1. He has sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
2. He wants to use their old friendship so they can get close to Hamlet and find out what's making him mad.
3. Old Norway didn't know what Fortinbras was doing. He stopped Fortinbras and gave him 3000 crowns and an army to attack Poland instead of Denmark.
4. To allow Fortinbras's army safe passage through Denmark on his way to Poland.
5. His speech is not brief, and he always talks a lot. He's being played as a sort of fool. He talks to make himself sound smarter, but actually sounds dumber.
6. That Ophelia should go to Hamlet when Hamlet is walking, while Claudius and Polonius spy on them to see how Hamlet acts toward her.
7. He's prostituting Ophelia for his own reason. He wants her to marry Hamlet so he can become closer to the throne.
8. He says that madness gets the point across where sanity wouldn't do as well.
9. He feels trapped there because of his uncle. He can't really take joy in anything because he's a pessimistic baby who views the whole world as a prison.
10. He says he's depressed because he can't take joy in anything.
11. There's been an uprising of a certain type of theatre that the players are not part of, so they're forced to go on the road.
12. He asks them why they were sent for, which lets them know that he's aware they aren't there of their own volition.
13. Jephtha is a man in the Bible who kills his daughter for political power, which is what Polonius is metaphorically doing with Ophelia.
14. He is like Pyrrhus because they are both vengeful because their fathers were murdered, they're both wearing black, they both use deceit and trickery to get back at their fathers' murderers, and they both think Fortune is a strumpet. They are unalike because Hamlet is vengeful toward his uncle whereas Pyrrhus is vengeful toward the Trojan king, Pyrrhus is in a war while Hamlet it not, and Pyrrhus is taking action while Hamlet is just talking.
15. Does he know, "The Murder of Gonzago", and can Hamlet put some extra lines in there.
16. He says it because he's comparing himself to the players, and how they're acting when he can't even though he loves it so much. He's referring back to the "shadows of the beggars" speech he made before.
17. To spy on Claudius using the play by seeing what his reaction is.
18. He feels this way because nobody will believe Claudius is guilty unless there's evidence.
19. Polonius spies on Laertes with the help of Reynaldo, Polonius and Claudius spy on Hamlet using Ophelia, Hamlet is spying on Claudius using the actors, and the king and queen spy on Hamlet using Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
20. Despondent, he talks a lot but he doesn't do anything about it, makes excuses about why he won't take action, clever and smart, morbid, indecisive, passionate about acting, angry, insulting to Polonius/Claudius/Gertrude/Ophelia (sort of rude), jealous, obsessive, and antisocial.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
vocab sentences , 1-21-11
The old man was in a paradox stage of life when he fell and broke his hip.
The sovereign Miami Heat will dominate the Eastern Conference til the end of the season.
Even though my car was stolen, I have commission on it so hopefully, I get it back.
The resolution to the story was that Romeo and Juliet both died together.
The man created a malefaction in the store, which caused him to be put to jail for 2 years.
Through the firmament, the woman rose to the heavens like an angel.
The pestilent disease spread throughout America, causing everyone to turn to zombies.
The old man took a tedious walk over the wood plank bridge and almost fell in the river below.
The pious priest threw holy water on the evil child for crying during his sermon.
The class stood on top of the promontory and overlooked the sea as the sun reflected off of it.
The sovereign Miami Heat will dominate the Eastern Conference til the end of the season.
Even though my car was stolen, I have commission on it so hopefully, I get it back.
The resolution to the story was that Romeo and Juliet both died together.
The man created a malefaction in the store, which caused him to be put to jail for 2 years.
Through the firmament, the woman rose to the heavens like an angel.
The pestilent disease spread throughout America, causing everyone to turn to zombies.
The old man took a tedious walk over the wood plank bridge and almost fell in the river below.
The pious priest threw holy water on the evil child for crying during his sermon.
The class stood on top of the promontory and overlooked the sea as the sun reflected off of it.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
2.2 Notes
Polonius sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to try and find out some news on Hamlet. Without even asking, but he does anyways, Hamlet can tell that they are there to spy on him. (THEME OF SPYING)
Norway had no idea on what Fortinbras had done to their country. (CORRUPTION)
Polonius reads aloud a letter supposedly written by Hamlet to Ophelia, that states his status and mood towards her. (THEME OF SPYING)
Themes: Spying, Corruption, Prostitution, Humanity, Death
Hamlet paces back and forth in a 200 yard long hall for 4 hours, thinking, as well as getting his exercise.
To be an honest man is 1 in a 1,000.
Dreams: dreams are but a shadow. Heroes and Kings are but the shadow of the lower class.
Hamlet and Polonius talk face to face. Hamlet calls him a fishmonger, and insults him in other ways as well.
Norway had no idea on what Fortinbras had done to their country. (CORRUPTION)
Polonius reads aloud a letter supposedly written by Hamlet to Ophelia, that states his status and mood towards her. (THEME OF SPYING)
Themes: Spying, Corruption, Prostitution, Humanity, Death
Hamlet paces back and forth in a 200 yard long hall for 4 hours, thinking, as well as getting his exercise.
To be an honest man is 1 in a 1,000.
- Denmark is a prison / World is one (Motif: Prostitution)
- Fortune - uses men
- Polonius - Pimp - Sells his family for political power
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Sells children memories / loyalty for royal service
- King and Queen spying on Hamlet with Polonius and with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Polonius spying on Laertes and Hamlet (also watching Ophelia)
- Hamlet - Spying on everyone by acting mad
- Hamlet - Son of sunlight or the worm
- Old King Hamlet - Sun God
- Claudius - Serpent
- Ophelia - Flower
- Polonius/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern - Weeds?
Dreams: dreams are but a shadow. Heroes and Kings are but the shadow of the lower class.
Hamlet and Polonius talk face to face. Hamlet calls him a fishmonger, and insults him in other ways as well.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Hamlet Act 2, Scene 1
1. He decides to send Reynaldo to Paris to go and spy on his son, Laertes.
2. To spy on Laertes because Polonius doesn't trust him. Hee wants to find out what Laertes is truly up too.
3. He's supposed to go to Paris and just ask around about Laertes.
4. It reveals that Polonius is a sneaky type of person who doesn't trust either of his children.
5. Reynaldo doesn't see spying as the right thing to do. He knows he has to do it, but he doesn't really want to go through with it.
6. She says that Hamlet was as white as a ghost. She also states that he put his hands on her as well.
7. He's angry that Hamlet had the guts to even touch Ophelia. He's mad at Ophelia too, due to the fact that she wasn't even suppose to go near Hamlet.
2. To spy on Laertes because Polonius doesn't trust him. Hee wants to find out what Laertes is truly up too.
3. He's supposed to go to Paris and just ask around about Laertes.
4. It reveals that Polonius is a sneaky type of person who doesn't trust either of his children.
5. Reynaldo doesn't see spying as the right thing to do. He knows he has to do it, but he doesn't really want to go through with it.
6. She says that Hamlet was as white as a ghost. She also states that he put his hands on her as well.
7. He's angry that Hamlet had the guts to even touch Ophelia. He's mad at Ophelia too, due to the fact that she wasn't even suppose to go near Hamlet.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hamlet Questions 1.3-1.4
1.) He was trying to warn Ophelia to keep away from Hamlet. Laertes doesn't think that Hamlet is able to truly love someone because he is of royalty.
2.) I guess what they're trying to say is that Ophelia is a gentle flower, and the canker galls are insects eating away at that gentle flower slowly before it can blossom.
3.) She's trying to tell Laertes that she'll go with his advice and not see Hamlet. And she's also saying that what he does in France is not fooling her.
4.)
• Don't dress real fancy
• Don't pick any fights
• Don't be a vulgar type of person
• Try to be kind to people but not too kind
• Don't speak your thought
5.) He's being a selfish man and trying to keep her away too protect his reputation. He's saying that Ophelia is being childish and foolish for falling for Hamlet's words.
6.) When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows. These blazes, daughter, Giving more light than heat, extinct in both even in their promise as it is a-making, You must not take for fire.
What Hamlet is trying to say is that when he has caught fire, he will be speaking of stuff he doesn't truly mean, and when his heart catches fire it'll give out more light than heat. And that he won't be done with his promises before the fire goes out on his heart. You can't mix those two together and get a successful result.
7.) Polonius is saying that she does not go near and see Hamlet whatsoever. He doesn't think it feels right that she wants to be around him.
8.) Hamlet is trying to say that it's of his people and his heritage to drink a lot, but he chose not to because he doesn't want to be known as that type of person. For most accomplishments that they have achieved so far, they don't also want to be known for heavy drinkers and phonies.
9.) Horatio thinks that the ghost may not actually be the ghost of Old Hamlet, but actually the devil trying to lure Hamlet and turn him into a complete mad man.
10.) That if they don't let go of him, he will kill them.
2.) I guess what they're trying to say is that Ophelia is a gentle flower, and the canker galls are insects eating away at that gentle flower slowly before it can blossom.
3.) She's trying to tell Laertes that she'll go with his advice and not see Hamlet. And she's also saying that what he does in France is not fooling her.
4.)
• Don't dress real fancy
• Don't pick any fights
• Don't be a vulgar type of person
• Try to be kind to people but not too kind
• Don't speak your thought
5.) He's being a selfish man and trying to keep her away too protect his reputation. He's saying that Ophelia is being childish and foolish for falling for Hamlet's words.
6.) When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows. These blazes, daughter, Giving more light than heat, extinct in both even in their promise as it is a-making, You must not take for fire.
What Hamlet is trying to say is that when he has caught fire, he will be speaking of stuff he doesn't truly mean, and when his heart catches fire it'll give out more light than heat. And that he won't be done with his promises before the fire goes out on his heart. You can't mix those two together and get a successful result.
7.) Polonius is saying that she does not go near and see Hamlet whatsoever. He doesn't think it feels right that she wants to be around him.
8.) Hamlet is trying to say that it's of his people and his heritage to drink a lot, but he chose not to because he doesn't want to be known as that type of person. For most accomplishments that they have achieved so far, they don't also want to be known for heavy drinkers and phonies.
9.) Horatio thinks that the ghost may not actually be the ghost of Old Hamlet, but actually the devil trying to lure Hamlet and turn him into a complete mad man.
10.) That if they don't let go of him, he will kill them.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
hamlet act 1 scene 1
1. It’s the set up to something exciting or a mystery. The ghost of Hamlet’s father arrives in front of the guards and Horatio, dressed in armor. The only thing is, he won’t speak to anybody. It’s an insight for reader’s to try and persuade them to keep reading to see what happens in the end.
2. We find out that the ghost is actually Hamlet’s deceased father. We also learn slightly about the deaths of the King and Fortinbras. We also learn the state of condition the countries they used to run (Denmark & Norway) are in now.
3. The ghost spirit returns to the scene, where, once again, it doesn’t say anything to them. One of the guards tries to hit the ghost to try and make it stay, but once again, it leaves. Maybe the ghost is trying to guide them somewhere to get their attention, and seek who ever the ghost really wants to talk too.
4. The scene seems to have a feeling of disbelief, shock, and confusion. The guards don’t know how to react when they see the ghost, and when the ghost does arrive, he doesn’t even say anything.
5. The ghost keeps appearing and then disappearing within moments. It then returns and the guards and Horatio cant really decide if the ghost is real or not.
6. He feels as though the King arrived to lead them to a hidden treasure. But then later he realizes that maybe he has arrived to ward them off from the land for protection.
7. Francisco, Horatio, Marcellus, Barnardo, King's Ghost, Fortinbras
8. That he and the old King Fortinbras were at a feud with each other.
9. He’s the son of the deceased Fortinbras.
10. He says that zombies or corpses rose from beneath the ground and roamed the streets, terrorizing the community and speaking in an indescribable language. And also that the stars fell from the sky.
11. He’s the one who doesn’t believe that the ghost is real, until it actually appears in front of him. Marcellus and Barnardo weren’t the way that Horatio acted.
12. To present a disagreement with the guards in believing that the ghost isn’t actually real. I feel as though he’ll disagree with others throughout the book.
13. That Denmark and Norway were at a feud with each other, where we also find out that Old Hamlet murdered Old Fortinbras and took over his land.
2. We find out that the ghost is actually Hamlet’s deceased father. We also learn slightly about the deaths of the King and Fortinbras. We also learn the state of condition the countries they used to run (Denmark & Norway) are in now.
3. The ghost spirit returns to the scene, where, once again, it doesn’t say anything to them. One of the guards tries to hit the ghost to try and make it stay, but once again, it leaves. Maybe the ghost is trying to guide them somewhere to get their attention, and seek who ever the ghost really wants to talk too.
4. The scene seems to have a feeling of disbelief, shock, and confusion. The guards don’t know how to react when they see the ghost, and when the ghost does arrive, he doesn’t even say anything.
5. The ghost keeps appearing and then disappearing within moments. It then returns and the guards and Horatio cant really decide if the ghost is real or not.
6. He feels as though the King arrived to lead them to a hidden treasure. But then later he realizes that maybe he has arrived to ward them off from the land for protection.
7. Francisco, Horatio, Marcellus, Barnardo, King's Ghost, Fortinbras
8. That he and the old King Fortinbras were at a feud with each other.
9. He’s the son of the deceased Fortinbras.
10. He says that zombies or corpses rose from beneath the ground and roamed the streets, terrorizing the community and speaking in an indescribable language. And also that the stars fell from the sky.
11. He’s the one who doesn’t believe that the ghost is real, until it actually appears in front of him. Marcellus and Barnardo weren’t the way that Horatio acted.
12. To present a disagreement with the guards in believing that the ghost isn’t actually real. I feel as though he’ll disagree with others throughout the book.
13. That Denmark and Norway were at a feud with each other, where we also find out that Old Hamlet murdered Old Fortinbras and took over his land.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Vocabulary Sentences
I felt an apparition pass through me when I went to the abandoned asylum.
The calumnious woman told the police that two high schoolers broke into her house, which got them kicked off the team.
The little boy's countenance face caused his mother to buy him the toy.
The school's canon states that you may not beg your teacher for no homework.
The discourse between the two presidential candidates led to Obama winning the re-election.
The town was in imminent danger when a earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and flash flood all happened at the same time.
A group of campers took a perilous journey to Crystal Lake, and never returned.
The lady at the store have the cashier such a portentous attitude that she just stole all her groceries.
The husband's prodigal wife thought it was a good idea to spend all his money of clothes and shoes.
The little boy jumped into the mud and sullied his bright white clothes.
The calumnious woman told the police that two high schoolers broke into her house, which got them kicked off the team.
The little boy's countenance face caused his mother to buy him the toy.
The school's canon states that you may not beg your teacher for no homework.
The discourse between the two presidential candidates led to Obama winning the re-election.
The town was in imminent danger when a earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and flash flood all happened at the same time.
A group of campers took a perilous journey to Crystal Lake, and never returned.
The lady at the store have the cashier such a portentous attitude that she just stole all her groceries.
The husband's prodigal wife thought it was a good idea to spend all his money of clothes and shoes.
The little boy jumped into the mud and sullied his bright white clothes.
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