Hamlet OER by Lennart Seidensticker

1. Read the opening scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet until: Exit ghost

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 09:59:05 UTC

Marcellus: Holla, Barnardo.

Barnardo: Say what, is Horatio there?

Horatio: A piece of him.

Barnardo: Welcome Horatio, welcome good Marcellus.

Horatio: What, has thi thing appeared again tonight?

Barnardo: I have seen nothing.

Marcellus: Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy. And will not let belief take hold of him touching his dreaded sight twice seens of us. Therefore I have entreated him along with us to watch the minutes of this night that, if again this apparition come, he may approve our eyes and speak to it.

Horatio: Tush, tush ‘twill not appear.

Barnardo: Sit down awhile, and let us once again assail your ears that are so fortified against our story. What we have two nights seen.

Horatio: Well, sit we down and let us hear Barnardo speak of this.

Barnardo: Last night of all, When yond same star tht’s westward from the pole had made his course t’illume that part of heaven where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, the bell then beating one

-Enter Ghost-

Marcellus: Peace, break thee off, look where it comes again

Barnardo: In the same figure like the King that’s dead.

Marcellus: Thou art scholar-speak to it Horatio.

Barnardo: Looks’ a not like the king ? Mark it, Horatio.

Horatio: Most like. It harrows me with fear and wonder.

Barnardo: It would be spoke to.

Marcellus: Speak to it Horatio.

Horatio: What art thou that usurp’st this time of night together with that fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark did sometimes march? By heaven, I charge thee speak.

Marcellus: It is offended.

Barnardo: See it stalks away.

Horatio: Stay,speak, I charge thee speak.

-Exit Ghost-

Online dictionary

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 10:00:30 UTC

2. Translate the provided lines of the first scene in Hamlet into English, that you would use to describe the events. You are allowed to use up-to-date language but keep grammatical correctness and sentence structure in mind! Click on the provided dictionary (Oxford dictionary) to look up certain words, if you need help with your translation. Upload your finished products as pdf files under this task with your name(s) as title.

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 10:04:36 UTC

3. Without the dialogue/book: Click on the link below or scan the provided QR Code and work on the learningapp. Recreate the scene by organizing the different events in the learningapp. Look out for hints that may guide you through the timeline.

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 10:42:48 UTC

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 10:43:41 UTC

4. In pairs of two: You are a guard of the bridge. Create a written summary of the last night from your perspective.

seidensticker18 — 2024-03-06 11:02:53 UTC

Use zeoob to create

a) An Instagram post (portray a suitable picture you take and a text) OR

b) A whatsapp conversation (You and an “outside person “ that was not guarding the castle last night are chatting). For b) Please include an ending to the scene after the ghost's exit.

Choose on of the two options to summarize an describe the events of the night. Your final text product should contain all information necessary to understand the scene. Save your product and upload it to this padlet with the + symbol under this task.

(Tip: Remind yourself that the different guards have different assumptions and beliefs about the events of the night. Position yourself within one of these beliefs and make that recognizable in your digital product)