Lesson 6 - "I Could a Tale Unfold"

7 March 2014

In Class:
Imagine you had to perform the GHOST SCENE
-- Discussion with actors and audience about the acting choices made for the interpretation. Text used for verification. (Props, Costumes, etc.)

Small Groups:
What information does the Ghost reveal?
What is the significance of this information?

Investigate:
1.5.99-212
- Examine Hamlet's language after he sees the Ghost AND during his conversation with Horatio and Marcellus.
--- What assumptions can we make about Hamlet's state of mind from the words he uses and the way he speaks to his companions at this point?
--- Speculate on why Hamlet decides to put on an "antic disposition."

HW
Read 2.1 AND 2.2.1-186