Literary game based on the play by V. Shakespeare "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"

On April 25, 2016, all schools in Russia will host lessons dedicated to Shakespeare Day. This literary game is designed for students in grades 9 - x. The teacher is the presenter. The competition between the two teams is judged by a jury. The event involves a good knowledge of the text of the play "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" translated by B. Pasternak.

Lead. F. M. Dostoevsky said, Shakespeare is a prophet sent by God to tell us the secret of man, the human soul Today we will try to better understand the complex personalities of the heroes of one of the most famous tragedies of world literature.

Round I. Warm-up.
Lead. What better reflects human essence, no matter what his words? Let us remember the sayings of the characters in the play.
Teams are offered cards with quotes from the play's text, and contestants must name the hero to whom the phrase belongs.
Task for 1 team:
1) Thus is the world created: the living will die
And after life it will go away into eternity.
(Queen Gertrude)

2) Life growth is not in just muscle development.
As the body grows, it is like a temple
The service of spirit and mind is growing.
(Laertes)

3) When saving loved ones, act without fear:
To conceal love is more dangerous than publicity.
(Polonius)

4) Then the whole world is in prison.
(Rosencrantz)

Task for 2 teams:

1) My parish goal is to inject life
Into your almost cooled readiness.
(The ghost of Hamlet's father)

2) Without a lid, his coffin was carried,
Skok-skok as fast as you can,
Tears flowed in streams into the coffin.
Goodbye my dove.
(Ophelia)

3) What a world there! Opposite. He's back,
And again you can’t just fire him,
That's why I came up with something new.
(King Claudius)

4) I will publicly tell you about everything
What happened. I'll tell you about the terrible ones
Bloody and ruthless deeds,
Transformations, murders by mistake,
Punished duplicity and by the end -
About the intrigues before the denouement that destroyed
The culprits.
(Horatio)

For each correct answer, the jury awards 1 point.

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Round II. Connoisseurs.
Presenter. Aristophanes, the ancient Greek philosopher, wrote: "Here we are burning with the desire of the sages to hear the speech" W. Shakespeare's works have given the world a huge number of aphorisms. Upon careful reading of his plays, one can understand that every phrase, every word is important to comprehend the meaning. Let's check whether you read the tragedy carefully.
Teams are offered cards with the task - fill out passes.
Task for 1 team:
1) What is he _________? What does he need _______?
And he sobs. What would he do,
If he had the same reason for passion,
Like me? The audience would swim in tears.
(Gekube, Hekuba)

2) Hopefully, your voice is not fake like _________ taken from the address.
(gold)

3) Daughter, take
For the view ______. _________ justifies
Secluded place.
(book; reading)

4) To prevent trouble in time,
I came to the following decision:
It in ________ will sail immediately
To collect unpaid tribute.
(to England)
Task for 2 teams:

1) You're going to play me. ... And this little thing is deliberately adapted for the game, it has a wonderful tone, and yet you can't make it speak. Well, do you think I'm worse than __________?
(flutes)

2) Holds the letters together. Two school friends,
Fidelity is no better than two ______.
(viper)

3) It is the skull of Yorick, the royal __________.
(mosquito)

4) I want to know what you would go to?
Sobbed? Torn dress? Fought? Starved?
Drank vinegar? _________ ate?
(crocodiles)
For each correct answer 2 points.

III round. Homework.
Presenter. The play Hamlet has a long theatrical history, and we will touch it too.
The teams play one of the scenes in the play.
Maximum score for this round is 10 points.

IV round Talk Show.
Lead. Victor Hugo, believed that there is something about Hamlet that is common to all people: "There are hours when we feel his fever in our blood That strange world he lives in is, after all, our world" Let's bet what kind of person Hamlet is? What is he? How do you evaluate his words and actions?
The jury evaluates the number of speakers per team, the quality of performances. Scores are awarded from 1 to 5 points to each speaker. Points are added together.
Lead. To end today's meeting, I would like to say I.S. Turgenev: "We Russians celebrate the memory of Shakespeare, and we have the right to celebrate it. For us, Shakespeare is not just a loud, bright name that is worshiped only occasionally and from afar: he has become our property, he has entered our flesh and blood".
At the end of the competition, the results are summed up, the winning team is awarded, and grades are given.

Literature used:

1. Zigangirova Yu.F. Quiz based on V. Shakespeare's play "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" https://infourok.ru/viktorina-po-pese-v-shekspira-gamlet-princ-datskiy-1008466.html
2, Collection of literary games for students in grades 10-11/O.N. Kharitonova. - Rostov n/A: Phoenix, 2010. - 349 pp.
3. Shakespeare W. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Tragedy/Transl. from English B. Pasternak; Foreword. S.I. Belza. - M.: Det.lit., 2001. - 190 pp.: ill.