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Sunday, December 20, 2020

WELCOME TO EDUPRO WINTER ACCADEMY 2020

Amid the difficulties and concerns of Covid -19, Edupro brings you a unique opportunity to continue your learning and study of English, through a special series of lectures and lessons designed to help develop your understanding of and abilities in English LIterature and Composition.

Wednesday

1. Does Hamlet love Ophelia? Yes or no? why or why not?

please support your opinion with quotes and examples from the text.

2. Explain how Hamlet and Laertes are character foils for each other. Provide examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Write a Scene Summary of King Lear including the setting, characters and summary as you have done for the other plays.

*4. King Lear begins as a vain, narcisistic, selfish man who seems to believe that flattery is love. After Act 3, scene 2, however, Lear emerges as a kind, empathetic, and loving man. How does this transformation take place? The answers are in Act 3 and the events at the middle-end of Act 2.

*his essay needs to be 3-4 pages long

5. Study for a test on Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear and all that was said in the first week.

Details for the exam will appear on the blog in the next two days.

Homework:

1. Show that you have an understanding of the order and events of Macbeth by completing the following:

For each SCENE in the play record the location, the characters, and a summary of the main events.

ex. Act I, scene 1: a) location

b) characters

c) summary

2. Write an essay in which you argue that one of the following is the MOST influential in Macbeth's change of character from a loyal, kind servant, to a ruthless murderer.

Which of the following has the biggest influence on Macbeth's tragic decisions?

The Witches Lady Macbeth His own Ambition

Support your answer with examples from the play.