Book One, Chapters 1-2
1. What bothers Winston?
Julie and everything that has to do with Big Brother
2. What is wrong with his society?
The public are being controlled by the government, being watched, can't think on there own, past is being changed.
3. What are the three slogans of the Inner Party?
Freedom is Slavery, War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength
4. What are the four ministries?
Truth, Peace, Love, Plenty
5. What items are written in italics?
The diary whatever is written in the dairy.
6. How does the Two Minute Hate work?
They are suppose to be lunatics and just hate the enemy of their country and not even know that the government is the enemy.
7. What happens to Winston during the chant?
He tries act regular to the people, which is he trying to be crazy or psychotic
8. What happens between O’Brien and Winston?
O'Brien looked at Winston, as if O'Brien is with Winston, against Big Brother, or share some of the same views.
9. During the film (p. 11), how did the audience react?
They Chant BB and go crazy over what they are viewing on the screen.
10. What is "thoughtcrime"?
To think bad about Big Brother, or anything against what Big Brother stands for.
11. What are the Thought Police?
They arrest people who think bad about Big Brother or against them
12. Who are the Parsons and what do they represent?
They represent a family growing up in this world
13. How do the Parsons’ children behave?
Like little brats who are mean to everyone but Big Brother
14. What is Winston's dream about O’Brien?
That O'Brien said in a dark area "We shall meet in a place of no darkness."
15. What is announced on the news? (p. 25)
The country won a great battle at the price of reduced chocolate, and chocolate brings happiness
Monday, April 22, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Last questions
1) What do you feel is the point of the gravedigger’s riddles and song? How does it fit into the play?
The points of the riddles is to show comedy in this dark time of the play because its ironic that they are telling jokes and trying to be happy in a graveyard.
2) In what ways do Hamlet’s reactions to the skulls in the graveyard seem to suggest a change in his outlook? Compare Hamlet’s attitude towards Yoric to Hamlet’s attitude to Ophelia or even his father? How is it different? How is it similar?
To Yoric he is more calm and sad, because he brings up the good memories he had with him, when he was alive as a jester. Hamlet's attitude towards Ophelia is the same because he loves her and likes her just like he liked Yoric the only problem is the past where she spied on Hamlet.
3) How old is Hamlet? How do you know this?
The Gravedigger says that he has been in Denmark ever since Hamlet was born, the Gravedigger says later that he was there for thirty years.
4) What does the violent argument between Hamlet and Laertes add to the play?
It adds more tension between the two sons who want to avenge there father's deaths and how they both love the dead Ophelia.
5) What developments in Hamlet’s character are presented through the story of what happened on the boat? (V.ii 1-62). How has Hamlet changed?
He has calmed down he is more mellow then before and doesn't lose his sanity.
6) How do Hamlet’s motives in killing Claudius seem to have shifted according to his speech beginning “Does it not, think thee…” (V.ii.63)
It changes because now he wants to do something before when he was first in Denmark he didn't act on it.
7) What concerns of the play are reinforced in the Osric episode? (V.ii.80-170)
Osric tries to impress Hamlet with big words and talks a lot. Hamlet however confuses him with more intellectual words.
8) Why does Hamlet ‘defy augury’? (V.ii.192)
Because he knows he is going into a trap, he defy's fate by going at this head on, if he doesn't die now however then he will just die later.
9) What does Laertes say is his motive in still resenting Hamlet? How has already lost this? How does this contribute to the presentation of revenge in the play? (V.ii216-223)
He wants to hold onto his last bit of honor because the rest of his life has gone, through death and despair.
10) How might the dying lines of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes be viewed as typical of the way their characters have been presented throughout the play?
Claudius wants his "friends" to help him but they actually do not like him.
Laertes realizes that he has become as crazy as Hamlet did when his father and sister died
Gertrude may have known about the poisin but I believe she didn't and then realized that she tried to save her son from drinking it.
11) Who “wins” in Hamlet? How and why do you think this?
Fortinbras, does because he rules over Denmark in the end.
The points of the riddles is to show comedy in this dark time of the play because its ironic that they are telling jokes and trying to be happy in a graveyard.
2) In what ways do Hamlet’s reactions to the skulls in the graveyard seem to suggest a change in his outlook? Compare Hamlet’s attitude towards Yoric to Hamlet’s attitude to Ophelia or even his father? How is it different? How is it similar?
To Yoric he is more calm and sad, because he brings up the good memories he had with him, when he was alive as a jester. Hamlet's attitude towards Ophelia is the same because he loves her and likes her just like he liked Yoric the only problem is the past where she spied on Hamlet.
3) How old is Hamlet? How do you know this?
The Gravedigger says that he has been in Denmark ever since Hamlet was born, the Gravedigger says later that he was there for thirty years.
4) What does the violent argument between Hamlet and Laertes add to the play?
It adds more tension between the two sons who want to avenge there father's deaths and how they both love the dead Ophelia.
5) What developments in Hamlet’s character are presented through the story of what happened on the boat? (V.ii 1-62). How has Hamlet changed?
He has calmed down he is more mellow then before and doesn't lose his sanity.
6) How do Hamlet’s motives in killing Claudius seem to have shifted according to his speech beginning “Does it not, think thee…” (V.ii.63)
It changes because now he wants to do something before when he was first in Denmark he didn't act on it.
7) What concerns of the play are reinforced in the Osric episode? (V.ii.80-170)
Osric tries to impress Hamlet with big words and talks a lot. Hamlet however confuses him with more intellectual words.
8) Why does Hamlet ‘defy augury’? (V.ii.192)
Because he knows he is going into a trap, he defy's fate by going at this head on, if he doesn't die now however then he will just die later.
9) What does Laertes say is his motive in still resenting Hamlet? How has already lost this? How does this contribute to the presentation of revenge in the play? (V.ii216-223)
He wants to hold onto his last bit of honor because the rest of his life has gone, through death and despair.
10) How might the dying lines of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes be viewed as typical of the way their characters have been presented throughout the play?
Claudius wants his "friends" to help him but they actually do not like him.
Laertes realizes that he has become as crazy as Hamlet did when his father and sister died
Gertrude may have known about the poisin but I believe she didn't and then realized that she tried to save her son from drinking it.
11) Who “wins” in Hamlet? How and why do you think this?
Fortinbras, does because he rules over Denmark in the end.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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...
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...
Monday, February 18, 2013
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
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
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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
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
Friday, February 1, 2013
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.
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