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