Students, below are some resources for Hamlet:

• No Fear Shakespeare (Modern Translation side-by-side with the original text)
• Sparknotes Hamlet
• BrainPop Shakespeare
• Talking To Myself: Hamlet’s Soliloquies (PBS)
• This is Hamlet in the Classroom
• 60-Second Shakespeare
• Cartoon Summary
• Hamlet Video Summary (Sparknotes)
• Other helpful resources
• Hamlet Teacher’s Guide (California Shakespeare Theater)
• Shakespeare Searched (concordance, search for terms)

Due Friday, 9/27:

• Read Act 2 (Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Thursday, 9/26)
• Hamlet Soliloquy Essay: Typed, 1 page max, MLA Format. Choose one soliloquy and analyze the text (Formalist lens), using quotes (not block quotes). Create a strong thesis and support with textual evidence: Hamlet: Act I, scene ii (pg. 14-15) or Polonius: Act I, scene iii (pg. 20-21).

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