Hamlet essay

"To be or not to be".... I feel like this embodies all of Hamlet's internal struggles. He is deciding what he wants to do on the outside and wrestles with that inside his head. The play is filled with dynamic situations, unexpected twists and turns that Hamlet leads those in the play and those reading the play on. He is very mindful of all of his actions and the overall image he puts out. Hamlet is one of the most complex characters to have  developed in a book through direct characterization. He describes himself and helps readers understand where he is coming from through his soliloquies and other bits of dialog he shares. "Thus conscious does make cowards of us all.." The tone is apprehensive or indecisive. never knowing if he will make the move. I know he will make a move, but its the tone in his mind that baffles him as goes back and forth between believing if it will really happen.

The soliloquy takes place right before Hamlet gives Ophelia a lot of advice, such as " Get thee to a nunnery.." It also happens after Guildenstern and Rosencrantz spill that Hamlet is a little wound up about the play to Claudius. It is where Hamlet is really going back and forth if he can actually carry out the act. In his speech, Hamlet is speaking what his mind is thinking. He is talking himself through a difficult situation. Hamlet learns about himself and his thinking through the speech, and makes it maybe a little clearer that he will be able to do what his father asked him to do. Even though he is pondering it a lot recently, and the more you think about something, sometimes the less likely it seems it will happen, in the audience's eyes, they are able to see how much this means to him. For me, as I was up studying at 3 am the night before the biology test, I was thinking what a failure I was. I still had so much to read, takes notes on and review. But as I had those little moments in studying for it, I would continually be getting closer to the end. Hamlet took a break to stress and reveal to himself that he was a failure at the moment. But each time he did that, he reinforce to himself how important it was not to fail. Feelings of failure and inadequacy come as you are moving to success. For me, success was getting a good grade on my biology test, Hamlet's success was the fulfillment of his father's wishes for Claudius to be killed.
Performative Utterance has to do with the mental configuration of an idea and what has to happen for the physical results to happen. Locutionary force was the transfer of understanding from Hamlet's dad to Hamlet that he wanted Clauduis to be killed. The illocutionary force was Hamlet accepting that he will kill Claudius. The perlocutionary force was Hamlet carrying out his father's orders and killing Claudius.

Act 4

Gertrude describes hamlet as nuts

Claudius wants to see hamlet away

They are goin to make it look like it was on purpose 

Get inner circle around to help them make it work 

Claudius knows the only one knows is hamlet 

He wants hamlet out of the picture 

Hamlet isn't trusting guildenstern as Rosenchrantz 

You are sponge, I may the prince 

Act like a prince, he use to be one of the boys but not now

Polonius is with his dad. Polonius is not with Claudius 

Fox is polonius 

Claudius is painting thing for hamlet, pretending doing this for hamlet, pretend it was what Hamlet wanted them to do

Hamlet combines elements of character

Witty, political, complexed, through galet to Claudius 

Hamlet reminds Claudius he is not more human than anybody else

Hamlet is being sent to England

Claudius is having Hamlet killed in England

Hamlet Essay

After reading up to act three, we have seen hamlet change from a lost boy, to a mind bending man, then into someone with very little control. It reminds me of myself when studying. First I look at very thing I have to do and sigh," this is going to take so much work...", then I get to the point I have studied so much I could practically quote the book, then I get to the point of ," what do I even know anymore?" "I just need to take this freakin test and get it over with!" I think Hamlet and I go through the same phases similarly. And I think part of his crazy mode know everything mode started when he and Ophelia were watching the play and he starts spewing his knowledge and letting her know he knows what will happen before Irene happens, maybe to impress her or show himself off, be a little cocky. Then the next part when he finally sees Claudius react he knows he got him. He worked so hat to get to this point, just about the time the bell rings for me to get to my class and take the test. Then he is somehow delayed, but then goes to speak to his mother and his adrenaline is coursing through his veins, about the part when I sit down and put everything away. Then as he starts going off on his mother, I start flying through my test like no body's business. I have studied so hard and worked my butt off to get here and so has Hamlet. Then all the sudden he sees the curtain rustle and his chance, one shot, to get back at what Claudius did to his father. As he stabs his knife into Polonius, the fire bell goes off and water starts sprinkling all over my just finished test. And as polonius falls my answers from blots to smears to nothing. The class screams with joy as I start planning some studying to ace this test, even though I am bitter. Hamlet drags the body out of the thing the got in his way.

Hamlet shows a lot of evidence of being human, not crazy sociopath. He did reach a breaking point by some means, but in some ways he would become more frustrated with himself rather than others and kill himself because of those frustrations of not being able to honor his father or get te revenge he has been waiting so long to hand on a platter. The fact that Hanelt isn't suicidal shows how even though he is failing in his own mind, he is still most focused on the task at hand, not his feelings of despair and non self worth. With some many attempts and plans and obstacles, most would give up, but because Hamlet is so willing to do what the ghost tells him, he is un phased by the possible feelings of defeat, he is fueled by them which makes sense. However I think about a hurdler in a competition. They have their eye on the prize which is the finish line. The tension and focus builds, "On your mark, get set, go!" The gun fires twice, misfire, but being a rookie, you start going and nothing can stop you because all you can see if that waving finish line and no one in your periforal vision. And as you cross the finish line and throw your hands in the air, you see everyone else at the starting line and the staff motioning you to head back and do it all over again. Hamlet is in the place of that hurdler running back to the start and feeling defeated and cheated and not wanting to go on because you just spent everything you got and now have to do it all over again. 

I think hamlet thinks he has a purpose that he is focused on with the ferocity of a lion on a antelope. Whatever holes he stubbles in, edges that snag his clothes, he will show up half naked with twiste ankles and a dead Clauduis at his feet to present. 

Personal Statement

Put personality behind the facts

Bring facts listed on your application to life

Solve mysteries on your application 

Somethig really interesting on your application, write about it and not something boring

Uc's looking for

Leadership not always elected, shows them you get something done, make something happen, continue making changes

Explain what kind of leader, how you led, start to dig first, show what you made happen, leadership style. Take initiative, make things happen that wouldn't have if you weren't around. You stepped up and took command. Actions are guided by being role model, show them how to t

Overcoming obstacles if nothing is able to stop you, then you can never be stopped. No depression, if hard, you'll work twice as hard. Context for your achievements. Ran fast time, with crutches. How could she do without crutches. Had obstacles and still had good gpa. What could she have done if she didn't have obstacles. Didn't see obstacles because everyone you know has that. Ask people that know you for ideas

Feel like whining. Didn't whine to get over it. Tell about obstacle for what you did about it. You want to know. Tell them what you did. Rescued self, this is what I faced, why made stronger, nothing can stop you

Diversity see world differently. Understanding of ideas is escalated. Anything culture experiences that goes you a different perspective. Different mindset, other people don't see, questions. Interesting things to contribute. Something changing who you were. Learn you need to change. Different ways he thought and acted. Differet perspective. Act differently than peers and the way thinks. Different way of thinking. Might have something to tech other students. 

Passion/ commitment. Obstacles for students have none. What did you do. Passionate about something. Obstacle you chose for yourself. Learned form it and hard work. Commitment to somethig, don't give up, important care about it

Goals why you want for future. Don't know. Makes world better. Motivate me to make world better. Challenges you makes you better like feeling that pushes you past your limits. Change world. 

Additional comments

Extra essay, activities

They want to know facts, answering the prompts

 Looking for how you have chosen to have life be about 

Show how far you have taken science or sports

Theme of life, obstacles in life and overcoming them. 

Chose two different topics

Choose story that shows three different things, now they get a better picture of who you are

Common application 

 Turn for horrible to awesome. 

Topic 

Make it about self. What she did about obession. Made website, tried to find their CDs. She'd be up until 2 on school night working on website. Towel by door. Monderating website, with 1000 people. Actually contacted her

Learned about her and what it meant. 

Tell what you want them to take it away

And that's what you need to know. What you need to do is make things crazy do what others think it is impossible to do

What it means for future. Up in formt asking questions, cure cancer. Do it over the top, crazy, make things happen. 

Tell meaning and what means for life 

Hamlet Essay Notes

Throughout the play, the reader can see Hamlet already convinced of what her must do, but also his inability to turn what his mind tells him to do, into actions in real life

Performative ability of language into three

Locutionary force, the ability of language to deliver a message

Illocitionary force, what is done in being said, denying request, giving an order

Perlocutionary force, what is achieved by being said

Influence the surrounds reality, not just to describe reality

"Self-overhearing"

Overhear self thinking and gain self knowledge through it

Real self seen through it or is it self creating

Speech may have power to create change in world

Language not only describes, but does

Shakespeare's characters had to present selves to audience through speech

Hamlet meets ghost father

Perlocutionary force swears to do somethig and does that something

Illocutionary force having sworn has compelled that action

Locutionary meaning of utterance

Thought to language to action

A

Act 3

Indirect madness

It turns into crafty magic

Hamlet is forcing his actions

Polonius says outward good looking projections, we can see even the devil can look innocent

Claudius agrees

Claudius says he feels guilty

Ophelia is being set up to get info about hamlet

Rosenchrantz and guildenstern to look into hamlet too

Rosenchrantz and guildenstern are in Claudius' side

Not hamlets friends and confidants

Hamlet is not fooled by them

Hamelt talking to Ophelia

He doesn't trust here

He is thinking of his mom and beauty corrupts honesty than be honest and be hued by that honesty

He doesn't trust anyone

He doesn't rust polonius

Hamelt says women corrupt men

Go to a nunnery

Madness can imply insanity or just mad and angry

Claudius and polonius are listening to Hamelt

Hamlet is not about love, awkward, not madness

Keep friends close and step son enemy closer

Now it is get rid of him

Polonius says whatever he is going through now, it was because he was going after his daughter

Polonius says Gertrude should talk to hamlet, and he will be listening 

If polonius' daughter married hamlet, then she would be queen

Gertrude wants polonius I get to point

Hamlet has turned director, tells players how he wants them to act, act naturally

Hamlet says don't underplay it either

Make it seem authentic

Hamlets director of play shows he is not mad

Shakespeare comments on play. Then play within the play

Tells actors don't improvise and go off script

Hamlet is shown in his real plan. He wants Claudius to go to hell

Claudius can see part of hamlets real plan 

Claudius realizes that Hamlet is not going away and he must get rid of him now

Ghost only tells hamlet to kill Claudius

Why does hamlet blow his cover with Ophelia 

Hamlet starts interpreting te play to Ophelia. 

Chorus on side of play, sings explication

Hamlets is helping Ophelia understand play like chorus helps her understand

Hamlets starts feeling cocky

Hamlet is wrestles with internal difficulties 

Polonius is foil to hamlet both people of words

Hamlet says he will set her up a mirror to see who she really is to mom

Hamlet has not guilt when he talks to his mother

Says she has no heart

Mom did everything, don't talk to me about rules

Moves plot from words to action. Killing Polonius

Hamlet and Gertrude thought Claudius was behind the curtain but it happened to be Polonius 

Ghost shows up to mediate Hamlets conversation with mom

Murder shows hamlet real self

Ghost tells hamlet to remind mom he loves her and he is her son 

Hamlet doesn't want mom to run to Claudius . He wants her to stay on his side