Please copy the following Quick Write Topic below and the chart that follows:

Identify a central idea from the play (either revenge or action vs. inaction) and explain how it is further developed in this scene (specifically the 2 soliloquies on your green sheet)

You must:
1. Identify the central idea of your choice (either revenge or action vs. inaction)--where did you see it?
2. Give min. 2 pieces of textual evidence to support your claim
3. EXPLAIN how this evidence shows the central idea (adds to what you have seen of it so far)
4. Use the TREEE*S format for your response
5. If you do not finish it in class today, it is HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW.

Central idea	Textual evidence to support	Explanation/Analysis of how it shows the central idea
Revenge	1. “Now he is a-praying…/And so I am revenged” 2. “When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage…”	1. Hamlet decides it isn’t good revenge if he kills Claudius while he is praying, because he will go straight to heaven. 2. He will wait to get his revenge when he is sinning so he will go to hell
Action vs. Inaction	1. “Oh, my offence is rank…/A brother’s murder” 2.  “Help angels…/All may be well”	1. Claudius decides to kill his own brother To become king and now he has to deal with the consequences (guilt, possible revenge) 2. Claudius takes action and asks for forgiveness for his sons, because he cannot pray and is feeling it weigh on his conscience.