Act 2

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The Arch Method adapted for Lit

MHS Reader's Notebook Scoring Guide

Characterization Handout

Plot and Structure Handout

Setting Handout

Levels of Diction

How to do a 3 part DJ

AP 2016 Act 2 Hamlet

Act 2, Scene 1

Objective: SWBAT

explain how Shakespeare develops the complex relationships between the characters

In this scene, specifically, develop the relationships between:

Laertes and Polonius

Laertes and Ophelia

Polonius and Ophelia

lines 1 – 71 (Polonius to Reynaldo)
- Why does Shakespeare present us with this information about Laertes? What value is it to us as readers?

lines 72 – 117 (Polonius to Ophelia)
- How would you characterize Ophelia’s responses? (It’s all about the tone.)

Objective: SWBAT

explain how Shakespeare develops the external conflict of the play, as well as the internal conflict of Hamlet
explain how Shakespeare develops the complex relationships between the characters

The above video is from Kenneth Branagh's production of Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh plays Hamlet. The Player is Charlton Heston.

The above video is from Kenneth Branagh's production of Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh plays Hamlet.

Lines 1 – 39 (Claudius and Gertrude to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)

Lines 40 – 85

Lines 87 - 167 (Polonius to Gertrude and Claudius)

What is the purpose of this conversation? What do we learn?
How does Shakespeare continue to develop the characteristics of Polonius to Gertrude and Claudius?

Lines 167 - 219 (Hamlet and Polonius)

Lines 220 - 365 (Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)

Lines 370 - 527 (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius, and the introduction of the Player)

Lines 530 - 585 (Hamlet's soliloquy)

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