Tuesday 12/11

Journal:  Explain why Hamlet refers to Polonius as a "fishmonger.  Describe someone you know who
is always meddling in others' affairs.

1.  Discuss journal

2.  Read Act 2, scene 2


 3.  Read pgs 51-55    Analyze interaction between Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

 4.   Analyze Hamlet's speech on pg 53  "This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory..."

5.  Read/Analyze Hamlet's sololiquy that concludes Act 2.  (pgs. 59-60)

Activity:  With a partner:

--Identify his fears

--Describe his emotional state

--Evaluate his feeling towards Claudius?  The Ghost?

--Summarize the plan he concocts.