Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Opening Assignment: Review Act II, Scene 1
1. List what has occurred between Act I and Act II.
2. What do Ophelia and Polonius decide about Hamlet's odd behavior?
B. Go over Act V quiz.
C. Continue watching Hamlet.
D. Closing: Review what you have watched thus far.
Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Opening Assignment: Review Act II, Scene 1
1. List what has occurred between Act I and Act II.
2. What do Ophelia and Polonius decide about Hamlet's odd behavior?
B. Go over Act V quiz.
C. Continue watching Hamlet.
D. Closing: Review what you have watched thus far.