Hamlet Act I & Act II

Act II

• spy on Laertes (Polonius'pursuit)
• Fortinbras appears again, wanting the land back.
• Attack on the poles instead of the Danes( An inhabitant of Denmark).

How did we Learn it?

• Bilingual, reading the story in another language.
• looking up modern text/videos to help understand the storyline and events that occurred

Continued..

• Hamlet acts differently with his parents vs his friends.
• Warning to Ophelia, about Hamlet duties as royalties, and she should stop seeing him
• Hamlet and friend go and wait for the appearance of the ghost.
• Ghost appears and Hamlet follows.
• The death of Hamlet's father was a murder by poison in the ear.
• Encourages Hamlet to take revenge,.

What did we learn in Act I?

How we learned it

Continued..

• Ghost of Hamlet's father is revealed to Horatio and a few other guards.
• Horatio doubts, but the ghost resembles Hamlet's father.
• (another appearance) Ghost is silent to any of Horatio's remarks.
• The new king Claudius tries to assert his authority with a speech
• letter from Fortinbras
• Polonius gives is son permission to go to France

• Hamlet is still affected by the death of his father, black clothes matching his "inner sorrows"
• Hamlet puts up a fasade, hiding his true feelings by agreeing to what his mother and uncle wish.
• Then he goes off into his I wish I could die, comparing his father and uncle, and questions if his mother really loved his father.
• Hamlet pulls himself together when his friends enter.

Read the text, define the words that you don't know then go back and try to decipher the meaning a line at a time. As shown in the video.

Hamlet Act I & Act II

Period: 4