Hamlet IV.i.ii.iii / JC III.i 122 - 183

Grade 12

• Review
• Begin Act IV with scenes i, ii and iii.
• Notes and anlysis for each scene.
• Summary and analysis: LINK
• Text and translation: LINK

Grade 10

• Review
• Do notes and literary elements for yesterdays reading:
• III.i Lines 1 – 121
  Summary:
  • Artimedorus and the soothsayer fail to warn Caesar.
  • Popilius gives Cassius the idea he knows about the plot. Cassius almost panics.
  • In the senate chamber, Metellus begs Caesar to pardon his brother.
  • C. refuses. Says no one can change his mind.
  • All the conspirators support Metellus, gather around C.
  • C. is killed.
  • Brutus has the consp. Wash their hands in blood.
  • The city is in a panic.
  Lit. El.
  • Imagery: bloody scene, enhances the shock
  • Plot: murder of C. drives the rest of the story
  • Mood: excitement, fear
  • Irony: right after Caesar describes himself as mighty and unmovable, he’s killed
• Read III.1 Lines 122 to 183
• Text and translation: LINK
• Summary and analysis: LINK