8 Evaluare Hamlet
8 Evaluare Hamlet
8 Evaluare Hamlet
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Worksheet
1. Read the following context, then write at least 5 questions about it and answer
them!
Context
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITER in all of English literature, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a
successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare attended grammar school. In 1582
he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590 he left his family behind
and travelled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical success quickly followed, and
Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in England and part-owner of the Globe Theater. His
career bridged the reigns of Elizabeth I (ruled 15581603) and James I (ruled 16031625), and he was a favourite of
both monarchs. Indeed, James granted Shakespeares company the greatest possible compliment by bestowing upon its
members the title of Kings Men. Wealthy and renowned, Shakespeare retired to Stratford and died in 1616 at the age of
fifty-two. At the time of Shakespeares death, literary luminaries such as Ben Jonson hailed his works as timeless.
Shakespeares works were collected and printed in various editions in the century following his death, and by the
early eighteenth century his reputation as the greatest poet ever to write in English was well established. The
unprecedented admiration garnered by his works led to a fierce curiosity about Shakespeares life.
Shakespeare was the author of the thirty-seven plays and 154 sonnets. The legacy of this body of work is immense. A
number of Shakespeares plays seem to have transcended even the category of brilliance, becoming so influential as to
profoundly affect the course of Western literature and culture ever after.
Hamlets famous speech in Act II, lead to great benefits for society as a whole. What a piece of work is a
man! How noble in Reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like
an angel, in apprehension how like a godthe beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! Ce minunat lucrare e omul,
ct de nobil i este inteligena, ce fr de numr i sunt facultile, alctuirile i micrile, ct de chibzuit i de admirabil
e n faptele sale, ct de asemenea unui nger n puterea sa de nelegere, ct de asemenea unui zeu: frumuseea lumii;
pild a vieuitoarelor;
This is the world in which Shakespeare places his characters. Hamlet is faced with the difficult task of
correcting an injustice that he can never have sufficient knowledge ofa dilemma that is by no means unique, or even
uncommon. And while Hamlet is fond of pointing out questions that cannot be answered because they concern
supernatural and metaphysical matters, the play as a whole chiefly demonstrates the difficulty of knowing the truth
about other peopletheir guilt or innocence, their motivations, their feelings, their relative states of sanity or insanity.
The world of other people is a world of appearances, and Hamlet is, fundamentally, a play about the difficulty of living in
that world.
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2. Answer the questions individually!
a. Who are the main characters of the play? R:
b. Why is disappointed Hamlet?
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c. Who did kill Hamlets father?
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d. Who had married Gertrude, the widow queen? R:
e. Where did study Hamlet?
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f. Who is Hamlets best friend?
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g. Why didnt kill Hamlet Claudius when he had the occasion?
h. Why did Hamlet kill Polonius?
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i. Who was Ophelia for Hamlet?
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j. How did Ophelia dead?
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k. Why did Laertes hate Hamlet?
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l. How would Claudius kill Hamlet?
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m. What did happen in the final scene?
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n. Could Hamlet achive his revenge?
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6. Describe your favourite character!
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7. Read the following analysis of characters and underline the qualities that you
like the most in each person!
Analysis of Characters
Hamlet, the protagonist, has fascinated audiences and readers for centuries, he is enigmatic. When he speaks, he
sounds as if theres something important hes not saying, maybe something even he is not aware of. The ability to write
soliloquies and dialogues that create this effect is one of Shakespeares most impressive achievements.
Hamlet the embodiment of the ideal Renaissance prince refined and cultivated, sensitive and idealistic, brave, generous
and brilliantly intelligent. Confronted with the moral corruption around him, Hamlet feels all his certainties destroyed. His
new consciousness that somethings rotten in Denmark plunges him into a nightmare, in which all the values on which he
had relied have lost their meaning. In Hamlets tormented soul, the balance and confidence of the Renaissance man have
been replaced by scepticism and mistrust.
The sign of this confusion is the typically baroque motif of Hamlets madness, which is only partly dissimulated. Madness
becomes the refuge of the sensitive conscience from moral chaos. Denmark has become a prison for him.
Claudius, the major antagonist is shrewd, lustful, conniving, a corrupt politician who manipulated others. The villain
of the play, Claudius is a calculating, ambitious, driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power, but he
occasionally shows signs of guilt and human feelinghis love for Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere. Claudiuss
speech is compared to poison being poured in the earthe method he used to murder Hamlets father.
Gertrude Few Shakespearean characters have caused as much uncertainty as Gertrude, the beautiful Queen of
Denmark. She use men to fulfil her instinct, which makes her extremely dependent upon the men in her life. Hamlets
most famous comment about Gertrude is his furious condemnation of women in general: Frailty, thy name is
woman! She never think critically about her situation, she immediately runs to Claudius after her confrontation with
Hamlet. Her natural grace and charm seem to indicate a rich, rounded personality, but these are her only
characteristics.
Horatio - Hamlets close friend, who studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg. Horatio is loyal and
helpful to Hamlet throughout the play. After Hamlets death, Horatio remains alive to tell Hamlets story.
Ophelia - Poloniuss daughter, a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. Ophelia is a sweet and
innocent young girl, who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes. Even in her madness and death, she sang songs
about flowers.
Fortinbras - The young Prince of Norway, whose father was killed by Hamlets father. Now Fortinbras wishes to
attack Denmark to avenge his fathers honour.
8. The play seems to raise more questions about Gertrude than it answers. Work in pairs and try
to find answers!
-Was she involved with Claudius before the death of her husband? R:
-Did she love her husband?
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- Did she know about Claudiuss plan to commit the murder?
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-Did she love Claudius, or did she marry him simply to keep her high station in Denmark?
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-Does she believe Hamlet when he insists that he is not mad, or does she pretend to believe him simply
to protect herself?
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- Does she intentionally betray Hamlet to Claudius, or does she believe that she is protecting her sons
secret? R:
Act I, Scene i:
Elsinore. A platform before the Castle.
[Francisco at his post. Enter to him Bernardo.]
Ber. Who's there?
Fran. Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.
Ber. Long live the king!
Fran. Bernardo?
Ber. He. Get to bed, Francisco. Well, good night. If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals of my watch,
Fran. I think I hear them.Stand, ho! Who is there?
[Enter Horatio and Marcellus.]
Hor. Friends to this ground.
Mar.Bernardo has my place. Give you good-night.
Ber. Welcome, Horatio:Welcome, good Marcellus.
Mar. Peace, break thee off; look where it comes again!
[Enter Ghost, armed.]
Ber. Looks it not like the King? mark it, Horatio.
Hor. Stay! speak, speak!
[Exit Ghost.]
Mar. 'Tis gone, and will not answer.
Ber. How now, Horatio! You tremble and look pale:
Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on't?
Hor. Before my God, I might not this believe.
Mar. Is it not like the King?
Hor. 'Tis strangeit comes again.
[Re-enter Ghost.]
Hor. Stay, illusion! Speak to me:
[The cock crows.]
Hor. Speak of it:stay, and speak!Stop it, Marcellus!
Mar. Shall I strike at it with my partisan?
Hor. Do, if it will not stand.
Ber. Tis here!
Hor.'Tis here!
Mar. 'Tis gone!
[Exit Ghost.]
We do it wrong, being so majestical,
Ber. It was about to speak, when the cock crew.
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EVALUARE
SUMATIVA
Fisa de observatie
Pupils
name
Presence
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Reading
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I
Writing
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Speaking
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Listening
Participation
(C) Fortinbras
(D) Hamlets father
10. Which character speaks the first line of the play?
(A) Bernardo
(B) Francisco
(C) Hamlet
(D) Horatio
11. In which of the following years was Hamlet most likely written?
(A) 1570
(B) 1601
(C) 1581
(D) 1610
12. Which of Claudius and Laertes traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him?
(A) The poisoned cup
(B) The sharpened sword
(C) The poisoned dagger
(D) The poisoned sword
The key:
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. A
11. B
12. D