1. I do agree with the advice Hamlet gives to the actors about not being overly dramatic, but still having feeling. My favorite players were the mimes in the beginning, because I think it would have been really impressive to see them perform a murder without words, and such an impacting one to send Claudius into shock at that.
2. Hamlet confuses me. I do think he was too hard, I mean, I would never do anything like he is doing and so it's hard for me to relate to him. Overall I think he's an extremely complex character and sometimes I wish he would just wear his emotions and feelings on his sleeve and not try to act one way but feel another. I do think he was too harsh with the others. While he had every right to be angry, he took it too far, and his constant sarcasm is getting old.
3. He feels bad, but at the same time he's proud of the position he has and he doesn't want to give that up. The only way for him to be redeemed is to be verbal about his sin with the country, and take himself out of power.
4. A character flaw in Pride and Prejudice is Darcy's flaw of pride. He overcomes it by the end though, and I think that as Hamlet's anger and emotions keep building, he will stop thinking and he will just act out of feeling.
5. Yes, because Hamlet's seen it before. Plus, he just convinced the Queen that he's not crazy, so he wouldn't just pretend he was seeing a ghost.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Hamlet Act II Blog
1. Polonius is sneaky and deceptive, and he can't be trusted.
2. Hamlet believes that nothing is good or bad necessarily. It's how one conceives the matter that makes it good or bad. Hamlet has a negative veiw on most things and he considers himself a pessimist. I think I'm an optimist. Sometimes I should be more of a realist but I usually have a hard time drawing real conclusions about people, and I give most the benefit of the doubt.
3. I think he is because he's trying to help the king and his daughter knows of the scam, Hamlet is the only one who is clueless.
4. Hamlet seems to be acting a little more insane than he really is. With others he acts like a madman, but when he's alone he reveals so many complex thoughts and feelings that make it obvious that he's really not as crazy as everyone else thinks.
5. I guess it seems like Hamlet likes the fact that anything can happen in a play, and they have real feelings even if they're towards false situations. He uses the play because he wants to see if Claudius feels guilty, so that he can avenge him. I don't think he should be mad at himself, because he IS doing something, just slowly.
6. I think it's wrong for them to be spying on Hamlet, because they are his best friends. I'm sure Hamlet doesn't consider them as close anymore and doesn't want to trust them with his true feelings!
2. Hamlet believes that nothing is good or bad necessarily. It's how one conceives the matter that makes it good or bad. Hamlet has a negative veiw on most things and he considers himself a pessimist. I think I'm an optimist. Sometimes I should be more of a realist but I usually have a hard time drawing real conclusions about people, and I give most the benefit of the doubt.
3. I think he is because he's trying to help the king and his daughter knows of the scam, Hamlet is the only one who is clueless.
4. Hamlet seems to be acting a little more insane than he really is. With others he acts like a madman, but when he's alone he reveals so many complex thoughts and feelings that make it obvious that he's really not as crazy as everyone else thinks.
5. I guess it seems like Hamlet likes the fact that anything can happen in a play, and they have real feelings even if they're towards false situations. He uses the play because he wants to see if Claudius feels guilty, so that he can avenge him. I don't think he should be mad at himself, because he IS doing something, just slowly.
6. I think it's wrong for them to be spying on Hamlet, because they are his best friends. I'm sure Hamlet doesn't consider them as close anymore and doesn't want to trust them with his true feelings!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Hamlet Act I Journal
1. Hamlet Act I Scene II (79-86)
Hamlet: "Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not seems.
'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together with all forms, modes, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,"
I picked this passage because it is Hamlet's first real monologue, even though it's short, it depicts who he is as a character. He's saying that his mother is correct in saying that he is depressed, and he continues on with the descriptions so that she will fully understand just how much grief is upon him.
2. I guess I would consider myself a Marcellus, but I don't believe in ghosts like most believe in ghosts. I believe in demons and angels, and the battle between the two. I believe demons can possess a person, and even a house. It's just different than what most of the world things of ghosts as.
3. HAMLET
What he says/thinks: Hamlet Act I Scene IV (70-74)
Hamlet: "Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life at a pin's fee;
And for my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again. I'll follow it."
Hamlet shows his bravery here, saying that he is not afraid of this ghost and he will in fact follow it. He doesn't see any reason to fear, and will follow his curiosity and find answers to his questions.
What He Does: Hamlet Act I Scene III (269-271)
Hamlet: "I will requite your loves. So, fare you well.
Upon the platform, 'twist eleven and twelve,
I'll visit you."
Hamlet visits the guards Horatio and Marcellus to see his father's ghost.
How He's Described: Hamlet Act I Scene II (95-100)
King: "To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief;
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,
A heart unfortified, a mind inpatient,
An understanding simple and unschool'd."
He's described as mourning too much for his father. According to the King, he needs to move on with life and forget about it already.
What Other Characters Say/Think About Him: Hamlet Act I Scene III (130-138)
Polonius: "Than a command to parley. For Lord Hamlet,
Believe so much in him, that he is young,
And with a larger tether may he walk
Than may be given you. In few, Ophelia,
do not believe his vows; for they are brokers,
Not of that dye which their investiments show,
But mere implorators of unholy suits,
Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds,
The better to beguile. This is for all:"
He considers Hamlet a threat to his daughter Ophelia. He thinks that Hamlet is using his daughter, doesn't really love her and does not mean the promises he tells her.
4. I would tell someone else about it, like a mentor or a guide in my life, for more encouragement and discrimination as to whether I should follow through with the ghost's instructions or not. I would want more evidence.
Hamlet: "Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not seems.
'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together with all forms, modes, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,"
I picked this passage because it is Hamlet's first real monologue, even though it's short, it depicts who he is as a character. He's saying that his mother is correct in saying that he is depressed, and he continues on with the descriptions so that she will fully understand just how much grief is upon him.
2. I guess I would consider myself a Marcellus, but I don't believe in ghosts like most believe in ghosts. I believe in demons and angels, and the battle between the two. I believe demons can possess a person, and even a house. It's just different than what most of the world things of ghosts as.
3. HAMLET
What he says/thinks: Hamlet Act I Scene IV (70-74)
Hamlet: "Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life at a pin's fee;
And for my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again. I'll follow it."
Hamlet shows his bravery here, saying that he is not afraid of this ghost and he will in fact follow it. He doesn't see any reason to fear, and will follow his curiosity and find answers to his questions.
What He Does: Hamlet Act I Scene III (269-271)
Hamlet: "I will requite your loves. So, fare you well.
Upon the platform, 'twist eleven and twelve,
I'll visit you."
Hamlet visits the guards Horatio and Marcellus to see his father's ghost.
How He's Described: Hamlet Act I Scene II (95-100)
King: "To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief;
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,
A heart unfortified, a mind inpatient,
An understanding simple and unschool'd."
He's described as mourning too much for his father. According to the King, he needs to move on with life and forget about it already.
What Other Characters Say/Think About Him: Hamlet Act I Scene III (130-138)
Polonius: "Than a command to parley. For Lord Hamlet,
Believe so much in him, that he is young,
And with a larger tether may he walk
Than may be given you. In few, Ophelia,
do not believe his vows; for they are brokers,
Not of that dye which their investiments show,
But mere implorators of unholy suits,
Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds,
The better to beguile. This is for all:"
He considers Hamlet a threat to his daughter Ophelia. He thinks that Hamlet is using his daughter, doesn't really love her and does not mean the promises he tells her.
4. I would tell someone else about it, like a mentor or a guide in my life, for more encouragement and discrimination as to whether I should follow through with the ghost's instructions or not. I would want more evidence.
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