Act 3
Scene 1:
1. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report to Polonius?
That he is not totally crazy just upset about something and its probably not Ophelia.
2. How does Claudius react when Polonius says, "…with devotion's visage, And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself"?
It makes him think about the wrong he has done in killing his brother.
3. What plan do Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia now put into action?
Ophelia talks to Hamlet "alone" but really Claudius and Polonius are spying on them to see if Hamlet has gone crazy for Ophelia's love.
4. What is the nature of Hamlet's soliloquy, lines 57-91?
He says whether or not to take action or to not, because he is going up against the king if he does that he will have a death sentence if he gets caught.
5. What is Hamlet's main argument against suicide?
That he doesn't know about the after life suicide is self murder in the Bible Exodus 20:13 "thou shall not murder," so if he does commit suicide he will go to hell.
6. Why does Hamlet treat Ophelia as cruelly as he does? What has changed him?
He treats her so cruelly because she tried to give back the love letter he wrote to her, so she betrayed him, once he figures out that he is in a trap.
7. What thinly veiled threat to Claudius does Hamlet voice, after he becomes of his hidden presence? (lines 148-150)
He says he is going to kill him and not his mother.
8. At the end of this scene, what does the King decide to do with Hamlet?
To send him away to england to make sure he can't ruin any part of his plan.
Scene 2:
9. What qualities in Horatio cause Hamlet to enlist his assistance?
Horatio is Hamlet's closest and most trust-worthy friend, he keeps his word with Hamlet and does not betray him.
10. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?
He wants him to spy on Claudius and see what he does during the play, to see if he feels bad or neglectful about the murder.
11. Summarize what happens in the play-within-a-play.
Hamlet sets up the play as a trap to see what Claudius did, and a play is going on the whole time... during that time Hamlet talks to everyone and makes fun of them.
12. Why, in line 233, does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as "The Mouse-trap"?
Because he is trapping the King to see his reaction of the play because it is mostly like Hamlets story, on how Old Hamlet died.
13. What is the King's reaction to the play?
He leaves because now he thinks that Hamlet knows that he killed his brother and married his wife.
14. In lines 354-363, to what object does Hamlet compare himself? Why?
A flute and Guildenstern played him, but now Hamlet is to smart and can't be played anymore.
15. As Hamlet goes to his mother at the end of this scene, what does he admonish himself to do?
Hamlet doesn't want to kill his mother because its his only parent and just wants to hurt her with his words.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Act 2 questions
1) What does Polonius tell Reynaldo in the opening of Act II? How does he plan to trap his son?
For Raynaldo making up a rumor to Laertes to see if its true about him or not and what other people say about him.
2) What does this say about Polonius?
That he doesn't trust his son at all in france.
3) What particularly in Act II scene 1 has disturbed Ophelia?
She says that Hamlet has gone crazy, but really he hasn't and is acting.
4) Why have Rosencrantez and Guildenstern been sent to Denmark?
To spy on Hamlet to see what is the matter with him or if he has truly lost his sanity, and to show his loyalty.
5) What does Hamlet ask the players to recite? How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
Aeneas tells dido about the the death of Priam, because pyrrhus doesn't know anything about the murder.
Identify the following speaker of the following lines and discuss to whom the lines are being delivered, and what do the lines mean?
6) “No, my lord, but as you did command/ I did repel his letter, and denied his access to me”
For Raynaldo making up a rumor to Laertes to see if its true about him or not and what other people say about him.
2) What does this say about Polonius?
That he doesn't trust his son at all in france.
3) What particularly in Act II scene 1 has disturbed Ophelia?
She says that Hamlet has gone crazy, but really he hasn't and is acting.
4) Why have Rosencrantez and Guildenstern been sent to Denmark?
To spy on Hamlet to see what is the matter with him or if he has truly lost his sanity, and to show his loyalty.
5) What does Hamlet ask the players to recite? How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
Aeneas tells dido about the the death of Priam, because pyrrhus doesn't know anything about the murder.
Identify the following speaker of the following lines and discuss to whom the lines are being delivered, and what do the lines mean?
6) “No, my lord, but as you did command/ I did repel his letter, and denied his access to me”
Ophellia has listened to Polonius and did not talk to Hamlet, and Polonius says that he is mad for her love but he isn't.
7) “More matter less art”
The Queen Guildenstern tells this to Polonius to get to the point when he keeps talking about how he will be quick.
8) “That I, the son of a dear father murdered,/ Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell/ Must like a whore unpack my heart with words,
Hamlet is saying while his dad is dead and Claudius is king he doesn't step up to his words about killing him but, instead is yelling at himself for not doing it.
9) “Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth/ And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/ with windlasses and with assays of bias,/ By directions find directions out.”
Polonius is saying that the lies will find the truth and that his idea is very wise and smart in figuring out what his son is doing.
10) “For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion-Have you a daughter?”
Good can always do evil, because the sun is a symbol of light and happiness, it breeds maggots thou.
11) List three metaphors (1 direct, 1 implied, 1 extended) from the play.
12) What proof does Polonius have that he believe indicates Hamlet’s love for Ophelia?
The proof he states is that he is going crazy over her because she never talked to him but thats not true.
13) Explain the quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” How does this relate to Hamlet.
He is saying that Denmark is either good or bad but its perspective because, it looks like a prison to Hamlet.
14) What is a fishmonger?
A person who sells and deals with fish.
15) Who was Jephthah?
He was a judge in the Old Testament, he also sacrifices his daughter for more political power.
7) “More matter less art”
The Queen Guildenstern tells this to Polonius to get to the point when he keeps talking about how he will be quick.
8) “That I, the son of a dear father murdered,/ Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell/ Must like a whore unpack my heart with words,
Hamlet is saying while his dad is dead and Claudius is king he doesn't step up to his words about killing him but, instead is yelling at himself for not doing it.
9) “Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth/ And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/ with windlasses and with assays of bias,/ By directions find directions out.”
Polonius is saying that the lies will find the truth and that his idea is very wise and smart in figuring out what his son is doing.
10) “For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion-Have you a daughter?”
Good can always do evil, because the sun is a symbol of light and happiness, it breeds maggots thou.
11) List three metaphors (1 direct, 1 implied, 1 extended) from the play.
12) What proof does Polonius have that he believe indicates Hamlet’s love for Ophelia?
The proof he states is that he is going crazy over her because she never talked to him but thats not true.
13) Explain the quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” How does this relate to Hamlet.
He is saying that Denmark is either good or bad but its perspective because, it looks like a prison to Hamlet.
14) What is a fishmonger?
A person who sells and deals with fish.
15) Who was Jephthah?
He was a judge in the Old Testament, he also sacrifices his daughter for more political power.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Act 1 Summary
In scene one, Bernardo and
Francisco trade guard duty while Francisco goes and leaves, Horatio and
Marcellus appear. They start talking about a ghost and Horatio doesn’t believe
that its real until it appears. They discuss on how it looks like Old King Hamlet
in his set of armor. They are scared and want to know why the ghost is there
and not in the afterlife. In scene two, it starts off with King Claudius
talking about the dead king, and how he is marrying his dead brother’s wife two
months after his death. Hamlet is upset with this while he is all black at the
wedding and doesn’t want to be Claudius’s son. He is also upset that the food
from the funeral for his dad was the same food for the wedding. Horatio and
Marcellus then talk to Hamlet about his king is a ghost and in his armor. In
scene three, Laertes talks to his sister, Ophelia, about Hamlet supposedly
lying to Ophelia and just trying to take her innocence away. Then Polonius
talks to her as well and orders her not to see him anymore. In scene four,
Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus are waiting for the ghost so that Hamlet can see
his dad’s ghost in his battle-wear. The ghost appears and wants Hamlet to
follow him but Horatio thinks it’s a trap and the ghost is luring Hamlet to his
death or will cause him to go crazy. Final scene, Hamlet doesn’t care about
Horatio’s warning and follows the ghost. The ghost then talks about how
Claudius killed him, and married his wife.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Hamlet ?s 1.3,4
1) What is Laertes advice to Ophelia?
To not have emotions towards Hamlet and for her not to lose her virginity to him because thats all she has right now.
2) How does “The canker galls the infants of the spring/ too oft before their buttons be disclos’d” fit into the ideology of the decaying garden?
Because its comparing Hamlet to a worm inside a garden that is dying.
3) What analogy does Ophelia give to her brother as an answer to his advice? What does she mean?
She tells Laertes to listen to himself first before giving advice because he is probably following lust when he is in France.
4) List five of the “few precepts” that Polonius gives to Laertes.
Think before you act, no vulgarity, dress nice but not to nice, don't borrow or lend money, and to listen more then just talk.
5) In lines 105-109, what is the metaphor that Polonius uses to describe Hamlet’s words of love?
Tender, he says that she is believing all of what Hamlet says, and Polonius tells her that she is like a baby and doesn't know what she is doing as if she can't think on her own, but he is just trying to use her for her innocence or her virginity.
6) List and explain one metaphor found in the lines 115-135.
Ophelia is considered a bug and Hamlet is a light, and bugs, go to light but the light will kill her not warm her heart is was Polonius says.
7) What is Polonius’ command to Ophelia?
To not go talk or be with Hamlet at all because he wants to control her and sell her virginity for power.
8) In scene 4, what is Hamlet talking about in lines 13-38?
He hates that the new king keeps getting drunk and firing the cannons because the other countries now look at them as if there a bunch of drunk fools.
9) Why doesn’t Horatio want Hamlet to follow the ghost?
Because he thinks the ghost will cause him insanity or have him commit suicide someway.
10) What is Hamlet’s command to the three guards?
To not follow him and the ghost because the ghost only wants to speak with Hamlet.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Hamlet 1.2 ?s
HAMLET ACT 1 Scene 2
1. What is odd about Hamlet’s appearance in the opening of scene two?
At the marriage he is wearing all black and is depressing looking because his father died and him mom married someone two months after the death.
2. Explain (give at least two reasons) why Claudius needs to justify his marriage in the opening of scene two.
Claudius says that everyone is sad after his death but everyone dies and they have to move on. Second he says that no one objected from the marriage as well.
3. Laertes asks the King for leave to do what, specifically?
To go back to France, because he wants to go back and to go to Wittenburg
4. Explain Hamlet’s insult when he says, “A little more than kin and less than kind.”
He didn't want him to marry his mom because that was his fathers brother and now he thinks the blood in his family ruined
5. Explain Hamlet’s use of pun in the line, “Not so my lord, I am too much in the sun.”
He says he is in the sun to much but means he is Claudius's son to much.
6. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy it is obvious that what troubles him most is?
That his mom married her dead husband's brother in two months.
7. What does Hamlet mean by the following lines
“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 forc’d breath,
No, nore the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together will all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play;
But I have that within which passes show,
These but the trappings and the suits of woe."
He is talking about how his clothes are depressing and how he doesn't like the weeding at all.
8. What does Hamlet say about the baked meats and the funeral and the wedding.
That the wedding food was the leftover funeral food from his dad's funeral
9. What news does Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo bring to Hamlet.
That they have seen his dad in a ghostly specter form in his armor
1. What is odd about Hamlet’s appearance in the opening of scene two?
At the marriage he is wearing all black and is depressing looking because his father died and him mom married someone two months after the death.
2. Explain (give at least two reasons) why Claudius needs to justify his marriage in the opening of scene two.
Claudius says that everyone is sad after his death but everyone dies and they have to move on. Second he says that no one objected from the marriage as well.
3. Laertes asks the King for leave to do what, specifically?
To go back to France, because he wants to go back and to go to Wittenburg
4. Explain Hamlet’s insult when he says, “A little more than kin and less than kind.”
He didn't want him to marry his mom because that was his fathers brother and now he thinks the blood in his family ruined
5. Explain Hamlet’s use of pun in the line, “Not so my lord, I am too much in the sun.”
He says he is in the sun to much but means he is Claudius's son to much.
6. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy it is obvious that what troubles him most is?
That his mom married her dead husband's brother in two months.
7. What does Hamlet mean by the following lines
“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 forc’d breath,
No, nore the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together will all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play;
But I have that within which passes show,
These but the trappings and the suits of woe."
He is talking about how his clothes are depressing and how he doesn't like the weeding at all.
8. What does Hamlet say about the baked meats and the funeral and the wedding.
That the wedding food was the leftover funeral food from his dad's funeral
9. What news does Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo bring to Hamlet.
That they have seen his dad in a ghostly specter form in his armor
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Hyphens
421
1. The little-lost-girl had that I'm going to cry again look on her face.
2. Spies must have the I like danger-attitude to be successful.
3. We found many interesting things in a forty-year-old trunk.
4. He gave an I-dare-you to touch me sneer to the others.
5. Did you read that hair-raising story last night?
422
1. In the woods we saw many flowers including a jack-in-the-pulpit.
2. One old toy that everyone used to have was a jack-in-the-box.
3. The sergeants-at-arms will escort him from the courtroom.
4. The ship's captain enjoyed using the cat-o'-nine tails on disobedient sailors.
\
5. Finding the man seemed to be just a will-o'-the-wisp.
423
1. Jim was the runner-up in the race.
2. The sailors attached the ship to the tie-up.
3. Let's get something to eat at a drive-in.
4. The jump-off was the beginning of the war.
5. This meal is certainly first-rate.
424
1. It was hard to find an anti-imperialist among the rulers of ancient Rome.
2. I believe that man had a pre-existence before this life.
3. Can you de-energize that bomb in time?
4. If you take that medicine, it could cause the body to be anti-immune.
5. The concerned group was starting an anti-immoral movement.
425
1. We studied the Franco-Prussian War in our history class.
2. For tomorrow read chapters 6-9 in your geography book.
3. The decade 1950-1959 was a great time to grow up.
4. The New York-Paris flight will leave on time.
5. Study your letters l-z for the next quiz.
1. The little-lost-girl had that I'm going to cry again look on her face.
2. Spies must have the I like danger-attitude to be successful.
3. We found many interesting things in a forty-year-old trunk.
4. He gave an I-dare-you to touch me sneer to the others.
5. Did you read that hair-raising story last night?
422
1. In the woods we saw many flowers including a jack-in-the-pulpit.
2. One old toy that everyone used to have was a jack-in-the-box.
3. The sergeants-at-arms will escort him from the courtroom.
4. The ship's captain enjoyed using the cat-o'-nine tails on disobedient sailors.
\
5. Finding the man seemed to be just a will-o'-the-wisp.
423
1. Jim was the runner-up in the race.
2. The sailors attached the ship to the tie-up.
3. Let's get something to eat at a drive-in.
4. The jump-off was the beginning of the war.
5. This meal is certainly first-rate.
424
1. It was hard to find an anti-imperialist among the rulers of ancient Rome.
2. I believe that man had a pre-existence before this life.
3. Can you de-energize that bomb in time?
4. If you take that medicine, it could cause the body to be anti-immune.
5. The concerned group was starting an anti-immoral movement.
425
1. We studied the Franco-Prussian War in our history class.
2. For tomorrow read chapters 6-9 in your geography book.
3. The decade 1950-1959 was a great time to grow up.
4. The New York-Paris flight will leave on time.
5. Study your letters l-z for the next quiz.
Hamlet 1.1 ?s
1) How is interest created in the opening scene?
When the ghost of the old king enters the scene
2) What information are we given to help us understand the situation?
Old Hamlet killing Old Fortinsbar, and now his son wants to avenge his death, we are also giving that Denmark is close to war with other countries.
3) What happens at the end of the scene to create suspense and keep up the reader’s interest?
It ends with them seeing the ghost, and the ghost is foreshadow either to something great is why he is there or its a foreshadow to something bad. Then they continue talking saying they most go see with young Hamlet, at that time its morning
4) What is the mood of the scene?
Its very dark and gloomy, its a very cold night because the castle is right next to the ocean also, but it can feel cold because of the ghost entering and exiting the scene as well.
5) Why are the sentries apprehensive (there are two reasons)?
One is because of the old kings ghost, another is because there country might go to war because of trading and them building more cannons
6) What reasons are suggested by Horatio for the appearance of the late King’s ghost?
His body was not laid to rest properly, he has a lost treasure or because of war and the ghost of there leaders are there to represent armor and morale the troops.
7) Who are the characters present in the scene?
Ghost, Horatio, Barnardo, Marcellus, Francisco
8) List one thing Horatio says about the former King?
That he use to be a warmonger and went to battle before he died
9) Who is young Fortinbras?
He is the son of Old Fortinbras that was killed by Old Hamlet
10) What does Horatio say happened in Rome after Julius Caesar was murdered?
It was very sad and depressing after Caesar died because he was the great leader and general of the city, he made rome an amazing city he built more then just an army and not the great creator is dead.
11) How does Horatio differ from Marcellus and Barnardo in scene 1?
Horatio is smart and a scholar he is not a guard or watch like the other two, he studies his books more then fighting in combat.
12) What is Horatio’s purpose in scene 1 (why is he present)?
He is there because he is a smart scholar and the guards wanted him to see the ghost with his own eyes and he might have had gotten the ghost to talk.
13) What past history (Denmark’s history) is revealed in scene 1?
It shows why the city is going to war and with the battles it has been in previously because of there leaders
When the ghost of the old king enters the scene
2) What information are we given to help us understand the situation?
Old Hamlet killing Old Fortinsbar, and now his son wants to avenge his death, we are also giving that Denmark is close to war with other countries.
3) What happens at the end of the scene to create suspense and keep up the reader’s interest?
It ends with them seeing the ghost, and the ghost is foreshadow either to something great is why he is there or its a foreshadow to something bad. Then they continue talking saying they most go see with young Hamlet, at that time its morning
4) What is the mood of the scene?
Its very dark and gloomy, its a very cold night because the castle is right next to the ocean also, but it can feel cold because of the ghost entering and exiting the scene as well.
5) Why are the sentries apprehensive (there are two reasons)?
One is because of the old kings ghost, another is because there country might go to war because of trading and them building more cannons
6) What reasons are suggested by Horatio for the appearance of the late King’s ghost?
His body was not laid to rest properly, he has a lost treasure or because of war and the ghost of there leaders are there to represent armor and morale the troops.
7) Who are the characters present in the scene?
Ghost, Horatio, Barnardo, Marcellus, Francisco
8) List one thing Horatio says about the former King?
That he use to be a warmonger and went to battle before he died
9) Who is young Fortinbras?
He is the son of Old Fortinbras that was killed by Old Hamlet
10) What does Horatio say happened in Rome after Julius Caesar was murdered?
It was very sad and depressing after Caesar died because he was the great leader and general of the city, he made rome an amazing city he built more then just an army and not the great creator is dead.
11) How does Horatio differ from Marcellus and Barnardo in scene 1?
Horatio is smart and a scholar he is not a guard or watch like the other two, he studies his books more then fighting in combat.
12) What is Horatio’s purpose in scene 1 (why is he present)?
He is there because he is a smart scholar and the guards wanted him to see the ghost with his own eyes and he might have had gotten the ghost to talk.
13) What past history (Denmark’s history) is revealed in scene 1?
It shows why the city is going to war and with the battles it has been in previously because of there leaders
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sonnet paper
Jake
English
This
is a horrible way to start this but its true. Stop crying over him or her and
get over him or her. For three reasons one is if the person cared for you, your
lover wouldn’t have left no matter what. Two, there is a bunch of people in the
world who would be better for you then him or her. Three you can’t chase
something that isn’t there.
I’m not saying this to be really mean to you
but to tell you the truth. If you two broke apart it would be better to not go
back to him or her because if you two loved each other enough it wouldn’t even
have been broken. She or he wouldn’t even think about leaving you if they truly
loved you. Why would someone want to hurt you if they said I love you, they
wouldn’t want to bring .
The saying “there
is other fish in the sea,” is true because there are millions of people in this
world, and you have not met all the people in the world, so you have not met
the women or man that loves you no matter what. That would always be there for
you. I’m sure somewhere in the world there is a man or woman who loves you for
who you are but you just need to find them.
It may seem like you love that
person but how could you love somebody that doesn’t care or love you back. Its
like you are chasing something that isn’t there, you can’t get him or her to
love you, what you need to do is find someone who loves you. I’m not the kind
of guy for dating advice, because I have my own problems that I went through.
The reason I’m saying this, is because I have had the same problem I thought I
loved a girl more then anything, like spending the rest of my life with her
even though she took me away from my friends and tried to change me. I got over
her though because I knew if she “loved” me, she would have stayed with me and
not leave me or even cheat on me.
Through these three points you should not go after him or her.
Sonnet questions
PG 317
Study Questions
1-10
1.
To go live with him but not with marriage just
live-in relationship. In the third part he offers caps and a skirt. A gown, and
some gold is given to her in the fourth part. In the fifth and sixth, he goes
on how they should live together in happiness.
2.
For her
to stay with him and life
3.
The love of all the promises the shepherd offers
could only be valid if the world and love were young.
4.
Shepherd’s
can be a lonely life. Must know how to carry supplies they need for days or
weeks at a time. He lives a long life on
the road, with cooking outside, sleeping lightly and facing down enemies of the
flock.
5.
Her mind can be changed she doesn’t necessary
wanted him.
6.
Lover words- She believes what the shepherd says
is lies because it will all die during winter and the promises can not be kept.
The value of love tokens- She believes the
tokens he offers are lies because they will not be complete and the promises
are broken
Planning for the Future- She says what it
gets to winter everything is going to be cold and die like nature does.
7.
That the Nymph is like nature because in greek
mythology they are the spirts of the trees and rivers, but during winter they
will start to die and freeze
8.
The nymphs actually wants it to last if she does
go to him, while the shepherd just wants lust and will offer anything up for
it.
9.
All of the different things he offers from a
happy life to actually possessions.
PG 322
1-9
1.
It is compared to fire like a burning passion
2.
That is got washed away so the that his lover
would go away but every time he writes it the ocean washes it away again
3.
That they want each other but they will never be
together
4.
Fire and ice, cold to hot
5.
It shows that his fire still burns and he lost
his mind over and it was because of love
6.
Sonnet 30- is that the love and passion will
always burn on but she is so cold and will have it go out
Sonnet 75- is that it will always go away
with time be with his women is not immortal but merely temporally.
7.
A beloved man- That the love still lasts even
though it was washed away
Romantic love- Everything is gray
and not good enough in the world compared to the woman she loves.
The value of his poetry-
8.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)