November 27, 2017 - December 1, 2017


Monday, November 27th: 
 In the play Death of a Salesman, the Loman family struggles with honesty, trustworthiness, and praises each other on toxic actions withholding the truth , bullying, and abusive relationships. The toxicity of their family was once what kept them together and now it is the thing that is tearing them apart.

Toxic means deathly, unhealthy, injurious to health, poisonous, lethal, dangerous

Toxins can rot, erode, corrode, can cause cancer

Corrode: corrosive
Corrosive relationship
Cancerous
What are some of the corrosive things Willy taught his sons – that stealing was fine as long as you are “likeable”.

Watch Act 1 of Hamlet
Brief discussion of Act One

Tuesday, November 28th: 
Read Laertes’ speech to Ophelia in Act 1, Scene 3, line 10 – 44
Main idea
Figurative Language
Main imagery, motifs, symbols, metaphors in Laertes’ speech to Ophelia
Tone

Read Polonius’ speech to Ophelia on pages 35 and 37
What is the imagery that is being used?
What metaphors? Symbols used?
What does Polonius seem to be saying?
Look for all the references to money. 

Laertes Speech
What were some examples of the imagery used by Laertes:
Dew of youth
And in the morn and liquid dew of youth
Violet – a flower
Primy nature
Perfume and suppliance of a minute
The motif of Laertes' speech is natue. 

The motif that appears in Polonius' speech concerns money and commerce. What does this reveal about Polonius' beliefs about women and marriage? 

For homework tonight, read Polonius' speech on pages 33 - 35 and explain each piece of advice he gives to Laertes.  Submit it to turnitin.com by Wednesday, December 6th.
Write the brief quotation and then an explanation of what the quotation means. Give a modern example of what it means.

Wednesday, November 29th: 
This is the prompt:

In a well organized essay, compare and contrast the following two scenes, one  of Laertes speaking to his sister Ophelia, and the other of Polonius speaking to Ophelia, his daughter. Analyze their use of diction, their use of metaphors and motifs to determine their attitude and personality. Be sure you use evidence to support your thesis.
This should be two pages.
This will be due on Tuesday, December 5th.

Thursday, November 30th: 
In the auditorium
Work on the Act One test of Hamlet
Work on  Polonius' speech to Laertes giving his son advice on pages 33 - 35 and explain each piece of advice he gives to Laertes.  Submit it to turnitin.com by Wednesday, December 6th.

Friday, December 1st: 
Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
Search through Act One for examples of the following: 
Metaphor, Similes, Personification, Allusion, Imagery 
For metaphors, similes, personification, and allusion:
Explain what is being compared to what 
What quality of the compared object or person is revealed by the comparison? 
Imagery: 
Explain what sense (sight, hearing, touch, taste, touch) is evoked.
What quality of the person or object is revealed by the imagery.

Write the figurative language, identify the speaker, identify what is being identified to what, identify what is revealed by the comparison. 

Example:
Allusion:
Hamlet comparing his father to the Greek sun god, Hyperion, and his uncle to a satyr:
So excellent a king, that was to this
Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly."
King Hamlet was Hyperion, the glorious sun drenched Greek god of light and day, who loved his queen so much that he would not allow the winds of heaven to touch her face too roughly. In comparison, Hamlet's uncle is a satyr - an ugly, vile, foul half-man half-goat with the vulgar appetites of an animal. 

There should be a minimum of three examples of metaphor, three examples of simile, of personification, of allusion, and of imagery. There should be fifteen examples in all. 

This will be due on Thursday,  December 7th. 

 The Act 1 Wee Small Test over Hamlet will be due on Friday,  December 8th.










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