September 13

Homework: 1.2-1.4; Do log assignment on Wiki
- Look to "Hamlet Log Assignment" sheet for details.

Hamlet 1.1:

(Young) Fortinbras;
-From Norway
-Coming to Denmark b/c his fathers (Old Fortibras) land was taken (reference: line 91-107)
-Young Fortinbras avenging fathers death

Worried Tone;
-Ghost - think it is old Hamlet
-Soldiers posted to protect from Fortinbras
-First line "Who's there?" - not an absolute question, different ways to say line (not absolute)
-Repetition of the line "Speak!"
-Can't fight a ghost

Setting;
-Early morning, hazy, foggy: all liminal

Important Topics:
Speaking, listening, watching, spying, gossiping