A literary game based on the play by W. 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 of the 9th grade. The teacher is the host. The competition of two teams is evaluated by the jury. The event involves a good knowledge of the text of the play “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” translated by B. Pasternak.

Leading. 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.
Leading. What better reflects human nature than his words? Let us remember the words of the heroes of the play.
Teams are offered cards with quotations from the text of the play. Participants must name the hero to whom the phrase belongs.
Task for 1 team:
1) This is how the world was created: the living will die.
And after life will pass into eternity.
(Queen Gertrude)

2) The growth of life is not in the development of muscles alone.
As the body grows, as in the temple,
The service of spirit and mind grows.
(Laert)

(3) Rescuing loved ones, act without fear:
Hiding love is more dangerous than publicity.
(Polonium)

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

Task for 2 teams:

1) The purpose of my coming is to breathe life.
To your near-cooled readiness.
(Father Hamlet's ghost)

2) Without a lid, his coffin was carried,
Jump, jump, jump.
Tears streamed into the coffin.
Goodbye, my love.
(Ophelia)

(3) What a world! On the contrary. He's back,
And again, you can't just leave him.
So I came up with a new one.
(King Claudius)

(4) I'll tell you all about it.
What happened. I'll tell you about the scary ones.
Bloody and ruthless deeds,
Vicissitudes, murders by mistake,
Punished double-faced and to the end -
They were the ones who destroyed them.
Guilty.
(Horatio)

For each correct answer, the jury receives 1 point.

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Round II. Expert.
Host.Aristophanes, the ancient Greek philosopher, wrote: “Here we burn with the desire of the wise to hear speech.” The works of Shakespeare gave the world a huge number of aphorisms. If you carefully read his plays, you can understand that every phrase, every word is important for understanding the meaning. Let's see if you've read the tragedy carefully.
Teams are offered cards with the task of filling in the gaps.
Task for 1 team:
1) That he's ________? What's he doing?
He's crying. Whatever he did,
If he had the same reason for passion,
How am I? The room would swim in tears.
(Gecube, Hecuba)

2) Let's hope your voice doesn't fake, like _______, withdrawn from circulation.
(gold)

(3) Daughter, take it.
For ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The seclusion of the place.
(book; reading)

(4) To prevent trouble in time,
I came to the following decision:
He's going to leave 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 play, it has a wonderful tone, and yet you can’t make it talk. What do you think I'm worse than _____?
(flutes)

2) They're fastening letters. Two high school friends,
No more faithful than two ______.
(viper)

(3) This is the skull of Yorick, the royal ________.
(scumbag)

(4) I want to know what you would do?
Weeping? Tore the dress? Fighting? Starving?
Drinking vinegar?
(Crocodiles)
For each correct answer, 2 points.

III III IIIround. Homework.
Host.Hamlet has a long theatrical history. We'll touch her, too.
The teams play one of the scenes of the play.
The maximum score for this round is 10 points.

IV.Talk show round.
Leading. Victor Hugo believed that there is something in Hamlet that is characteristic of all people: There are hours when we feel his fever in our blood. The strange world he lives in is, after all, our world.” Let's bet who's Hamlet? What is he like? How do you assess his words and actions?
The jury evaluates the number of speakers from each team, the quality of performances. From 1 to 5 points are awarded to each speaker. Points add up.
Leading. I.S. Turgenev said: We Russians celebrate the memory of Shakespeare, and we have the right to celebrate it. For us, Shakespeare is not only a loud, bright name, which is worshipped 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, evaluations are presented.

Literature used:

1. Zigangirova Yu.F. Victorin based on the play by V. Shakespeare "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" https://infourok.ru/viktorina-po-pese-v-shekspira-gamlet-princ-datskiy-1008466.html
2. Collection of literary games for students of 10-11 grades / O.N. Kharitonov. - Rostov N/D: Phoenix, 2010. - 349 p.
3. Shakespeare W. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Tragedy. B. Pasternak; Predis. S.I.Belza. - M.: Det.lit., 2001. - 190 p.: Il.