SCARY EIGHTIES PRESENTATION

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English 11/12

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Wednesday

Act 4 Scene 4

1. Analyse Hamlet's Soulilique in Act 4 Scene 4.

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Claudius’s love for Gertrude may be sincere, but it also seems likely that he married her as a strategic move, to help him win the throne away from Hamlet after the death of the king.

Claudius is a corrupt politician whose main weapon is his ability to manipulate others through his skillful use of language.

Claudius is bent upon maintaining his own power.

Hamlet’s major antagonist is a shrewd, lustful, conniving king who contrasts sharply with the other male characters in the play.

Claudius

We are going to identify Claudius’s problems and How he plans to resolve them! Use the Paper Provided.

Read Act 4 Scene 5 Objective:

A: 46 Summarize and Respond

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What does he mean by this? Double Space Your own work Your own thoughts

Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unused.

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Hamlet is saying that God did not give humanity the ability to think, to look to the past and future and reflect on what has been and what could be, just for us to waste it. To fust literally means to decay. Hamlet praises human knowledge and reason, calling it "god-like", and warns that if unused it will eventually die and rot away.

Grammar Codes Each person should have their own summary. This is why I said turn in your own so that everyone could do a grammar code and get credit. Complete -Grammar Codes -Two Stars and a Wish

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Queen Gertrude sets the events of the play in motion by marrying her brother-in-law, King Claudius. She is the one who witnesses Hamlet's murder of Polonius, and reports the murder to King Claudius. At the end of the play, she dies by drinking poisoned wine that had been intended for Hamlet.

Gertrude

After Horatio departs, Claudius informs Gertrude that?

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