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.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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
Monday, March 14, 2011
Hamlet 1:3
Question 1:
This was a really short scene. First Laertes talks to his sister, Ophelia, also the girlfriend of Hamlet, to tell her that she isn't good enough for Hamlet and that they need to break up because he is next to the throne. She tells him okay, but its more like whatever I'll listen to if you get off my back kinda thing. But she also says that she'll only listen to him if he listen to his own advice because he tells her to be true to herself. Then Polonius comes in o tell Laertes goodbye because he is going to college. He tells him a lot of advice but all of it contradicts itself. Then he tells him bye. Before Laertes goes he tells Ophelia to remember what he said and she says okay. He leaves then Polonius goes and talks to Ophelia to tell her to break up with Hamlet. She says that they love each other and he basically says yeah whatever he doesn't love you. Then he says don't sleep with him. She's not really paying attention so he commands her to break up with him and she says that she will then the scene ends.
Question 2:
The line I think is most important is when Ophelia says" I shall the effect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, and recks not his own rede." Which really says, I'll follow your advice if you follow it too. It's important because it shows that Ophelia will only do what she thinks is right. She won't just do whatever people tell her too because they tell her too, she has a backbone and she's not afraid to use it.
Question 4:
My favorite line is the whole passage of Polonius, which is way to long to type because its like a whole page long. Anyways, I like it because it reveals what he's really like. He's trying to be helpful, but he doesn't really know how, so he ends up saying a whole lot of nothing. I think its funnyish too because it takes a lot of effort to say so much that adds up to so little.
This was a really short scene. First Laertes talks to his sister, Ophelia, also the girlfriend of Hamlet, to tell her that she isn't good enough for Hamlet and that they need to break up because he is next to the throne. She tells him okay, but its more like whatever I'll listen to if you get off my back kinda thing. But she also says that she'll only listen to him if he listen to his own advice because he tells her to be true to herself. Then Polonius comes in o tell Laertes goodbye because he is going to college. He tells him a lot of advice but all of it contradicts itself. Then he tells him bye. Before Laertes goes he tells Ophelia to remember what he said and she says okay. He leaves then Polonius goes and talks to Ophelia to tell her to break up with Hamlet. She says that they love each other and he basically says yeah whatever he doesn't love you. Then he says don't sleep with him. She's not really paying attention so he commands her to break up with him and she says that she will then the scene ends.
Question 2:
The line I think is most important is when Ophelia says" I shall the effect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, and recks not his own rede." Which really says, I'll follow your advice if you follow it too. It's important because it shows that Ophelia will only do what she thinks is right. She won't just do whatever people tell her too because they tell her too, she has a backbone and she's not afraid to use it.
Question 4:
My favorite line is the whole passage of Polonius, which is way to long to type because its like a whole page long. Anyways, I like it because it reveals what he's really like. He's trying to be helpful, but he doesn't really know how, so he ends up saying a whole lot of nothing. I think its funnyish too because it takes a lot of effort to say so much that adds up to so little.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1
Question 1
In this scene the character Francisco, Bernardo, Horatio, and Marcellus are introduced. I guess that you could argue that the old King Hamlet and the king of Norway where also introduced. The act starts off where Fransisco comes to relive Bernardo of his gaurd position for the night and they are both really jumpy while they are talking. Then Horatio and Marcellus come to talk to Francisco about the ghost that Marcellus and Francisoco have seen two times already. The ghost is supposed to look like their dead King but Horatio doesn't believe them till the ghost comes out and the Horatio starts yelling at it to talk to him but it doesn't and disapperas. After it goes, Horatio starts saying that a ghost is a bad omen then Marcellus asks why they are on gaurd duty and why are they preparing for war? Horatio answers that it's because their old king fought the old king of Norway to try and win his lands. Their king killed the king of Norway so he got all the land. The king of NOrway's son is mad about this so he is taking groups of bad people and hiding them so they can win back the land. Bernardo says that everything makes sense now. Then Horatio uses a historical allusion and talks about how this reminds him of Rome before it fell. Then the ghost comes again and Horatio starts trying to get it to talk to him again but a rooster crows and the ghost goes away. Horatio then speaks about how he has heard that the rooster calls the ghosts back to whereever they go in the day and that this has probed that right. Then he says that maybe the ghost will speak to its son Hamlet. Then the scene ends.
Question 2
The sentence I think is most important in this scene is when Horatio is talking to the ghost and he says"What are thous that usurp'st this time of night, together with that fair and warlike form in which the majsety of buried Denmark did sometimes march." Without it, the ghost would be thought of as something frightening and something to be truly feared, but in reality, it looks just tlike the king did before he died and not scary at all.
Question 4
My favorite line form this whole scene is when Joratio is talking to the ghost and he says "By heaven, I charge thee, speak!" This explains to me that Horatio thinks very highly of himself. So highly in fact, that he thinks that he can command other-wordly things to talk to him. I think he comes off as really conceded when he says that. Also he comes off kind of like he thinks he can do whatever he wants. Really, why would you try to boss around a ghost?
In this scene the character Francisco, Bernardo, Horatio, and Marcellus are introduced. I guess that you could argue that the old King Hamlet and the king of Norway where also introduced. The act starts off where Fransisco comes to relive Bernardo of his gaurd position for the night and they are both really jumpy while they are talking. Then Horatio and Marcellus come to talk to Francisco about the ghost that Marcellus and Francisoco have seen two times already. The ghost is supposed to look like their dead King but Horatio doesn't believe them till the ghost comes out and the Horatio starts yelling at it to talk to him but it doesn't and disapperas. After it goes, Horatio starts saying that a ghost is a bad omen then Marcellus asks why they are on gaurd duty and why are they preparing for war? Horatio answers that it's because their old king fought the old king of Norway to try and win his lands. Their king killed the king of Norway so he got all the land. The king of NOrway's son is mad about this so he is taking groups of bad people and hiding them so they can win back the land. Bernardo says that everything makes sense now. Then Horatio uses a historical allusion and talks about how this reminds him of Rome before it fell. Then the ghost comes again and Horatio starts trying to get it to talk to him again but a rooster crows and the ghost goes away. Horatio then speaks about how he has heard that the rooster calls the ghosts back to whereever they go in the day and that this has probed that right. Then he says that maybe the ghost will speak to its son Hamlet. Then the scene ends.
Question 2
The sentence I think is most important in this scene is when Horatio is talking to the ghost and he says"What are thous that usurp'st this time of night, together with that fair and warlike form in which the majsety of buried Denmark did sometimes march." Without it, the ghost would be thought of as something frightening and something to be truly feared, but in reality, it looks just tlike the king did before he died and not scary at all.
Question 4
My favorite line form this whole scene is when Joratio is talking to the ghost and he says "By heaven, I charge thee, speak!" This explains to me that Horatio thinks very highly of himself. So highly in fact, that he thinks that he can command other-wordly things to talk to him. I think he comes off as really conceded when he says that. Also he comes off kind of like he thinks he can do whatever he wants. Really, why would you try to boss around a ghost?
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