- Please ignore the characters I assigned you last class. Here are your new characters and scenes to read for class:
Bird 811: Claudius 4.1 and 4.3
Shamsel: Horatio 4.5 and 4.6
Tayyunit: Gertrude 4.1 and 4.5
Epistrophy 58: Ophelia 4.5 and 4.7
Wikichica: Ophelia 4.5 and 4.7
Ironic_Vaccum_Salesman: Laertes 4.5 and 4.7
RabidxPanda: Laertes 4.4 and 4.5
Yellow37: Claudius 4.2 and 4.7
Read over the scene(s) you have been assigned above, focusing on the character you have been assigned above. On your wiki, please write down answers to the following questions as they pertain to your scene(s):
1. What new information did you learn about your character that would help an actor or actress get to know him/her better?
2. In each scene you looked at, what is his or her motivation and objective? In other words what does your assigned character really want (sometimes this will be difficult or impossible to determine)?
3. How does your character feel about the events taking place in your scene? How does your character feel about Hamlet?
4. How does your character affect the events of your assigned scene(s) ? How is he or she affected by the events of your assigned scene(s)?
5. What do other characters say about your character and how do they react to him or her? How does your character feel about other characters?
6. How is your character important to your assigned scene(s)? In other words, do you learn something new about the plot through him or her? Do you gain any insights about Hamlet by comparing/contrasting him to your character?
7. WHat questions are raised by your character’s words and/or behavior in your assigned scene(s)?
8. What questions that you’ve previously had are answered by your character’s words and/or behavior in your assigned scene(s)?
