May 12, 2014 - May 16, 2014 Weekly Agenda for World Literature

Monday, May 12th:
Read August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

Tuesday, May 13th:
Read August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

Wednesday, May 14th:
Read August Wilson's The Piano Lesson 

Thursday, May 15th:
Read Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

Friday, May 16th:
Read Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire 

May 5, 2014 - May 9, 2014 Agenda for World Literature

Monday, May 5th:
HAMLET, Act 5, Scene 1 questions and translations (see blog)

Tuesday, May 6th:
HAMLET, Act 5, Scene 2 questions and translations (see blog)

Wednesday, May 7th:
Work on HAMLET, Act 5 Test
Due at end of period

Thursday, May 8th:
Background on August Wilson
Begin reading The Piano Lesson

Friday, May 9th:
Continue reading The Piano Lesson 

HAMLET, Act 5, Scene Questions

HAMLET, ACT 5, SCENE 1

Translate into contemporary English the following:

1.

Page 247

Hamlet: lines 140 – 146

To whom is he speaking? About whom?

2.

Page 249

Grave digger and Hamlet: lines 168 – 178

What is the question Hamlet poses to the grave digger?

According to the Grave digger, whose skin lasts the longest?

Why?

3.

Page 251

Hamlet: lines 216 – 223

Why does he say that? What does he mean by this?

4.

Page 253

Doctor: lines 233 – 242

5.

Page 257

Gertrude: lines 302 – 306

About whom is she speaking? What situation is she discussing?

HAMLET; Act 5, Scene 2
Translate the following passages into contemporary English:
1. Page 259; lines 15 - 28; Hamlet
2. Page 261; lines 33 - 62; Hamlet
3. How does Hamlet feel about the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
4. Page 271; lines 200 - 208; Hamlet
5. What is Hamlet saying about Osric and people like Osric?
6. Page 283; lines 389 - 395; Hamlet
7. To whom does Hamlet bequeath the throne?
8. What does Hamlet tell us about death?