Hamlet Monologue Assignment

Select one of the following monologues to memorize and perform for the class. You may edit the passage as needed. Your monologue should be 2-5 minutes in length. You should begin now to memorize your chosen monologue even if we have not yet reached it in our in-class reading. You will perform your monologue after we complete the play.

Claudius p.27 (on Hamlet’s mourning)

Hamlet p.29 (too, too sullied flesh)

Ophelia p.79 (on Hamlet’s madness)

Polonius pp.87-91 (on the cause of Hamlet’s madness)

Hamlet pp.127-128 (to be or not to be)

Hamlet pp.135-137 (instructions to the players)

Claudius pp.165-167 (my offense is rank)

Hamlet pp.167-169 (Hamlet considers killing Claudius)

Hamlet pp.179-181 (Hamlet counsels his mother)

Ophelia pp.207-209 (Ophelia’s madness)

Queen pp.233-235 (Ophelia in the water)

Hamlet pp.281-283 (Hamlet’s dying words)