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1. Write about whether or not you think Polonius is a good father. In your post, explain which of his actions were right and which were wrong.
2. Create your own description of a good father.
3. Write a letter to Polonius offering him advice about ways in which he could become a better parent.

The life which is unexamined is not worth living. - Plato

1. (30-1)"I know not seems." In I, ii, 76, Hamlet claims that his grief is real, not just a show. Make a chart of all the occasions in this act when there is a difference between the way a character seems to be and the way he or she really is.

1. Compose Act 5 Scene 5a: Lady Macbeth is reading letters while weeping. Enter Ross.
2. Compose Act 6 Scene 1: Donalbain visits the Witches.
3. Compose Act 5 Scene 9b: Malcolm's speech in which he "accounts the loves" of his thanes and kinsmen.
4. Write a new opening for the play. Emphasize action and quick dialogue. Use Act 5 Scene 8 as inspiration for parallels. Consider Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 1 Scene 3 lines 93-115.
5. Insert a scene anywhere in the play that further develops the character of the "Gentlewoman."