I like pretty flowers

Flower Power Act 4 Scene 5

1.     Ophelia describes how she misses hamlet and how she loved him and after how unkindly he treated her because, of that she looks in this screwed up state of losing her love.

2.     Because she could never express herself, and now when she does she is also screwed up she doesn’t like her life now from what her father caused.

3.     He calls her rose for being beautiful like the flower, and May symbolizes youth that she is young and beautiful.

4.     Laertes

1.     Rose mary and pansies- Rose maries are for him to remember their father, pansies are for his thoughts on his father.

Claudius

2.     Fennel and columbine- Fennel means deceit, and the columbine meaning that he has a lack of love to Gertrude.

Gertrude

3.     Rue and daisy- A rue means symbol of remorse, a daisy means innocence but she was not innocent from being with Claudius and leaving Old King Hamlet.

5.     She must wear it with a difference she must wear it for remorse, because she cannot do what the priest does on Sunday with it for grace or mercy.

6.     She can not give out violets because after her father died no one is faithful its all gone and has faded away like the flowers.

7.     It is how she died she climbed up the tree wanting to die with the flowers in her hair.

8.     A. Butter cups- ingratitude, she was not thankful to her father for forcing her to do those things that she didn’t want to do.

B. Nettles- cruelty, she had a cruel life of being order around and hurt by the ones she loved.  

C. Daises- innocence, she had innocence in life while growing up and knowing Hamlet, but Hamlet could have taken it away.

D. Orchids- Love, she loved Hamlet, and her family her whole life, she just didn’t want to deal with life anymore.

Act 4 questions

Act IV, Scene 1
1. What is Claudius' main fear in the immediate aftermath of Polonius' death?
That he is next and going to die soon because of Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene 2
1. What does Hamlet refuse to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Where Polonius' dead body is.
Act IV, Scene 3
1. What image does Hamlet use (ll. 19-29) to warn Claudius he's only king temporarily?
He says that killing a beggar is just like killing a king because they are both going to be dead and mean the same when there dead. 
2. Claudius ends the scene by writing a letter: to whom, and what order does it contain?
He tells the England King to kill Hamlet for him so no one will expect Claudius of planning it. 
Act IV, Scene 4
1. What's the value of the land Fortinbras' army is marching to capture in Poland (l. 20)? What will the invasion itself cost (l. 25)?
5 ducats, 20'000 ducats
2. Hamlet's soliloquy (ll. 32-66) is self-critical; summarize his main fault.
He is saying he is just a animal, because he just sleeps and eats. He states god gave him power to do something at least avenge his father. 
Act IV, Scene 5
1. Ophelia's songs during her first appearance in this scene deal with love, death and sex. Why? What do they tell us about her at the moment? What might they reveal about Her, Hamlet and Polonius?
She is stating that she misses him and loves him, but now she can control herself for the first time in her life because her father isn't there to tell her what to do, same thing with Hamlet.
2. Why is Laertes a danger to Claudius' throne (ll. 98-103)? (Actually two or three related reasons.)
Because he is young and wants revenge on his father's killer, second he will go at any lengths to achieve this goal, and the mob that was with him believes he should be king. 
3. What does Claudius offer as assurance that he had no part in Polonius' death (ll. 190-9)?
That if he is wrong Laertes can kill him and take the throne and all perks from that. 
Act IV, Scene 6
1. Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet explaining how he escaped from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. How did he? 
He was attacked by pirates and they captured him, but now Hamlet owes a favor to the pirates.
Act IV, Scene 7
1. What reason does Claudius give Laertes for Hamlet's killing of Polonius (ll. 1-4)?
Because Claudius was friends with Polonius, Claudius says that Hamlet was trying to kill him not Polonius.  2. What are his two reasons for not charging Hamlet with murder (ll. 9-24)?
Because Claudius says the queen is Hamlet's mother, and he is married to Gertrude which is the queen. The public love Hamlet and would not want him to die or be in jail.   3. Claudius reveals that Laertes is famous for his skill with the rapier (a fencing weapon) and that Hamlet is envious of this fame.
Is this a question
4. How does Claudius plan to exploit this envy to give Laertes a chance for (publicly) guiltless revenge (ll. 126-38)?
He plans to what for Hamlet to come back, When he does people are going to place bets on Laertes to win a duel to the death. To avenge his father by killing Hamlet. 
5. How does Laertes refine the plan (ll. 138-147)?
He is going to poisin his blade so if he just scratches Hamlet he will die
6. What announcement does Gertrude make to end Act IV?
She makes the announcement that Ophelia had drown in a stream. (On purpose I think) She tells that she had flowers on her and she fell from a willow tree...weeping willow... 

Grammer exercises

1. are usually,
2. the ladder
3. with emeralds and rubies 
4. in the backyard 
5. about a mile off shore. 
6. the popular children's magazine.
7. shakespearian 
8. Mr. Christopher
9.  a sophomore at the Academy of Allied Health and Science
10. an urban legend
11. Trying to be protective
12. Misplacing my belt
13. Snoring with contentment
14.  Having to wait
15.  Heading this year

Act 3, 3 and 4 scene ?s

1) What does Claudius plan to do with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Hamlet?
To send Hamlet and his two "friends" to england to get rid of him so Hamlet wont kill him and so Hamlet can calm down and not go crazy.
2) What is Polonius going to do while Hamlet speaks with his mother?
Going to spy on them and tell Claudius about what they were talking about. 
3) List three important things about Claudius’ soliloquy.
a) He still wants what he killed his brother for
b) He commits that he killed his brother
c He wants to be innocent and free but he knows he can't 
4) Why is it odd that Hamlet sees the king praying?
Because the king still wants what he killed his brother for which made him want to pray so he can be relieved of his sins
5) Why doesn’t Hamlet take this opportunity for revenge?
Because he wanted to kill him but now he doesn't because since he admitted he would go to heaven and Hamlet doesn't want him to go to heaven.
Scene IV
1) Describe Polonius’ advice to Gertrude.
To be Hamlet's mother and give consequences that Hamlet will have to deal with. 
2) What is the significance of the following quote: “How now, a rat? Dead! For a ducat, dead!
That Polonius is a rat and he will be dead because Hamlet strike  him right after it was said
3) What is odd about the following quote: A bloody dead; almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother.
Hamlet is saying what he did was bad but what his mom did was horrible when she married her old husbands brother.
4) Why might Gertrude say, “What have I done, that thou dar’st wag thy tongue in noise so rude against me.”
She wants to know why Hamlet is yelling and making fun of her the reasoning why she is being treated wrong.
5) What descriptions does Hamlet use to compare his father and his uncle?
King Hamlet
He is compared to gods in the lines 56- 63, "Hyperion's curls... did seem to set his seal." 
Claudius
He is compared to a decaying rotting piece of corn, from the lines 64- 68, "Here is your husband... Ha, have you eyes?"
6) What point does Hamlet make by comparing the men?
That Gertrude was stupid because she went from amazingness like gods to wanted a rotten decaying ear of corn. 
7) What is disturbing about the following: Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed; stewed in corruption; honeying, and making love over the nasty sty.”
Its disturbing because Hamlet wants to know about his mom's sex-life when his mom is like 50 years old.
8) What stops Hamlet’s ranting and raving at Gertrude? What does this figure tell Hamlet?
Hamlet stops because he sees his father in ghost form again but Gertrude can't see it, the ghost says for Hamlet to comfort his mother and not to take revenge on her for his father's death.  
9) By the end of the act, Hamlet has made many statements about humanity, in general. Explain a few of his points. Do his opinions reflect his madness.
10) Explain the differences between the ghost in Act I with the ghost in Act III. Why might these differences reflect Hamlet’s insanity? 
Ghost in act 1 was more of a warning and more then just Hamlet saw the ghost before. In act 3 however he was the only one that saw his ghostly father's appearance 

Soliloquy Translation

(My point of view as Hamlet) Die or live that is the question, is life worth fighting so much for why don't I commit suicide and not deal with any of this. But I can't because I don't know what is after death. If I will go and burn in hell, or go up to the angels in heaven. That is what prevents everybody including I to commit suicide, that is what causes us to go through the suffering of this world.