BRITISH LITERATURE

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Vocabulary Test is postponed until after break!

Instead, we will be reviewing Unit Two’s words. In your small groups,

discuss the question:

What is a cataclysm in the past ten years?

HAPPY THESAURUS THURSDAY!

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

ACTIVITY

Turn in your index card with your five lines about your break in Iambic

Pentameter.

When you receive a classmate’s index card, mark the scansion for the meter

of the lines.

You will read the poem to your class with an emphasis of the rhythm of

Iambic Pentameter.

1. Watch II.i. of Hamlet (the Doran version featuring David Tennant as Hamlet; a modern version). Follow along in your books! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN0DAxjw0z0

2. Watch the beginning of II.ii. of Hamlet (the Doran version). Follow along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTXtdQ63FA

ACT II OF HAMLET

1. Watch II.i. of Hamlet (the Doran version featuring David Tennant as Hamlet; a modern version). Follow along in your books! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN0DAxjw0z0

2. Watch the beginning of II.ii. of Hamlet (the Doran version). Follow along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTXtdQ63FAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8C4gPU_hEU

ACT II OF HAMLET

In Hamlet, we have a grieving man mourning the murder of his father.

Does this sound familiar? In his plot for revenge, Hamlet decides

to stage a play about a Greek myth (eerily similar to the real life of Hamlet)

to prove King Claudius as guilty with his reaction to this play Hamlet directs.

FATHER-SON CONFLICT

THE AENIED

WARRIORS OF TROY• KING PRIAM: King of Troy (He is old)• HECUBA: Priam’s wife; Queen of Troy• HECTOR: Priam and Hecuba’s prized son that is

murdered by Achilles (along with several of his brothers on the same day)

• PARIS: Priam and Hecuba’s handsome son that kills Achilles eventually

WARRIORS OF GREECE• ACHILLES: Famous Greek Warrior that shows

compassion to Priam’s sorrow• PYRRHUS: Achilles’ son that wants revenge; murders

King Priam to avenge his father’s death

THE AENEID KEY CHARACTERS

Achilles, the great Greek warrior chases Hector around the wall of Troy three times before the goddess Athena disguises herself and convinces Hector to fight

Achilles face to face. Wanting to go down fighting, he charges at Achilles with

his only weapon, his sword, but misses. Accepting his fate, Hector begs Achilles, not to spare his life, but

to treat his body with respect after killing him. Achilles tells Hector it is hopeless to expect that of him, declaring that "my rage, my fury would drive me now

to hack your flesh away and eat you raw – such agonies you have caused me.”

Achilles then kills Hector.

ACHILLES & HECTOR

Hector’s father, King Priam of Troy, pleads with Achilles for the return of Hector's body so that he

can be properly buried. Achilles decides to return the body for a funeral

and offers a truce for Priam to mourn the loss of his son.

Later, Paris (King Priam’s other son) shoots Achilles in the heel with an arrow that kills him.

Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus, is heartbroken and wants to avenge his father Achilles’ death.

Pyrrhus brutally murders King Priam on the altar as the King’s wife, Hecuba, watches

helplessly.

THE STORY OF COMPASSION & REVENGE

As we watch Hamlet direct this play describing Pyrrhus’ revenge and murder, consider the connections between the characters. • What mythological characters can we

connect to the characters in Hamlet? • What is the purpose of this play? Why

does Hamlet choose this myth to perform?

• How can you interpret the myth’s conflict in Hamlet? Consider obvious conflicts and then also think outside of the box.

HAMLET’S PLAY

Read Act III, Scene i of Hamlet and complete

Records Journal entry.

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