1. Apparitions
Hamlet- The Ghost of King Hamlet appeared a few times throughout the play, telling Hamlet what happened in the past and what he should do about it. It offered advice and Hamlet believed the ghost to be trustworthy and credible.
Macbeth- He saw 4 apparitions before Macduff killed him. Each one gave him signs to watch for and Macbeth took them to heart. He listened to each one, and their prophesies came true. Like Hamlet he believed them to be credible.
2. Women
Hamlet- Ophelia, one of the main women in the piece, had a major transformation through the film. She started out as beautiful and innocent. She and Hamlet were in love. However, after many events she went insane. We don't know for sure, but Ophelia may have committed suicide.
Macbeth- Lady Macbeth played a very important role in the play. At the beginning, she became cruel and full of malice to help Macbeth carry out the murder of King Duncan. She and Macbeth clearly loved each other by the way they spoke to each other, besides a few times when she called him a coward. As the murders multiplied, Lady Macbeth went crazy. Doctors could not help her and she ended her own life.
3. Ambition
Hamlet- He had the ambition to kill Claudius, but he couldn't bring himself to do it until the very end. He had many reasons and he wanted to do it, but he kept making up excuses for why it wasn't the right time until the very end.
Macbeth- He didn't have ambition to kill Duncan, but his wife did. He was pushed into doing it, which led to many other deaths. He had horrible reasons for the killings, but he did it anyway, and this caught up with him at the end of the play.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
MacBeth Pre-Discussion ?s
1. Agree
2. Agree
3. Agree
4. Agree
5. Disagree
I think it is natural for humans to strive for power. They naturally want to be in control of their own lives. It's uncommon for someone to willingly give up their life for something else, and lose control. I think that humans in general will do anything to maintain that power, because no one wants to give up something they have control of.
2. Agree
3. Agree
4. Agree
5. Disagree
I think it is natural for humans to strive for power. They naturally want to be in control of their own lives. It's uncommon for someone to willingly give up their life for something else, and lose control. I think that humans in general will do anything to maintain that power, because no one wants to give up something they have control of.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Hamlet Act III Blog
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hamlet Prediscussion ?s
1. I don't believe revenge is the right way to deal with wrongdoings. Revenge only worsens the conflict and creates deeper feelings of hatred between the persons. It does not solve the problem but rather increases its intensity.
2. I think it's better to think before you act! However I am guilty of acting and then thinking afterwards. It's easy to do both. I'd say the majority of the time, one should think before they act!
3. I believe reality is reality. It's the same for every person, everyone lives and breathes and deals with conflicts and relationships and other life issues. They difference is that each person perceives the concept of "life" in their own way. Though we're essentially "all in this together" if you will, everyone lives for different purposes, therefore what happens around us all will have different meanings depending on the person.
4. The core of a good friendship is honesty. Once the truth factor is removed in a friendship, the friendship dies or is severely damaged, often beyond repair. Other qualities include loyalty, good communication, the ability to make one another smile, an over-all sense of love between friends, and the willingness to go to bat for the other.
5. Parents should try to teach their children lessons without waiting for them to make their own mistakes. If this does not work, then they should allow their children to make mistakes and learn from them. I think that once a child turns 18 they should be allowed to do what they want, and make their own mistakes to learn from them. The parents are still there as advisers, but not enforcers.
6. No, I don't think so. A lot depends on the new spouse, the situation concerning the first spouse's death and the situation concerning this new marriage. There is a lot more to consider and so I do not think that children always need to be supportive of their parents' remarriages.
7. Yes. Grieving can only go on for so long before it overtakes one's life. It's important to grieve but it can become unhealthy and the person will lose relationships and possibly their own life because of it.
2. I think it's better to think before you act! However I am guilty of acting and then thinking afterwards. It's easy to do both. I'd say the majority of the time, one should think before they act!
3. I believe reality is reality. It's the same for every person, everyone lives and breathes and deals with conflicts and relationships and other life issues. They difference is that each person perceives the concept of "life" in their own way. Though we're essentially "all in this together" if you will, everyone lives for different purposes, therefore what happens around us all will have different meanings depending on the person.
4. The core of a good friendship is honesty. Once the truth factor is removed in a friendship, the friendship dies or is severely damaged, often beyond repair. Other qualities include loyalty, good communication, the ability to make one another smile, an over-all sense of love between friends, and the willingness to go to bat for the other.
5. Parents should try to teach their children lessons without waiting for them to make their own mistakes. If this does not work, then they should allow their children to make mistakes and learn from them. I think that once a child turns 18 they should be allowed to do what they want, and make their own mistakes to learn from them. The parents are still there as advisers, but not enforcers.
6. No, I don't think so. A lot depends on the new spouse, the situation concerning the first spouse's death and the situation concerning this new marriage. There is a lot more to consider and so I do not think that children always need to be supportive of their parents' remarriages.
7. Yes. Grieving can only go on for so long before it overtakes one's life. It's important to grieve but it can become unhealthy and the person will lose relationships and possibly their own life because of it.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Matrix Blog #2
1. He thinks that if he just knows what is going on around him, he can live peacefully. He wants to forget about the world and live as a slave in the matrix for the rest of his life. I understand where he's coming from but I don't think he should have betrayed his team like that.
2. He's not sure he's really fit for the job, he feels a little inadequate for the position. An example could be maybe Harry Potter, whose greatness was put upon him.
3. Being logical doesn't always been being perfect. Sometimes you should do things not because of the logic behind them but morality. If humans were flawless, we wouldn't need anything or anyone. We'd be self sufficient. Transformers is an example of evil in the form of technology.
2. He's not sure he's really fit for the job, he feels a little inadequate for the position. An example could be maybe Harry Potter, whose greatness was put upon him.
3. Being logical doesn't always been being perfect. Sometimes you should do things not because of the logic behind them but morality. If humans were flawless, we wouldn't need anything or anyone. We'd be self sufficient. Transformers is an example of evil in the form of technology.
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