"Hamlet, Act. ?, Sc. 3" Activity 15

Activity 16 Choosing Key Scenes for Adaptation and Performance

Now that you have created a story board, read about and performed/recorded/podcasted dialog from a key scene, your next assignment is to adapt the play to any time period.

You will:

a) Write a treatment of the play in whatever time period/ social environment of your choosing. Discuss the different plot changes and how you will make it relateable to your audience.

b) You will pick 1 key scenes with dialog that you will perform and film(hopefully)

c) All of these will be mixed to form a movie trailer for your performance.

These will posted to your blog as your final project.

After this is completed, the class will likely be over.

Due Thursday before the end of the 2nd Study hall. All work must be posted.

Activity 15-Podcasting the Shakespeare

Choose 1 speech 5-10lines and record as a podcast using garageband.
This is due Tomorrow, Wednesday the 23rd at 5pm.
Use today's study hall to complete.

Save on your computer and/or email to Mr. Rossi
or have him place it on his thumbdrive to post to your blog
Extrapoints for a video podcast, Youtubed and posted.




Speech

"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them?"

The final step of this activity is to upload the podcast to youtube.
After this has been completed, you will embed the podcast in a blog entry titled:

"PLAY I AM DOING, Act. ?, Sc. 3" Activity 15

Activity 14 Storyboard the Heck out of it!

Now storyboard the whole play in 20 pictures. Stick Figures would be your best bet. You have 1 hour to do this.
This must be posted by 3:45 pm today. Good Luck.


Results
Phong's partner.

Activity 12 & 13

"Coming Soon: Hamlet"

Plot:

King Hamlet meets Hamlet on a rampart of Elsinore Castle. Tells Hamlet that he was murdered by his King Claudius.

Claudius tries to discover Hamlets strange behavior by sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Hamlet sets up a play to prove Claudius guilt. Tries to kill Claudius afterwards, but accidentally kills Polonius.

Hamlet was sentence to England, but returned after a pirate attack.

Claudius sets up a fencing duel between Laertes and Hamlet, but poisons Laertes sword. Poisoned a drink to kill him after the first fight.

Hamlets win first fight, but didn’t take the drink. Gertrude take the drink, and dies. Laertes reveals the death of Gertrude and kills himself with his sword.

Hamlet kills Claudius with the poison sword and force him to drink the rest of the poison, then dies after accomplishing his revenge.

Key Words:
- Ear Poison
- Shakespeare
- Ghost
- Skull
- Drowning
- Rosencrantz
- Guildenstern

Theme:
- Revenge
- Jealousy
- Greed
- Truth and Lies
- Love
- Death
- Inevitability
- Class Issue

Quotes:

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But never doubt I love.”

“O! what a rogue and peasant slave am I!”

“The play's the thing,

Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.”

"To be or not to be"

Character:

Hamlet - Son of king Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, nephew of present king, Claudius.

Claudius – Uncle of Hamlet, King of Denmark, married Gertrude (Brother’s wife)

Gertrude – Hamlet’s mother, Claudius wife, and Queen of Denmark.

The Ghost – “Old Hamlet”, comes in the form of Hamlet’s father.

Polonius – The father of Laertes and Ophelia. Chief counselor of Claudius.

Laertes – Polonius son.

Ophelia – Polonius daughter.

Horatio – Friend of Hamlet’s from the university of Wittenberg.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – Childhood friends and school mates of Hamlet.

Fortinbras – Son of Fortinbras senior, nephew of old King Norway.

Reference
- Lion King

Sources

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/castlevania/images/thumb/f/fc/SotN_Death.jpg/250px-SotN_Death.jpg
http://games.kikizo.com/media/zelda_ww/zelda_art2c.jpg
http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda03/Items/PotionGreen_large.gif
http://cocaine.org/shakespeare/william-shakespeare.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm175/Jeffizfresh/Ghost.jpg
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Lion+King&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

Activity 11 Othello Act 5 sc. 2

OTHELLO.
It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul,--
Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!--
It is the cause.--Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,
And smooth as monumental alabaster.

[Takes off his sword.]

Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.
Put out the light, and then put out the light:
If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,
I can again thy former light restore,
Should I repent me:--but once put out thy light,
Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,
I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume. When I have pluck'd thy rose,
I cannot give it vital growth again,
It must needs wither:--I'll smell it on the tree.--


Translation

My soul is the cause!
Don't make me tell it to you, you chaste star!
She is the cause, but I will not hurt her.
I will not scar her white skin.
The skin smooth like alabaster.

[Draws sword]

She must die, or else she'll cheat more men.
Turn off the light, and then kill her.
If I stop her from controlling me,
I can be happy again.
Will I regret? Once I have end her life?
Her cunning pattern of superior nature,
I do not know where the evil lies.
Their will once again be happiness, once I have end her life.
I cannot share good moments with her no more.
She has to die... I smell it on her.

Othello Stick Figure Theatre! Activity 10

Get into groups of two. We shall Each Draw a stick figure story board using Windows Paint! Each group is assigned an ACT. Each act gets its own story board. I'll show you how!

Othello, what's the scenario? Activity 8 Due Tuesday @ 5pm

1. The main character, Daniela, has decided to marry someone from a race and/or religion that her father won’t approve. She knows there is going to be a big scene. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Daniela, her father, and her husband-to-be.

2. There is a party. The main character, Riccardo (a generally good guy!), knows that he shouldn’t drink because he has to go to work in an hour. The Group he’s with tries to convince him that “a drink or two won’t hurt.” Riccardo goes to work and because he’s been drinking he starts a fight with a fellow employee. The boss enters. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Riccardo, his boss, and his co-workers.

3. The main character, Giuseppe, has given his girlfriend a special ring (one that means a lot to him. He sees his best friend wearing it. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Joe and his girlfriend or between Giuseppe and his best friend (You can change this around to make the main character a girl).

4. The main character, Nicola, has had a bad fight with his best friend, Antonio. Antonio won’t return any of Nicola's phone calls and avoids him at school. Nicola sees his best friend’s girlfriend, Gianna, at school. Describe the scene and write dialogue where Nicola asks Gianna for her help.

5. Roberto has worked hard to play on Varsity. He knows he’s good! He’s shown up for all the games and practices. The position that he wants goes to Guliermo, whose father is a friend of the coach. Describe the scene and write the dialogue where Roberto tells his friends how he feels.

6. Anna and her boyfriend aren’t doing well together but she is still really in love with him. She finds an inexpensive ring that a friend of hers has lost. She knows it’s a ring that her boyfriend has always admired and said that he would like to own one like it. Describe the scene and write the story (or monologue/ dialogue) were Anna makes her decision about what she is going to do with the ring.


You are going to write a short play based on the previous situation that has been assigned. Choose one of the beginnings of a plot. In this play you are to create a drama of the situation through description and dialogue.

PLAY TITLE: Wrong Move

Characters and description of each:

Riccardo: A young, straight A student who works at McDonald. Popular and smart, but reckless and aggressive when drunk. Wears a red McDonald shirt, with a black hat and jeans.

Tim: A sophomore college student, who also works at McDonald. Prefers peace over violence, but would fight when being disrespected. Also wears a red McDonald shirt and a black hat, but with slacks.

Boss: The owner of the McDonald restaurant. Short in size and temper. Bald man with a very aggressive attitude. Wears a white Polo shirt with a black tie and slacks.

Stage directions: (Where is it set? What does the stage look like? What props are there? Who is on stage when the curtain rises? What are they going?)

Stage:
The scene starts in the kitchen of McDonald. There are stoves cooking meat and boilers with French fry. Orders are being filled, and all the employees are working.

The scene starts with Riccardo running to his station until he accidentally runs into Roger, who was carrying bags of frozen French Fries.

Story

Riccardo runs into the kitchen drunk, while buttoning his shirt. Tim walks opposite direction carrying bags of frozen French Fries.

The two run into each other and falls.

Riccardo: WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING!

Tim: Sorry.

Tim stands up and offer help.

Riccardo rejects helps and dust his cloths.

Riccardo: You better be!

Tim takes few steps back, and picks up bags.

Tim: In that case, I’m not sorry.

Riccardo: What? You got a problem with me?

Tim: As a matter of fact, I do! It’s your attitude! Fix it up or someone else will do it for you!

Riccardo: You askin’ for a fight?

Tim: Think it over you drunk! It’s you who’s asking for a fight!

Riccardo: So you think you can take me on?!

Tim: Anytime tough guy!

They fight.

Boss comes running into kitchen.

Boss: WHATS GOING ON HERE?!

Boss breaks fight apart.

Tim: Hot-shot here just had a couple of drinks, and now he’s causing problems.

Riccardo: What did you say?!

Riccardo runs towards Tim. Boss pushes him back.

Boss: That’s enough! You two go to my office right now! And if any of you lay a hand on each other I’ll fire you!

Boss walks into office.

Tim and Riccardo follows.

Tim: Good going tough guy.

Riccardo: SHUT UP SCHOOL BOY!

Riccardo punches Tim on the face.

Tim lands on boxes of buns.

Boss comes out.

Boss: RICCARDO!!!

Riccardo: WHAT?!

Boss: YOU’RE FIRED!

Light shut down. Curtains close.

Iago...say what? Activity 9 Due Tomorrow at the begining of class.

Fastforward to 3:00 here
read the following soliloquy and translate it into our English.
to listen, click here

IAGO: Thus do I ever make my fool my purse;For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,If I would time expend with such a snipeBut for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor,And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheetsH'as done my office. I know not if't be true,But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,Will do, as if for surety. He holds me well;The better shall my purpose work on him.Cassio's a proper man. Let me see now:To get his place, and to plume up my willIn double knavery. How? How? Let's see.After some time, to abuse Othello's earsThat he is too familiar with his wife.He hath a person and a smooth disposeTo be suspected--framed to make women false.The Moor is of a free and open natureThat thinks men honest that but seem to be so;And will as tenderly be led by th' noseAs asses are.I have't! It is engendered! Hell and nightMust bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. [Exit.](Iago's soliloquy, "Othello," Act 1, Scene 3, lines 374-395)

Translation


Therefore I will forever make money from/by that idiot Rodrigo; I will continue to gain from my knowledge and i shouldn't speak against it. If I would spend time with such a moron, i would only do it for money or fun.

I hate Othello, and it is thought abroad that in between my sheets. Othello is with my wife. I do not know if this is true, but in this tiny suspicion, I will take it for certain.

He has trust in me; so my plan against him will now be easier. Now lets see; Cassio he is a proper man. And to get his place and to plum my willin double knavery.

How? How? Let's see. I will slowly persuade Othello to think that he is too familiar with his wife. He is a person with a tranquil disposition, to suspect being lied to about his wife.

Othello is an opened mined person, who believes that men are honest, and can be easily be mislead like a donkey.

I got it! This must be brought to existence! As evil as it is, I will do it.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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