Hamlet and the Ghost

February 18, 2016

E.Q: What is the id, ego, and superego?

Identify characteristics of id, ego, and superego?

Research the concept of id, ego, and superego, looking for reliable sources.

Obj: I can define id, ego, and superego.

I can identify characteristics of id, ego, and superego.

I can research concepts using reliable sources. 

Starter: 

Take out the worksheets from the Cat in the Hat.

Review your responses for each of the characters. 

Which character do you identify with the most?

Explain why.

Vocabulary: 

Word:	id
Definition:	primitive and instinctive component of personality.
Part of Speech:	noun
My Definition:
Context:
Activity:	Identify how the id manifests in The Cat in the Hat.

Word:	ego
Definition:	the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.
Part of Speech:	noun
My Definition:
Context:
Activity:	Identify how the ego manifests in The Cat in the Hat?

Word:	superego
Definition:	the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.
Part of Speech:	noun
My Definition:
Context:
Activity:	Identify how the superego manifests in The Cat in the Hat.

Activity: 

1.  Cat in the Hat Discussion

As a class, we will go over the psychoanalysis sheet.

We will discuss each character from each section of the book. 

Make sure that you are prepared to support your classification of each character. 

2.  The Ghost in Hamlet 

Read the excerpt from Hamlet posted below.

HORATIO

Look, my lord, it comes! 

Enter Ghost

Hamlet:

Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou comest in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me! Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again. What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous; and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls? Say, why is this? wherefore? what should we do?

After reading this, what major ideas stand out?

What questions do you have?

Work together with someone you are sitting by to answer your questions.  

We discuss the questions and responses as a class. 

3.  Philosophical Chairs Prep

TOPIC 

The ghost in Hamlet is real. 

Determine what it means if he is or is not real. 

Make connections to the id, ego, and superego.

 

Hamlet's Relationship with the Ghost

The Ghost of Shakespeare's Hamlet (First 8 paragraphs).

Find at least one other credible source that analyzes the purpose of the Ghost in Hamlet.

Take Cornell notes on all of the articles.

Come prepared to articulate your viewpoint on the situation.

Closure:

Is the ghost real or is it a figment of Hamlet's imagination.

Why?