ElizabethKannemeyer
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I have been given this as a SAC from my teacher.
Use the following passage as the basis for a discussion of 'Hamlet'.
KING
62 Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine,
63 And thy best graces spend it at thy will!
64 But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son—
HAMLET
65 A little more than kin, and less than kind.
KING
66 How is it that the clouds still hang on you?
HAMLET
67 Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
68 Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off,
69 And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
70 Do not for ever with thy vailèd lids
71 Seek for thy noble father in the dust:
72 Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,
73 Passing through nature to eternity.
HAMLET
74 Ay, madam, it is common.
QUEEN
74 If it be,
75 Why seems it so particular with thee?
HAMLET
76 Seems, madam! nay it is; I know not "seems."
77 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
78 Nor customary suits of solemn black,
79 Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
80 No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
81 Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
82 Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
83 That can denote me truly: these indeed seem,
84 For they are actions that a man might play:
85 But I have that within which passeth show;
86 These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
and a Criteria sheet that has:
- Discussion of the significance of key passages in the text
- Forming conncections between selected passages, moments in the text and the text as a whole
- Discussion of key features of the text, using appropriate terminology
- Interpretation of the text
- Selection and use of textual detail to support the interpretation
- Discussion of the effects and nuances of language and form in the text
- Organization of ideas and effectiveness of expression.
How do I string it all together and make an essay?!
My heads going to explode!
Can anybody guide me through a step by step way of how to do this, anything would be appreciated. I just really feel all over the place with this.
Thanks guys,
Elizabeth.
Use the following passage as the basis for a discussion of 'Hamlet'.
KING
62 Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine,
63 And thy best graces spend it at thy will!
64 But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son—
HAMLET
65 A little more than kin, and less than kind.
KING
66 How is it that the clouds still hang on you?
HAMLET
67 Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
68 Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off,
69 And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
70 Do not for ever with thy vailèd lids
71 Seek for thy noble father in the dust:
72 Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,
73 Passing through nature to eternity.
HAMLET
74 Ay, madam, it is common.
QUEEN
74 If it be,
75 Why seems it so particular with thee?
HAMLET
76 Seems, madam! nay it is; I know not "seems."
77 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
78 Nor customary suits of solemn black,
79 Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
80 No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
81 Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
82 Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
83 That can denote me truly: these indeed seem,
84 For they are actions that a man might play:
85 But I have that within which passeth show;
86 These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
and a Criteria sheet that has:
- Discussion of the significance of key passages in the text
- Forming conncections between selected passages, moments in the text and the text as a whole
- Discussion of key features of the text, using appropriate terminology
- Interpretation of the text
- Selection and use of textual detail to support the interpretation
- Discussion of the effects and nuances of language and form in the text
- Organization of ideas and effectiveness of expression.
How do I string it all together and make an essay?!
My heads going to explode!
Can anybody guide me through a step by step way of how to do this, anything would be appreciated. I just really feel all over the place with this.
Thanks guys,
Elizabeth.