ISFD 4

Prpfesorado de Ingls
3
rd
year
Literature I
Miss. Cejas
Name : _______________________________________________ Date: __________
The enaissan!e"Pra!ti!o
Sha#espeare
1-Mention the four reasons why Shakespeare stood the test of time.
2-From the four reasons mentioned above !hoose one and e"p#ain it brief#y.
$a%let& '!t (
$!t %
&-'hat is (rotten in the state of Denmark( as Mar!e##us te##s us) 'hat do we #earn
about the situation in S!ene %) %n S!ene %%)
*-%n what ways is S!ene %% a !ontrast to S!ene %) 'hat do we #earn about +ertrude
,#audius and -am#et in this s!ene)
.-'hat is the fun!tion of the /o#onius-0phe#ia-1aertes fami#y in this p#ay) 'hat
para##e#s e"ist between their situation and that of the ru#in2 fami#y)
3-'hat does -am#et #earn from the +host4s spee!h)
$!t %%
'hy does this a!t open with /o#onius and 5eyna#do) 'hat does this te## us about
/o#onius4s !hara!ter and what theme or motif does it introdu!e in the p#ay)
-ow does the intera!tion between -am#et and 5osen!rant6 and +ui#denstern he#p
to e"p#ain what4s wron2 with -am#et) 'hy are 5osen!rant6 and +ui#denstern in
Denmark)
7he First /#ayer4s spee!h is often !ut in performan!es of the p#ay. 8"p#ain why it is
important and why it shou#d not be !ut.
-am#et4s (0 what a ro2ue and peasant s#ave am %( is the first of his so#i#o9uies.
'hat is he sayin2 and how does this set of words he#p to move him to a!tion)
'hat does he de!ide to do at the end of this spee!h)