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Speculation Journal
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
This activity is to help you e involved actively with reading the play by helping you to determine a definite purpose for reading.
Before you read these scenes in Act I, take a few minutes to respond in writing to the questions below.
Don't worry about correct answers here. Use your own experience, what you know, or what you may have heard about the play to speculate about what you think might happen.
Sometimes, as for scenes i, ii, and iii below, you may be asked to speculate about issues that parallel the action of the play.
After reading a scene, you may find that the characters reacted differently than you thought. Don't worry about these differences; just make note of them because you will have opportunities to share these differences in other activities.
Journal-Act I
Based upon what you have seen or heard, what do you expect Hamlet to be about?
What do you think of a person who would assassinate his brother, seize the throne, and then marry his widowed former sister-in-law?
As heir to the throne, how do you think this series of events would affect your relationships with both your mother and uncle?
What advice would you expect an older brother to give his teenage sister about boys and dating before the brother went off to college?
What advice would you expect a father to give his son before sending him off to colle