1. Jan 17 – AP Lit O, What a Rogue (II:ii) Class reading Group work
Questions
Film
HW:
Log entry (this one’s different): WITHOUT LOOKING FOR HELP paraphrase all of the “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy in your own words

2. Soliloquies
Hamlet’s major soliloquies are debates, arguments, discussions and/or discoveries “between self”
When you read them, you should look for:
Inner argument
Antithesis (the balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, phrases or sentences in parallel grammatical form)

3. O, What a Rogue Turn to Act II, Scene ii, lines 529-end
Read the soliloquy as a class (in round)
Paraphrase
Answer questions:
It’s obvious that Hamlet is standing alone. Why, then, does he begin with “Now I am alone”?
Why does he refer to himself as a “rogue” and a “peasant slave”?
Hamlet compares himself to the player. What does this show us about his self-perception?
Hamlet uses a lot of theatrical terminology in the play. Why might he be thinking in theatrical terms?
Find examples of why Hamlet might think himself a coward. Do you agree that he is a coward, or is there another reason for his behavior?