Учебное пособие 4 unit I. The renaissance 1485-1649

Glossary
To be ... be (1. 1 ): (I)
should I endure my sorrows
or take the king’s life -and so inevitably lose mine?
II) should I kill myself?
slings and
arrows (1.3):
(all the things that attack us)
No (1.6):
nothing
to say (1.6)
if it is true
flesh
is
heir to (L8):
we are born to surfer
consummation (1.8):
perfect
conclusion
devoutly (1.9):
sincerely
perchance (1.
10):
perhaps
(poetic) Ay, there’s the rub (l.10):
Yes,
that’s where the problem is
shuffled off ... coil (1. 12):
shaken off the turmoil of
our present life
give us pause (1.13):
make us hesitate
respect
(1.13);
consideration
makes . . . life (1.14):
makes disaster last so long (or
that makes such a long life disastrous?)
whips and
scorns of time (1.15):
insults of this world
contumely (1.16):
humiliating behaviour
con
Understanding and
interpretation:
Language and style
1.Read the lines `To
be... end them`
(1.1-5). How could you summarise Hamlet`s problem?
2.Explain what you think Hamlet could be reffering to
in a) «No more» (1.6);
b) «tis a consummation» (1.8)
3.Read the lines «To sleep!... so long life» (1.10-14)
and complete the following: The problem is not dying
but ..................................... .
4.Read the lines «For who.... bare bodkin» (1.15-
21)and rewrite Hamlett`s list in the gap, using either
your own words or the words from the glossary: Who
would put up with ...... when he can put an end to it all
by killing himself?
5.Read the lines «Who would fardels... name of action»
(1.21-33) What does Hamlet mean by «Thus
conscience does make cowards of us all»?
Underline some of the metaphors in the extract. Select
at least two and say what they illustrate:
At the end of the play Hamlet kills Claudius and his
mother Gertrude accidentally drinks from a poisoned
cup. Hamlet and Laertes (the brother of Ophelia, whom
he has loved) kill each other in a duel. Fortinbras,
prince of Norway, appears and gives Hamlet a military
funeral.
Do you know any other important scenes from the
play?
pangs . . . love (1.17): pain
when love is not valued
law’s delay (1.17):
delays caused by legal processes
insolence of office (1. I8):
rudeness shown by those
in positions of authority
spurns . . . takes (1.18-19):
insults which good and
quiet people take from those who are unworthy
his
quietus make (1.20):
settle his account (release him
from life)
bare bodkin (1.21):
only a dagger
fardels (121):
burdens
(archaic) But that the dread . . . puzzles the
will (1.23 -25):
if the fear . . . didn’t make us
uncertain
bourn (1.24):
boundary
(archaic)
conscience (l.28):
being aware
native hue {1.29):
natural colour
sicklied o’er with (1.30):
weakened
by.
cast (1.30):
colour
pitch and moment (1.31):
importance
With . . . awry (1.32):
when considered
like this their forward movement is diverted

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