Students will examine Gertrude's behavior in Shakespeare's Hamlet and synthesize what they know about Gertrude in order to perform her character in a scene and evaluate where Gertrude's loyalties lie.
In this lesson, students read Act 3.4, focusing on Hamlet's monologues, including his murder of Polonius, his confrontation with Gertrude, and her repentance.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will analyze how Shakespeare orders the action and develops his characters through soliloquies.
In this lesson, students will read the end of Claudius's monologue to Hamlet and examine how his character is developed.
In this lesson , students will read Hamlet's final soliloquy (Act 4.4., lines 34-69) and explore how it develops Hamlet's character and bigger ideas in the play.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will discuss Act 1.2, lines 149-164, focusing on how Shakespeare develops Queen Gertrude.
In this lesson, students will explore how Claudius introduces Hamlet, focusing on word choice. Students will examine the themes of gender roles, duty, and mortality.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will explore how Shakespeare develops his character through their responses to Ophelia's death in Act 5.1, lines 254-289.
In this lesson, students will focus on the opening of Act 5.1 and analyze and discuss how setting impacts the drama.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will focus on Act 3.1, lines 131-162, exploring how Ophelia's character is developed in relation to Hamlet and Laertes.
In this lesson, students will analyze Laerte's farewell monologue to in Act 1.3, lines 1-55. Students will discuss how Shakespeare develops the characters of Laertes and Ophelia, focusing on gender roles, family duty, and chastity.
This lesson sensitizes students to the similarities and differences between cultures by comparing Shakespearean and Bunraku/Kabuki dramas. The focus of this comparison is the complex nature of revenge explored in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Chushingura, or the Treasury of the Loyal Retainers.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will read and analyze lines 239-332 from Act 5.2 and analyze how the final scene develops central ideas.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will explore how Hamlet's character is developed in the tragic resolution.
In this lesson, students will read and analyze Act 3.1, lines 163-175, focusing on Ophelia's monologue about Hamlet's madness.
In this lesson on Hamlet, students will focus on Act 3.1 lines 99-130, examining how Hamlet and Ophelia dialogue.
This lesson seeks to sensitize students to the complex nature of revenge as it is portrayed in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Students learn how the play interprets Elizabethan attitudes towards revenge as reflected in the structure of the Elizabethan revenge tragedy. Students will analyze the use of language and actions to motivate the avengers in the play; recognize Elizabethan theatrical conventions and their impact; and compare the text with a modern film interpretation.
In this lesson, students will read Hamlet's first soliloquy and focus on the development of Hamlet's character. Students will then have a group discussion comparing how Shakespeare introduces Hamlet from two perspectives--first from Claudius's point of view, and then in his own words.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions, discussion topics, and an author biography designed to help students in exploring Margaret Atwood's seminal book, The Handmaid's Tale, a dystopian, futuristic novel.
This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions to help students explore Charles Dickens' novel, Hard Times, a satirical account of the Industrial Revolution.