Read and annotate Act 5 of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. Also, write your own definition of a sentence (I don't want you to look it up). Then, go through Henry IV, Part 1, and write your five favorite sentences from the play. Provide brief explanations of what you like about each sentence.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Homework for Monday, Dec. 10
Read and annotate from Act 3, Scene 3 to Act 4, scene 2 in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. Pay particular attention to the rebels' situation and their hopes for dethroning King Henry IV. How do they see themselves, and how do they see Henry IV, Hal, and their supporters? You do not have anything to write with this reading, so start or continue working on the speech explication that is due on December 18. If you've misplaced the handout, it is posted to the right.
If you did not watch Act 3, scene 2 (where Hal talks to his father), you can watch it in this video starting at the 53:48 mark.
If you did not watch Act 3, scene 2 (where Hal talks to his father), you can watch it in this video starting at the 53:48 mark.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Homework for Thursday, Dec. 6
Read and annotate Act 3, scenes 1-2 of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. Answer one of the questions below in a good paragraph. Be sure to use quotes from the text to support your insights.
1. Act 3, scene 1 may seem strange in its introduction of characters and the arguments and interactions that ensue among them. Consider Hotspur and Glendower's interactions. Identify their rhetorical situations, and explain how each of them achieves their rhetorical purposes.
2. In Act 3, scene 1, Worcester rebukes his nephew (lines 179-191). What is the purpose of this rebuke, and how does Worcester accomplish it rhetorically?
3. In Act 3, scene 2, what is the point of King Henry IV's question (lines 11-17), and what is he trying to accomplish rhetorically in his response to Hal (lines 29-91)?
1. Act 3, scene 1 may seem strange in its introduction of characters and the arguments and interactions that ensue among them. Consider Hotspur and Glendower's interactions. Identify their rhetorical situations, and explain how each of them achieves their rhetorical purposes.
2. In Act 3, scene 1, Worcester rebukes his nephew (lines 179-191). What is the purpose of this rebuke, and how does Worcester accomplish it rhetorically?
3. In Act 3, scene 2, what is the point of King Henry IV's question (lines 11-17), and what is he trying to accomplish rhetorically in his response to Hal (lines 29-91)?
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