Step Two Step Two R EADING KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES William Shakespeare madman. He did strange things and Page 34 – Activity 5 he talked in a crazy way. He often said 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 B S things with a hidden meaning which Recording script B1.1 HAKESPEARE only he understood. The people Narrator: Hamlet enjoyed making fun believed that Hamlet was mad and of Polonius. One day, the Prince was they hoped that he would soon get reading a book when he met the better. The Queen was very worried foolish old lord. because she loved her son. Only Polonius: What are you reading? Hamlet Horatio and the guards knew the Hamlet: Words, words, words. Prince of Denmark secret of Hamlet’s meeting with the Polonius: But what is the book about? Ghost. Hamlet: It’s full of lies. The writersays Page 21 – Activity 5 that old men are foolish, weak and KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES AND EXIT TEST PERSONAL RESPONSE have grey hair. Polonius: Hmmph. Page 22 – Activity 6 Hamlet: Can you see that cloud, 1 F 2 H 3 A 4 G 5 E Polonius? The Life of 3 1964 4 Grigory Kozintsev Polonius: Yes, my lord. William Shakespeare 5 Russia 6 Franco Zeffirelli 7 Castle Page 22 – Activity 7 Hamlet: It looks like a camel, doesn’t 8 1996 9 complete 10 Almereyda PERSONAL RESPONSE it? Page 6 – Activity 1 11 Ethan Hawke 12 New York Polonius: Yes, my lord. 1 It is St George’s Day, and St Page 9 – Activity 2 PART TWO Hamlet: No, I think it looks like a George is the patron saint of 1 A 2 O 3 Z 4 B 5 K Page 23 – Activity 1 weasel. England. Polonius: Yes, my lord. 1 Paris. 2 Sad. 3 He is mad for 2 A grammar school, where he PART ONE Hamlet: Or perhaps it looks like a studied Latin and Roman history. Ophelia’s love. 4 King and queen. whale. 3 The period after his marriage Page 11 – Activity 1 Page 31 – Activity 1 Polonius: Yes, my lord. before he became well-known in 1 C 2 C 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 B 7 A 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 B 7 A 8 B Hamlet: Goodbye, you foolish old man. London. 9 A 10 A 4 He was one of the owners of the Page 19 – Activity 1 PART THREE theatrical company known as the 1 B 2 D 3 F 4 E 5 G 6 O 7 K 8 C Page 31 – Activity 2 Page 34 – Activity 1 Lord Chamberlain’s Men. 9 L 10 H 1 did not say 1 university 2 pleased 3 ask a lot of 5 He was an actor. 2 may be/might be Page 20 – Activity 2 questions 4 the king 5 Horatio 6 38. 3 because he loves PERSONAL RESPONSE 7 The theatrical company, the Lord 4 Ophelia what Page 42 – Activity 1 Chamberlain’s Men, which changed Page 20 – Activity 3 5 no intelligent its name with the ascension to the 1 Because they asked a lot of 1 can’t 2 must 3 must 4 can’t, 6 not forget throne of Kings James. questions. must 5 must 6 must 7 can’t 8 He died in Stratford-upon-Avon on Page 32 – Activity 3 2 To put the Ghost’s story on the 8 must 9 must 10 can’t stage. 23 April 1616. C1D 2 H 3 G 4 E 5 C 6 J 7 M 3 The murder (by poison) of a king. Page 21 – Activity 4 8 B 9 K 10 L 11 I 12 A 13 F 4 No, he watched Claudius’s face Films of Hamlet DA5 B 4 C 2 D 1 E 6 F 3 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 B instead. Page 9 – Activity 1 Recording script Page 33 – Activity 4 5 He felt guilty. Narrator: So Hamlet, who was very 1 Laurence Olivier 2 Four Academy PERSONAL RESPONSE 6 Because he did not want Claudius’s Awards and Best Picture Award intelligent, began to play the part of a soul to go to heaven. 2 KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES Page 42 – Activity 2 the audience will understand you. bed and walked around the ship. While Page 67 – Activity 1 A1 While Hamlet and Ophelia are Next, remember to pay attention to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were 1 Because he thought that Claudius talking, Polonius and Claudius the meaning of the words. Last of all, sleeping, he stole Claudius’s letter to had killed his father. are listening. don’t add any extra lines to the play the King of England. To his surprise, he 2 She sang sad songs and gave 2 While Claudius is praying, and don’t change the writer’s words. read these orders: ‘As soon as Hamlet flowers to everyone. Hamlet is standing behind him. I’ll repeat all that because it’s arrives, cut off his head.’ Hamlet 3 He jumped onto the pirates’ ship. 3 While the actors are performing important. First of all, don’t speak too quickly prepared another letter. 4 Because he was popular with the the play, Hamlet is watching loudly or too quietly. Secondly, don’t ‘Execute the people who bring you this people. Claudius carefully. move your hands too much. Thirdly, letter,’ he wrote. He signed it 5 She drowned in the river. 4 While the Player Queen is you should speak clearly. Next, you ‘Claudius’. Then he went back to his 6 Four. They belonged to a jester, a talking to the Player King, the should pay attention to the meaning cabin and hid the original letter. ‘When lady, a lawyer and a court murderer is planning to kill him. of the words. Finally, don’t add any Rosencrantz and Guildenstern arrive in gentleman. B1 While the soldiers are guarding extra lines or change the words of the England,’ he thought, ‘the English King Page 67 – Activity 2 the castle, the Ghost appears. play. will execute them. But how am I going to return to Denmark?’ The next 1 fought 2 hid 3 met 4 fell 2 While Ophelia is sitting in her Page 44 – Activity 5 room, Hamlet enters. morning, Rosencrantz and 5 shook 6 thought 7 sent 8 sang PERSONAL RESPONSE 3 While the murderer is poisoning Guildenstern woke up without realising 9 found 10 ran 11 felt 12 stood that the letter had been changed. the Player King, Claudius stands Page 67 – Activity 3 up. Shakespeare and the Page 59 – Activity 4 PERSONAL RESPONSE 4 While he is talking to the Elizabethan Theatre PERSONAL RESPONSE players, Hamlet has an idea. Page 47 – Activity 1 Page 68 – Activity 4 Page 43 – Activity 3 1 courtyards of pubs, the houses of PART FIVE 1 D 1 dramatist 2 stage 3 characters aristocrats Page 59 – Activity 1 2 4 4 tragedy 5 comedy 6 audience 2 Shakespeare’s theatrical company P I 3 G R E E T 3 a fire 1 YES 2 NO 3 NO 4 YES 7 costumes 8 ticket 9 box office 5 NO 6 YES 7 NO 8 NO 5 F O O L I S H E 10 interval 11 playwright 4 the open space in front of the I C V stage 9 YES 10 NO Page 44 – Activity 4 5 in the 1990s S 8 O 6 B E T R A Y 1 too loudly 6 boy actors 7 F O R G I V E N 9 2 hands 10 N O E G 3 speak clearly PART FOUR 12 P S 11 P R E T E N D 4 meaning Page 55 – Activity 1 12 P O U R E D 13 5 add (any extra) lines R N N R 6 words of the play OR writer’s words 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 C 6 A 7 B A I C L I F F Recording script Page 56 – Activity 2 14 Y S R V Hamlet: It’s good to see you again, my PERSONAL RESPONSE friends. Let me give you some advice I 15 H E A V E N for the play tonight. First of all, you Page 57 – Activity 3 N N R shouldn’t speak too loudly or too 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 C 7 C 16 G H O S T quietly. If the audience can’t hear you, Recording script Z they won’t be pleased. But if you shout, Narrator: It was a long journey by sea they won’t like it. Secondly, you to England. One night, Hamlet could shouldn’t move your hands too much. not sleep because he was thinking But it’s important to speak clearly, so about all his problems. He got out of 3 4 KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES Page 69 – Activity 5 Page 83 – Activity 2 AFTER READING Page 94 – Activity 3 willow; shine; picking; graceful; Four: Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, Page 91 – Activity 1 A 7 B 4 C 3 D 9 E 6 F 8 G 1 H 5 climbing; broke; down; wide; surface; Hamlet A Ho 15 B C 10 C Hm 5 D Hm 1 I 2 happy; heavy; bottom Two: Polonius and Ophelia E L 2 F C 4 G Ho 6 H Hm 14 Page 70 – Activity 6 Page 83 – Activity 3 I Hm 11 J G 8 K G 13 L O 12 M Hm 9 N Gh 3 O G 7 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 A PERSONAL RESPONSE Page 72 – Activity 7 Page 84 – Activity 4 PERSONAL RESPONSE 1 Hamlet 2 a guard 3 the ghost 4 Hamlet 5 Hamlet 6 Hamlet PART SIX 7 Claudius 8 Hamlet 9 Claudius Page 73 – Activity 1 10 Hamlet 11 Gertrude 12 Ophelia 13 Hamlet 14 Hamlet 15 Hamlet 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 B 7 B Page 85 – Activity 5 Page 83 – Activity 1 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 B 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 A 7 B 8 A Page 87 – Activity 6 KEY TO THE EXIT TEST PERSONAL RESPONSE Focus on the context Activity 3 Who was Hamlet? Activity 1 a F – It takes place in Denmark.