(
课件网) Unit 8 Literature Reading Club 2 The Prince of Denmark’s Death Characters Claudius [ kl di s] Gertrude [ ɡ tru d] Hamlet Laertes [lei' :ti:z] Ophelia [ 'fi:lj ] Horatio [h re i ] Polonius [p 'l uni s] The Relationship among Characters the prince of Denmark Hamlet Claudius the King of Denmark uncle, stepfather Gertrude the Queen of Denmark mother kill Laertes revenge Horatio friend Ophella Polonius sister father Read the play for the first time and answer the question. Read for general understanding What is the ending of this scene The italic text is for the readers. These lines describe the action on stage. Read the play for the first time and answer the question. Read for general understanding What is the ending of this scene In the end, Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Laertes died after the fencing match. Only Horatio is left standing and tells the story. Read for specific understanding Read the play again in group of 4. Draw a mind-map to show how the author develops the story. Retell the story based on the mind-map. before the fencing match Hamlet says sorry to Laertes. after the fencing match All people died except Horatio. before the fencing match Hamlet says sorry to Laertes. after the fencing match All people died except Horatio. during the fencing match Hamlet and Laertes start to fence. Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine. They both lose their swords and pick up each other’s. Gertrude collapses. Laertes reveals his poisoned sword and Claudius’ plan. Hamlet kills his uncle. Laertes dies from the posion. Please share your mind-map! Before the fencing match, Hamlet says sorry to Laertes. During the fencing match, Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine meant for Hamlet. The swords get mixed up during the fight and both men are wounded with the poisoned sword. Laertes reveals Claudius’ plan and Hamlet then kills his uncle, Claudius. Hamlet tells Horatio that Fortinbras should become the new king of Denmark. Retell the story based on the mind-map. What is theme of this play All in his tragedies, he expresses his likeness for good; He shows dissatisfaction for life and objection for all evil things; He condemns the dark and evil society. the conflict between humanism and the dark reality of Britain Assign the roles. (Claudius, Hamlet, Laertes, Gertrude and Horatio) Act out one of your favourite part of this play. Act out the play. Read for critical thinking Choose one of the characters in the play and voice your opinion about what kind of people they are with your group members. Please find some facts to support your idea. Voice your opinion There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. Voice your opinion Hamlet is a man of words as well as actions, and his final fight with Laertes proves this. Claudius is very clever and dishonest, and also weaves plans to hide his true nature from Hamlet but faces failure. Voice your opinion Gertrude loves her son very much. She seems to ... ...
