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Questions for WN, evens, part 2

Chapter 12:

What does Dunlop's comfort in meterology say about him?

Chapter 14:

Why is Denise so concerned with the type of medicine Babette is taking?

Chapter 16:

Should they actually be concerned about Wilder crying?

Chapter 18:

Why would Jack's ex wife still call him Tuck when Tuck I a term of endearment?

Chapter 20:

Do you think Jack sees death as a sort of beauty?

Hamlet 3:4

Question 1: The act starts with Hamlet screaming at his mom and his mom asking whats wrong with him. Hamlet really starts going crazy then and so Polonius trys to call for help. That makes Hamlet mad I guess because he goes and stabs him till he dies. His mother starts freaking out because there is a dead person in her room and asks why Hamlet stabed him. He says that he'll tell her but first makes her look at pictures of her current husband and Hamlet's father. He goes on comparing how great his father is and how crappy her husband is and how he isn't fit to rule. Then asks her why she would marry someone like that. His mom says to stop talking to her about it because he is making her feel bad about herself. Then the ghost shows up and Hamlet starts talking to it. His mother can't see it and thinks Hamlet has lost his mind. The ghost tells him that he is doing a good job at making his mother see her faults, then leaves. Afterwards, his mother asks him if he is crazy and he says that he isn't and he never has been, but that doesn't change the fact that she is still guilty. She says that she is sorry and he tells her to stop sleeping with her husband because he is bad. Then he tells her that he has to go to England, but he feels like something bad is going to happen so he is just going to let life come to him. Then he hides Polonius's body and the act ends. Question 2: The most important line is when Hamlets mother says "oh, Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain" when they are talking about why she married her husband. Mostly, that means that she is sorry for what she did. I think its important because it proves that Hamlet got through to her. Question 4: My favorite line is when Hamlet is comparing his mothers two husbands and says "have you eyes? Could you on this fair moutain leave to fee and batten on this moor? Ha, have you eyes?" I like it because it is Hamlet shoving the fact that she married a horrible person in her face. Also, I think its kind of funny.

Hamlet 3.2

Question 1: The act starts out with Hamlet telling the actor to say the lines that he wrote him the way that he wrote him. He says OK then turns to Polonius to tell him to help get the actors ready for the play. He then finds Horatio and tells him that he can trust him because he is a nobody and that he likes him because he is evenly balanced, unlike Hamlet. Then he tells him about the play and how he will know if his uncle really killed his father if he shows guilt on his face during the show. Horatio says that, if he does look guilty, then he will help Hamlet out. Then right before the play starts, Hamlet gets on stage and starts insulting everyone. Then the play starts and how the actor portrays the wife is used to make Hamlets mother feel guilty. Hamlets interrupts the play and starts insulting everyone again then starts explaining the play and the King freaks out. Hamlet sees this and knows that the ghost was telling the truth. Afterwards, Guildenstern comes to tell Hamlet that his mother is worried about him. He gives him a sarcastic answer in return then ask him why he thinks he can play him like he is an instrument. Then Polonius comes in to tel Hamlet that his mom wants him and Hamlet says he'll come see her when he wants to. Then he tells Polonius to go away and the act ends. Question 2: The most important line in the act is when Hamlet is talking to Guildenstern and he asks him "why do you go about to recover the wind of me, as if you would drive me into a toil?" It is most important because it reveals that Hamlet knows that Guildenstern isn't his friend and is only there to spy on him. It is also important because it illustrates the fact the Hamlet is a strong person and not afraid to reveal that he is to people trying to use him. Question 4: My favorite line is when Hamlet is talking to Polonius about him mother and says that when he talks to her, he "will speak daggers to her, but use none." I like it because it shows that Hamlet is really mad at his mom, and also that he loved his father if he is getting so upset at his mother over his death.

White Noise discussion questions - evens

Chapter 2:

Does Steffie's and Denise's ability to decipher their mothers thinking behind her lunch choices show their intelligence, or their mothers predictability?

Chapter 4:

What does Jacks obsessions with death show about him?

Chapter 6:

Does Heinrich's refusal to admit that it is raining reveal that he is highly intelligent by being able to argue with using complex points, or that he is just annoying and doesn't want to agree with his father?

Chapter 8:

What does Jack's failure to have ever learned German say about him?

Chapter 10:

Why do you think Denise is so conceded with the type of gum her mother uses?

Hamlet 2:1

Question 1:
The first half of the scene is just Polonius paying Reynaldo to spy on his son Larates. Then Ophelia comes in to tell Polonius that she's really scared because Hamlet came into her room acting and looking crazy. He tells her that he is going to go tell the king then asks if he acted that way because they argued. She said no, it was because you made us break up. Then he says that he wished that he hadn't and the scene ends.
Question 2:
The most important line is when Polonius says "But beshrew my jealousy," after Ophelia told him that Hamlet was acting weird. Its important because it shows that Polonius has a heart and regrets being mean to his daughter.
Question 4:
My favorite line is when Ophelia says "No, my good lord, but as you did command I did repel his letters and denied his access to me," when talking about why Hamlet was acting strange. I like it because it explains that Ophelia didn't want to break up with Hamlet.

Hamlet 1:5

This scene stats out by the ghost telling Hamlet that he is going to have to leave soon. He then tells him that at the moment he is in purgatory and the story's he could tell about it would scare him. Then he says that Hamlet is the o my person that he will talk to. The ghost says that he was murdered by Hamlets uncle because he was sleeping in the garden then the uncle came up and poured poison in his ear. He says that it hurt a lot he also worries why his wife would marry his murder. He says that the morning is coming and that Hamlet needs to revenge him, kil his murderer, but not harm his mother. He also says that, because he died so fast, he died with his sins. He leaves then Hamlet says that she wil remember him. Then Horatio and Marcellus come and ask what happened. He says that he can't tell them exactly what but that there is a murderer amongst them and that he is going to start acting crazy so that the murderer won't know that he knows he killed somebody but o ly they will know why he is being crazy. Then they swear that they won't tell anybody. It ends with Hamlet saying that there are better things than reason.

Question 2

The most important line,well passagge, is when the king is explaining how he was murdered and who murdered him. It's the most important because it's a enormous part of the book.

Question 4

My favorite line is after the king syas who killed them and Hamlet says "Oh my prophetic soul! My uncle!" I like it because it shows that Hamlet loves his father and will instantly turn against anyone who aimed to bring harm to him