Also for Monday you will write a passage analysis essay on Hamlet. This is a practice essay that you will write at home. I want you to write for 50 minutes, and give it your best. Don't use outside sources. Post a typed version to turnitin. Because is a practice essay, any score of 6 or better will get an A. Lower scores that show earnest endeavor can be revised for an A. Also bring a print out of the essay for us to discuss in class. Next week we will write in class on Hamlet.
ESSAY PROMPT FOR MONDAY: Re-read Hamlet’s soliloquy after he sees Fortinbras’s army heading toward Poland (4.4.35). “How all occasions to inform against me” to “My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth.” In a well organized essay discuss how the playwright uses such features as diction, poetic devices and structure to reveal Hamlet’s attitude toward honor. Consider how this soliloquy is a turning point in the play. Have a clear thesis and cite the text often. Write for 45 minutes. This is a practice essay but it will be scored. Any essay receiving at least a 6 will get an A. Any essay scoring below six but showing earnest effort may be revised.
Reading for this week:
For block: Act 3
For Thursday: Act 4
For Friday: Act 5
Don't forget to watch a play. I'll give you to the Monday after the long weekend.