And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart; And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up. Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven! O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! My tables,--meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark:   THIS WILL BE COLLECTED MONDAY AND MARKED OUT OF 25.