Reread hamlet’s fourth soliloquy below; it is found in the play in act 4, scene 4. then answer the questions on this page and provide director’s notes that indicate how you would instruct an actor to speak and behave while delivering this soliloquy. hamlet. … how all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge! what is a man if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. sure he that made us with such large discourse, looking before and after, gave us not that capability and godlike reason to fust in us unused. now, whether it be bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple of thinking too precisely on th' event— a thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom and ever three parts coward—i do not know why yet i live to say, “this thing's to do,” sith i have cause, and will, and strength, and means to do 't. examples gross as earth exhort me. witness this army of such mass and charge, led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit, with divine ambition puffed, makes mouths at the invisible event, exposing what is mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death, and danger dare, even for an eggshell. rightly to be great is not to stir without great argument, but greatly to find quarrel in a straw when honor's at the stake. how stand i then, that have a father killed, a mother stained, excitements of my reason and my blood, and let all sleep, while to my shame i see the imminent death of twenty thousand men that for a fantasy and trick of fame go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, which is not tomb enough and continent to hide the slain? o, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! total score: of 20 points (score for question 1: of 2 points) 1. what emotions do you think hamlet experiences over the course of this speech?type your answer here. (score for question 2: of 2 points) 2. what conclusion does hamlet reach, or what does hamlet realize, over the course of this speech?type your answer here. (score for question 3: of 2 points) 3. how do you want the audience to feel about hamlet and his situation after hearing this speech?type your answer here.

Answer to Question 1: Hamlet becomes increasingly furious with both himself and whoever harmed those who he cared about. A visceral sentiment of vengeance consumes him as he realizes his mind won't be at peace if he simply stands around fearfully inside his aristocratic eggshell, and the sentiment won't snuff out until the ones responsible for his anger are punished.

Answer to Question 2: Hamlet believes he will become a beast if he gives himself into an avenging wrath, but it does not matter to him as long as his grieving thoughts are cleansed. Ignoring the incident would simply preserve his plight.

Answer to Question 3: The audience should feel compasion for the man in duel, and be afraid that a good man who's well aware of his own thoughts and conclusions - a man that has lost nearly everything - gave into the rage.

Director's notes on Proper Soliloquies.

An actor who aims to perform a soliloquy must look around their environment, focus on a significant element of the scene, and procced to describe with detail how the sight makes them feel - repeat the process with the rest of the scene -. The actor should change the tone of their voice between the lines depending on the current feeling of their character; shouting it all should not be neccesary and might be considered exaggerated.

The emotions which I think Hamlet experiences over the course of this speech is:

The conclusion which Hamlet reaches, or what Hamlet realizes, over the course of this speech is:

How I want the audience to feel about Hamlet and his situation after hearing this speech is:

Director's note on delivering a soliloquy are:

According to Hamlet's fourth soliloquy, we can see that there is a soliloquy which is delivered by Hamlet as he is in deep pains and mourns over the things and persons whom he has lost.

As a result of this, Hamlet swears vengeance upon all those who have wronged him and acknowledges that going down that path would make him become a beast, which he decides he would do.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

it is true my friend