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first homework

Hamlet & Shakespeare

Shakespeare: He was a complex, brilliant man.

1. Watch this video: (17 Minutes)
Shakespeare is everywhere | Christopher Gaze | TEDxVancouver (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
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2. Watch this video: (20 Minutes)
Hip-Hop & Shakespeare? Akala at TEDxAldeburgh (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

3. READ HAMLET:
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

(The original Shakespeare is on the left, a more modern translation is on the right).

4. Check your assignments for this Module. There will be one assignment called “Video Questions” and one assignment called “Hamlet Paper.”

Write a 2-3 page double spaced paper called
“Hamlet: A Character Study”

In this paper, I would like for you to spend one to two paragraphs giving a brief synopsis of the whole story.
I then want you to spend one to three paragraphs describing the character of Hamlet. What are his strengths? What are his flaws? What is your opinion of him? Use examples from the play.
I then want you to choose two other characters from the play and do the same thing you did for Hamlet (1-3 paragraphs describing their character). Again, please use examples from the play.

You do not need to cite sources.

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1. What is the name of the man speaking in the first video and what does he do for a living?
2. Name THREE phrases that you recognized which were invented by Shakespeare:
3. Which of Shakespeare’s Children Died?
4. What did you find most interesting about the first video?

1. What is the name of the man speaking in the first video and what does he do for a living?
2. What is iambic pentameter?
3. In this presentation, Shakespeare was compared with _____ ______ (a lyrical art form).
4. What did you find most interesting about the second video?

second homework

Write a 2-3 page double spaced paper called
“Hamlet: A Character Study”

In this paper, I would like for you to spend one to two paragraphs giving a brief synopsis of the whole story.
I then want you to spend one to three paragraphs describing the character of Hamlet. What are his strengths? What are his flaws? What is your opinion of him? Use examples from the play.
I then want you to choose two other characters from the play and do the same thing you did for Hamlet (1-3 paragraphs describing their character). Again, please use examples from the play.

You do not need to cite sources.

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