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The Tragedy of

Hamlet,

Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare

Before we get into somespecifics about how your

notebook should be set up,here's a brief preview of whatyou are in for:

I should say that I am jealousthat you get to experience thisplay for the first time. I've

been teaching it for years andit is still enjoyable for me toteach because you will help mesee things.

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Throughout theplay, you are tokeep a notebook(see Reader'sNotebook Rubric)on two characters

and one "strand"which runs throughHamlet.

You need to makesure that you do notlose your notebook.

This Notebook willbe a substantialpart of your quartergrade, worth about15%.

I will check thenotebook onoccasion for

homeworkassignments andcollect it aftercertain Acts.

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Notebook Set-Up:

The following will be thefirst page of yournotebook:

The next few slides willgo into a bit more detailabout your choices.

Your Name's HamletNotebook

The maincharacterthat I willfollow:

The minorcharacterthat I willfollow:

The"strand"that I willfollow:

Hamlet orOphelia

See nextslide for info.

Info in twomore slides

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How to choose which minor character to follow:

Choose one of the following:

Gertrude: Hamlet's Mom,

Claudius: Hamlet's uncle, whohas married Hamlet's mom(more on this later) and has

replaced Hamlet's Dad (KingHamlet)

Horatio: Hamlet's BFF

Polonius: Ophelia's Dad

Laertes: Ophelia's Brother

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern:Two of Hamlet's Friends,always together

Hamlet is in a"relationship" withOphelia, but ...

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How to choose which "strand" to follow:

Fortune & FateWords wordswords

Water & LiquidPrisonstrumpetnessGhostsLightDarkFlora

FaunaDreamsMasculinityFemininity

A "strand" is an image or anidea which you will tracethroughout the play. Everytime you see a reference tothe image or idea, you willwant to note it (Act, Scene,line numbers) in a list at theend of your notebook.

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Notebook Set-Up:

The following will be thenext section of pages of

your notebook:

Topic: Characters

Hamlet

protagonist

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Ophelia

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KingHamlet

KingClaudius

QueenGertrude

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Notebook Set-Up: Topic: Characters

Polonius

Laertes

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Topic: Characters

Francisco

Marcellus

Topic: Characters

Horatio

Barnardo

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Fortune & FateWords wordswords

Water & Liquid

PrisonstrumpetnessGhostsLightDark

FloraFaunaDreamsMasculinityFemininity

Notebook Set-Up: Topic: Strands