Analyzing Character Traits and Development Check In On your Hamlet notes complete the following statement The conflict between and is like a because ID: 256464
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Hamlet: Honoring the Dearly Departed
Analyzing Character Traits and DevelopmentSlide2
Check In -
On your
Hamlet
notes, complete the following statement:
The conflict between _______ and ______ is like (a) ______________________________ because _____________________________.
This is intended to be a
simile
, so your comparison should be between two unlike objects/ideas.
Be prepared to share your comparison with the class.Slide3
Objective
Understand the importance of a character in terms of their actions in the play.Slide4
Pair and Share
Take a look at 2.2.532 (“Let them be well used…”, Hamlet and Polonius talking, the Player has finished his lines).
Consider your answer to the following questions, and then share your answers with a partner.
What is an epitaph? Does Hamlet mean the word in the same way as the definition intends?
Brainstorm a list of words and phrases that best describe each of the central characters’ (Hamlet 1&2, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Claudius) notable personality traits . Slide5
Brainstorm and Categorize
As a class:
Read Thomas Gray’s “The Epitaph” (link is on the Hamlet page)
In Groups:
On the poem…
Make notes of examples of figurative (personification, simile/metaphor, etc), sensory, and descriptive languageSlide6
Brainstorm and Categorize
In Groups:
On the poem…
Make notes of examples
of figurative (personification, simile/metaphor, etc), sensory, and descriptive language
Group findings by category. What do each of your examples seem to address or discuss (legacies, personality traits, physical traits, etc)Slide7
Brainstorm and Categorize
Finally, look over your findings and categories
In
one statement, how is this individual supposed to be remembered, based on these descriptive words and phrases? What tone does the narrator use to convey this idea?
What concluding statements / remarks can be made about this epitaph?Slide8
Reflect
On
an index card
, generate a specific
idea or example from your group to share
Take your card and circulate around room;
share your
information with a
classmate and
then
exchange
cards
(
NOTE: you leave with your
partner’s card)
After two or three exchanges, return to your
original table group
and share example on last
card
What examples can you add to your group’s original list?