Hamlet Act IV

Hamlet Act IV

Open your text to Act IV (4)

Multiple Choice

Just a refresher: Who did Hamlet just kill in Act 3?

• Polonius

• Laertes

• Claudius

• Rosencrantz

Multiple Choice

and Hamlet killed Polonius because he thought he was...

• Laertes

• Ophelia

• Claudius

• Guildenstern

Poll

Are you familiar with how to use Twitter?

• Yes

• No

Twitter in a nutshell

• Another social media platform

• Posts or comments are shared in the form of "tweets"

• On Twitter, adding a “#” to the beginning of an unbroken word or phrase creates a hashtag. When you use a hashtag in a Tweet, it becomes linked to all of the other Tweets that include it.

Let's switch it up a bit!

• Instead of responding to Instagram posts, respond to the following "Tweets" from characters in the play.

• View the tweet, read the caption and context, and respond to the CONTENT of the tweet.

• Some tweets will simply be an explanation of what happened in the play! (No need to reply)

Be prepared to respond in "Twitter Language" on the next slide!

• Think about where Laertes is at!

• What has recently taken place?

Open Ended

Reply to Laertes' Tweet:

Open Ended

In academic language, why is "All is good in the world" from Laertes' Twitter not actually true?

Act 4 Scene 1: Set the Scene

• The King and the Queen have a conversation regarding Hamlet's visit to Gertrude's room

• The King is beginning to panic

• Gertrude explains to Claudius that Hamlet, in blind rage and fury, hath killed Polonius

Gertrude explains:

• ...how crazy Hamlet is.

• ...Polonius has been murdered.

Claudius has a plan:

Send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find the body and find Hamlet. Hamlet's going away...

Act 4 Scene 2: Set the Scene

• Upon Claudius' orders, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are looking for Hamlet so they can find Polonius' dead body

Hamlet's got jokes

• He basically messes with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and the Queen.

A sponge

Hamlet doesn't seem to trust his friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Poll

Put yourself in Hamlet's shoes. Do you trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at this point?

• Yes

• No

• Kind of

Act 4 Scene 3: Set the Scene

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern return to the King with news that Hamlet won't tell them where the body is!

• The King orders for Hamlet

• *Let's listen in*

Multiple Choice

What does Hamlet mean by "With the worms" and "Not where he eats, but where he is eaten."?

• His body is literally being eaten by worms.

• He's in the kitchen.

• He's been buried.

• He's still alive.

Hamlet tells them where the body is:

Under the stairs. If they don't see him, they'll definitely smell him.

Multiple Choice

Where is Claudius sending Hamlet?

• England

• France

• Poland

• Norway

King's Aside at the end of Scene 3

Well, King of England, I hope you value my regard for you; you should do so, out of consideration for my great power over you, since your wounds are still raw and red after your last war with Denmark, and you openly pledge your allegiance to us. You don't dare take lightly my royal command - which explicitly orders, in letters pertaining to the matter, the immediate death of Hamlet. Do it, King of England, for he rages through my blood like a fever, and you must cure me.

Open Ended

Respond in academic language: What is the King requesting of the King of England?

Claudius

...plans to have Hamlet murdered upon his arrival in England.

Open Ended

Tweet @hamLIT (Hamlet):

Act 4 Scene 4: Set the Scene

• Fortinbras' army is passing through Denmark on their way to Poland (remember, from earlier?)

• Hamlet meets with them and has a brief discussion

• Read the scene and translate it into your own words. It does not need to be line-by-line. Put into your own words what happens in this scene. If you'd like to do it in Twitter format, that is fine!

• https://www.tweetgen.com/create/tweet.html

• Create in a google doc or in notes - we'll share tomorrow.