Hamlet: Day 2 A lesson in language

Warm Up: Fix the following sentence without question i accept your invitation to paul laurence dunbars homecoming leandra replied

Warm Up: Answer “Without question, I accept your invitation to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s homecoming,” Leandra replied. Rules: Add quotations for dialogue, comma after introductory phrase, capitalize proper nouns, apostrophes show possession, add comma before end quotes for dialogue tag, end mark (period) after dialogue tag.

Agenda Warm Up Announcements: Narratives are late if you haven’t turned them in. Hamlet Character Chart Shakespeare’s Relevance Decoding Shakespeare Practice L.12.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. * I can interpret the language used in Shakespeare’s writings.

Character Map

Shakespeare’s Relevance

Did you know many modern WORDS and PHRASES were taken from Shakespeare? –Dead as a doornail –Love is blind –All’s well that ends well –In a pickle –Cruel to be kind –Many words that begin with prefix un-: •Uneducated, untrained, unhelpful, unreal, unaware, undress, unsolicited

Shakespeare in Modern Day •E!’s show The Royals is loosely based off the plot of Hamlet. –There is a prince (Hamlet) who falls in love with a girl named Ophelia (Ophelia), whose father is the king’s advisor (Polonius). The king dies and the uncle holds the throne (Claudius), yet the queen is still the queen (Gertrude) << That’s in the show. In the play, Claudius marries Gertrude. Not to mention, King comes back as a ghost. Additionally, there are plenty of shenanigans that make it an E! program and NOT an exact retelling of one of the greatest plays of all time.

Hamlet and The Lion King •Cartoon Conspiracy (play until 3:52)

Shakespeare in Hip Hop (play until 7:00) So, Shakespeare? He’s more relevant than you think. I’m trying to tell you, he was the OG of language, drama, comedy… really all of it. Shakespeare in Hip Hop (play until 7:00)

Add this to your notes... Many of Shakespeare’s works are in iambic pentameter. What does that mean?

Iambic Pentameter

Can you hear the five iambs per line? Examples •“O that this too too solid flesh would melt, •Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! •Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d •His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! –Hamlet – Can you hear the five iambs per line?

Now... •Shakespeare Lesson •Hopefully you can realize that even though Hamlet was written in 1600ish, it’s still influencing our culture today. •Now, how will we READ/COMPREHEND what’s on the page? Or, even understand what’s on film? •Shakespeare Lesson

Decoding Shakespeare •Picture yourself at a wedding… what words do the bride and groom exchange? •I, Jasmine, take thee, Aladdin as my lawful husband. •What common word could replace thee?

Pronouns… back in the day •First, what’s a pronoun? Shakespeare’s works use different pronouns, mostly because he wrote hundreds of years ago when English was a little different. •In the Elizabethan era, like today, pronouns changed depending on their job in a sentence. Thou- Subject: “Thou are my brother.” Thee- Object: “Come, let me clutch thee.” Thy- Possessive adjective: “What is thy name?” Thine- Possessive Noun: “To thine own self be true.” Ye- Subject: “Ye shall know me.”

Practice •That in thy likeness thou appear to us! In your likeness you appear to us! Can you do the next one? Rewrite the following passage onto your own paper in modern English. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,/ Which thou will propagate, to have it prest/ With more of thine: this love that thou hast shown/Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.

Answer Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,/ Which thou will propagate, to have it prest/ With more of thine: this love that thou hast shown/Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. My grief lays heavy in my heart/ and you will expand my pain, to be pressed/ into yours. The love you have shown/ adds more hurt to my own overly heavy burdens.

Verb Endings •An older form of English, Middle English, added ‘bits’ to the end of the verbs- called inflections. •Shakespeare used Modern English (at the time), but the language still used some inflections. That’s why there will be an extra -est or –st, and –th or –eth. –“Thou liest, malignant thing.” –“What didst thou see?” –“He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not.”

Practice •I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news. •I wish you had my bones, and I had your news. Do the next one on your own paper. I do protest I never injured thee, / But love thee better than those canst devise / Till thou shalt know the reason of my love

Answer •I do protest I never injured thee, / But love thee better than those canst devise / Till thou shalt know the reason of my love •I disagree; I never insulted you, / But will care for you more than you can understand / you will know the reason of my love

Sentence Structure •Shakespeare loved to play with the English language. He knew he could be creative with diction, figurative language, multiple meaning words and sentence structure. •When reading Shakespearean sentences, rearrange and reword where necessary to understand. –As you cluster words into sentences, you should see that Shakespeare’s sentences can be easy to decode. –Your final sentence can (and probably will) be different from Shakepeare’s. Doesn’t mean either sentence is better; it’s just different.

Exit Slip •On your own half-sheet of paper (tear and share with a neighbor), decode the following Shakespeare Insults: (via the Twitter account @WilliamHatesYou) •You may have to look some words up! That’s okay. You should! That will enhance your knowledge of the word. 1.“If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt.” The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2.“What a brazen faced varlet art thou.” King Lear 3.“She speaks yet she says nothing.” Romeo and Juliet 4.“I’ll beat thee, but I should infect my hands.” Timon of Athens 5.“I desire that we be better strangers.” As You Like It