1. 10/19/11 Aim: How can we analyze Polonius’ suspicious nature? Journal # 4: Throughout history spies have been seen in a negative way. Under what conditions would you justify spying as a means of gaining information?

2. 10/20/11 Aim: How can we analyze the strained emotions that Hamlet shows to Ophelia? JOURNAL # 5: What mission has Reynaldo been sent on by Polonius in the beginning of ACT II, Sc. 1? (pg. 77-81) What method does Polonius urge Reynaldo to use in finding out about Laerte’s behavior? ** mission: task or objective

3. ACT II, SC.1: QUESTIONS What side of Polonius’s character is revealed to us in the first half of this scene? What justification, if any, can you find for what he is doing? How effective is this way of testing Laerte’s growth as a man? Why does Ophelia come running to her father in the middle of this scene? Is she obeying her instructions to the letter, or even beyond the letter?

4. ACT II, SC. 1 POLONIUS: Ms. Levine REYNALDO: TIFFANY OPHELIA: AJEE STAGE DIRECTIONS: MS. LEVINE

5. 10/21/11 Aim: How can analyze Claudius as Hamlet’s clever adversary? JOURNAL # 6: We might say a “battle” has begun: HAMLET v ersus CLAUDIUS. Why is this such a difficult struggle for each of the adversaries? At this point, who seems to have the better chance of winning? ** Adversary: enemy or a foe.

6. ACT II, SC. 2 Claudius: Gertrude: Rosencrantz: Guildenstern: Polonius: Voltemand: Hamlet: Ms. Levine First player: STAGE DIR: Ms. Levine

7. ACT II, SC. 2: QUESTIONS  Why has Claudius sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What is there relationship to Hamlet?  How does Gertrude feel about Claudius’s plan?  Why should Shakespeare have created two characters for this plan rather than one?

8. ACT II, SC. 2: QUESTIONS  In the encounter between Polonius and Hamlet, how is Polonius made to appear?  What is Hamlet’s real feeling about Polonius?  Does Hamlet seem aware of Polonius’s theory about him? Find examples of Hamlet’s madness.