Hamlet's Soliloquy...Activity 5...

Alicia

Johna

Judith

...ACTIVITY 5...

Antonyms for the following words:
1. Action: Antonyms for the following words:
2.Oppression: freedom, democracy
3.Action: cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity
4.Endurance: cutback, close, expiration
5.Mystery: understanding, obvious, clear
6.Life: death, nonexistent

Synonims for the following words:
1. Action: activity, commotion, liveliness
2. Thought: anticipation, logic
3. Suffering: difficulty, misery, misfortune
4. Mortality: carnage, dying, loss of life
5. Fear: agitation, nightmare, trembling

Hamlet's Soliloquy...ACTIVITY 4...

Alicia Ramirez

Johna Emerick

Judith Botello

...Activity 4...

1. What is a tragedy? What themes and outcomes would you expect to find in a tragedy?

•  A tragedy is something horrible that happens when you least expect it. the theme would be the lesson of the wrong path.

2. What do you know about the language in plays written by Shakespeare?

• Shakespearean language is quite difficult to understand. It seems as if he created his own language. As long as you reread the play line by line you'll be able to comprehend it. 

3. What have you done in the past to help yourself read Shakespeare effectively?

•  We went over it in class during the seminar and each student participated and mentioned how they interpreted the play. Last year we had someone come in class and explain what Shakespeare was trying to say in one of his plays. We also had to rewrite Hamlet a few weeks ago with a partner interpreting each line in our own vocabulary. 

4. The soliloquy here begins with a famous quotation: "To be, or not to be-- that is the question." What do  you think is "the question" Hamlets asking? How do you think he might answer it?

• The question he is asking is whether to be someone or not or maybe if he should do something or not. He's asking himself the same question we all ask ourselves before doing something except he's doing it in a more clever way.  

Hamlet's Soliloquy... Activity 3

Alicia Ramirez

Johna Emerick
Judith Botello

...Activity 3...

1. What Prior experiences have you had reading plays?

• Plays are always difficult to understand. Everyone interprets them differently and it affects everyone in a different way. I've read Shakespeare's play " Romeo and Juliet" before and it was so complex and old fashioned that the teacher had to go over it line by line and explain what was trying to be said. It's surprising how well messages are hidden in such complex writing.

2. What did you notice about the page format and annotations?

• The format was like a play. It would say exactly what had to be done in each scene. The only difficult part, was having to figure out what each thing meant.

3. What did you notice about the text's structure?

• Even though "Romeo and Juliet" was written as a play. It sounded as if it was meant to be a poem. I guess that's what made it sound a little more romantic and less weird. 

Hamlet's Soliloquy...Activity #1...

Alicia Ramirez

Johna Emerick
Judith Botello

William Shakespeare, "Hamlet's Soliloquy" from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Activity 1: What does being alive mean to you? How do you assign value to life? What makes life challenging? What makes it worth living? Describe a few examples that help show you're thinking about how people should value life.

• Being alive means being able to experience new things and using your time wisely to do what you want and having no regrets. A life with regrets is not living. You're just dying inside if you hold back. Be open and willing to face your fears. You know you're alive when you feel all sorts of different emotions. Everything seems to affect you in some way. Life becomes challenging every day you face a difficult situation. The challenges in life make a person themselves though. It ends up defining who they are and what they are capable of facing. Some have a more difficult time at facing challenges then others, just like it a situation can affect some more than others. Everyone has a different opinion to why life is worth living. In our opinion, life is worth living because it brings you happiness. Happiness makes life meaningful, therefor worth living. People should learn how to cherish what they have because no one ever knows what day will be their last. Another thing that makes life worth living is your family who is always by your side when you need them. In general though, most people value life on success. Not necessarily meaning money, but more like which goals and dreams they've accomplished through it.