Dr. Preston is going to be gone for the next three days, so today we discussed with our groups what we need to do during his absence so that we will have read and understood Act II of Hamlet by Friday. From what I heard, some groups talked about just going over it quietly, while other groups were talking about actually sort of performing it in the front of the class. I was part of the second group, so I'll share the ideas that we brainstormed in my conversation with Uri (who seemed to be the ringleader) and Jason: we all really liked the idea of having an actual performance, but I was concerned that Shakespeare didn't write much blocking in his script beyond "enter" and "exit," so it would basically just be people standing there talking. However, Jason said that the actors would be able to just "go with the flow" and make up their own blocking that makes sense. He also suggested that we could stop periodically and discuss what the scene means as a group so everyone understands it. I had the idea of having several people with devices be responsible for looking up words, phrases, and references (like the mythology allusions in Hamlet's first big soliloquy) that are confusing, too. Maybe someone could even record it!
If anyone has feedback or more ideas about a Hamlet performance, please feel free to comment!
(Also, third period hijacked the schedule to debate about to memorize or not to memorize, I assume fourth period was pretty much gone at pictures the whole time, and fifth period started on Act II Scene ii.)
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