Thursday, May 7, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Today, we will read from Act 1, Scene 3 on (page 43 on). We will finish all of Act One (scene 5) and will start Act two tomorrow.
Below are the questions you are to answer for tomorrow.
These are point form or short answer responses.
Act I

1. Why have Marcellus and Bernardo invited Horatio to join them on their watch?

2. Who is Laertes and what request does he make of the King?

3. How does Hamlet feel about his mother and why?

4. What are Ophelia’s brother’s and father’s concerns about her in relation to Hamlet?

5. Briefly describe the murder of the king as told to Hamlet by the Ghost.

6. We learn the religious leanings of this time in Denmark from the Ghost. What evidence does he provide to support that Denmark is a predominantly Catholic nation?

7. What are the ghost’s instructions regarding the queen?

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