Required Reading(s): From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, please read:Act VLesson: Please guide yourself through the lesson below. (Although the Discussion Forum Prompt…

Required Reading(s): From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, please read:

• Act V

Lesson: Please guide yourself through the lesson below. (Although the Discussion Forum Prompt below is how you are graded for the week, these lessons are still vital in understanding the texts and helping you prepare for the major papers. Those who chose to submit the lesson would receive EXTRA CREDIT. You would create a separate post below with “EXTRA CREDIT” as the title, with the completed lesson plan in the body of the post.)

1. What are some things worth dying for? Explain.
2. Here is a “web” of the literary elements of the play to help organize the chaos of the story. 
   

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3. Did Queen Gertrude “accidentally” drink the poison? Or, did she drink the poison deliberately as a sacrifice to save her son? Glenn Close (1990) and Penny Downie (2009)
4. Review all of Hamlet in less than 60 seconds! Hamlet in 60 Secondsand Hamlet Rap.

Discussion Forum Prompt:
Post below with a subject and body. Each student has his/her own thread.
Comment within your classmate’s existing thread (do not start a new one).

• Initial Post Due Tuesday 2/24 @ 11:59 pm
  • Time for some creative writing! Think of an alternative ending for the play. Be sure to think about at what point in the play something was altered and how the plot would shift. For example, what would have happened if Ophelia didn’t die and ended up marrying Hamlet? Or maybe she hooked up with Horatio? Or, what if Gertrude did not drink the poison and ended up marrying Fortinbras, since she likes sexing kings. What if somehow the ghost was proven to be fake, or a demon, or someone playing a sick joke?
  • Explain your rewrite decision.
• Response Post Due Thursday 2/26 @ 11:59 pm
• Please respond to at least one post from one of your classmates (more responses would be a higher grade). This can range from further questions for your classmate, support that references to more sources/examples, gentle disagreements that help us push for productive conversation, or positive reinforcement of something you learned.