ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why should we see Hamlet as a character who regenerates rather than the typical tragic figure who declines ethically and morally?
We discuss Hamlet as tragedy. I presented and spoke to slides on tragedy (see the link to the left, "Elements of Tragedy."
Learners worked in groups to discuss the movement of Hamlet's character towards regeneration. I asked learners to use Hamlet's reaction to the Player's speech on Hecuba, the closet scene, and the gravedigger's scene as markers of Hamlet's transformation.
Learners tried to share their discussion, but I had to stop the first group, since the sharing was unfocussed and unorganized. I spoke about framing the sharing as they might an essay, with a thesis and topic markers. Learners used the rest of the period to try to format their ideas.
NEXT CLASS: time for organizing their ideas
READ: Yeats's "The Second Coming"
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