Hamlet—Twitter Activity Today, you are going to tweet responses as if you are a character in a movie. Your name is Hamlet. When the slide says “Tweet?”, respond as if you were Hamlet.

Each tweet cannot be longer than 140 characters, spaces and punctuation included. Please include one #. Be appropriate and respond to each scenario with specifics.

Let’s begin…

Hamlet is away at college Hamlet is away at college. It is his junior year and life couldn't be better. It’s Monday night: 2:00 a.m. His mom texts him the following message: CALL ME NOW!! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!! Jolted awake by adrenaline, he calls her. She answers the phone but her sobs are so loud Hamlet can barely understand what she is saying. Finally, he is able to make out the words "Your father is dead..."

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Unfortunately, this semester Hamlet is taking one of the most difficult courses he has had so far, and his professor is really stern. When Hamlet tells him about his father, the professor gives his sympathy but says that Hamlet still needs to take the final next Friday or retake the course. He is forced to miss his dad's funeral.

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Finals End. Hamlet barely passes all of his classes Finals End. Hamlet barely passes all of his classes. It has been two weeks since his father's death; he is completely devastated and heading home for break. He loads up the car and drives home. When he gets home, he hugs his mom for a long time but senses something is wrong. She's not upset. At least not as upset as she should be. Then he notices she is wearing a wedding ring on her finger. A brand new wedding ring.

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Hamlet’s mom tells him she has some news Hamlet’s mom tells him she has some news. She has remarried his father's brother, his Uncle Claude. Hamlet never liked his Uncle Claude. He had always been jealous of his father for taking over the family business. He often complained about his own job, and he always creeped Hamlet out with the way he looked at his mom.

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One night, Hamlet’s father's ghost comes to him and lets him in on a little secret...he was murdered by Hamlet’s uncle. He wants Hamlet to avenge him. Hamlet wonders, “Was the ghost real? And if it was, was it telling the truth?

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