Foil notes Act 5 vocab Review assignment I plan to finish reading the play with you on Monday. We have notes and more review work to complete before.

YOUR ASSIGNMENTS DUE TODAY Foil notes Act 5 vocab Review assignment

I plan to finish reading the play with you on Monday. We have notes and more review work to complete before the final test on this act next week.

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VENN DIAGRAM

How are Hamlet’s madness and Ophelia’s madness different? How are they similar?

FOIL Challenge: What does this lit term mean? Definition: A character who provides a contrast to another character to highlight specific qualities

COMES FROM…the medieval practice of placing a metal foil around a gemstone to make it shine brighter.

Jewelers often put shiny metal foil underneath a gem to make the stone shine brighter.

SO…

Foil characters make the characteristics and personality of the

protagonist stand out and shine brighter for the audience or reader.

• A literary foil is someone who highlights another character's trait, usually by contrast, but sometimes by competing with him, making remarks, or egging him on.

• Sidekicks often serve as foils to the hero by being something the hero himself is not (a calm and thoughtful sidekick when the hero is hotheaded, for example).

• In the classic good-guy versus bad guy scenario, both the hero and villain can each be considered the other's foil, in that each acts to show how the other behaves in certain situations.

TO REVIEW AND COPY IN NOTES:• Foils highlight traits by• Contrast• Competition • Remarks

• Pay attention to • Sidekicks • Villains• Opposites • Similar circumstances

FOR EXAMPLE: Who is the foil of each of these

characters?

WHO COULD BE A FOIL

OF HAMLET?

You will now complete the chart at the bottom of the page.

Copy the information provided. Where you see “?” give your own

example.

HAMLET

Foil Different Emphasized

Fortinbras planned action despite the risk

Hamlet is afraid to act

Laertes rash and emotional action

Hamlet thinks a lot (too much)

? ? ?

OTHER CHARACTERS

Character Foil Different Emphasis

Ophelia Laertes Female/MaleSuicide/Violent

Strength vs. Weakness

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Horatio False/Loyalty Friendship

Old Hamlet Claudius Good/Evil Kings

? ? ? ?

COPY INTO YOUR ACT V VOCAB LIST

1.Churlish2.Requie

m3.Forgery4.Signet5.Canker

6.Sultry7.Rapiers8.Swoon9.Carnal10.Tragedy

ACT 5 VOCAB Check your directions and complete

vocab practice by adding pictures and sentences.

You may use the space in your list or complete work on another sheet of paper.

REVIEW ASSIGNMENT:ADVICE COLUMN LETTERS

REQUIREMENTS: Write a letter as a character from the play which

describes their problems and asks for help or advice.

Be both creative and accurate. You must include one quotation from the text-

something your character actually says in the play- in your letter.

Minimum length is 10 sentences. Hide your character’s name creatively by signing

the letter with a nick-name. You may choose to type or handwrite your letter.

See example on the next slide.

EXAMPLE LETTERDear Abby,

I’m in a great deal of misfortune. As it seems to happen I,

myself, have been going through perilous times and no end hath

maketh itself clear. I, myself, have been forced to bear and

unbearable weight. Foremost my lover’s madness is growing worse

with every moment. My dearest brother is still away in France. I

have deep, dark depression and excessive misery! If it were not for

bad luck, I’d have no luck at all!! Verily, verily, I sayeth unto you,

Abby, to make my life more Hellish my lover hath cold bloodedly

murdered mine own father. “I cannot choose but weep to think

they would lay him in the cold ground” (4.5.70-73). I don’t know

what to do. I feel I must forgive him for in his madness he knows

not what he does. If you have any wise words, please make haste

with your reply!

Sincerely,

Melancholy Misfit

Written by Josh Krammes