Thursday, October 23, 2014

Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2

"What a piece of work is a man"
Become cliche, theme of the play. 
We are capable of inhuman and amazing things all at the same time
The players haven't lost their art, they lost the attention of the audience
Hamlet is testing whether guilderstern and rose charms can be trusted
Hamlet tells he paler to tell a story about a king who was unrighteousness his wife and was killed
Hamlet is starting to hatch a plan
He is going to insert some lines in the play as a beginning of the plan
"The plays the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"
Hamlet soliloquy 
Now that time is going on, he is stating to beat himself up for not killing Claudius yet
He compares himself to actor can get self to cry where hamlet is unable to act.
the player can make mind change, hamlet is unable to speak publicly about loud about this, asks if he is a coward
Hamlet is calling self on it because he is the only one who knows what is going and to keep working on it
Says he should be cut up and fed to the birds. 
Even if he could speak, talk is cheap and actions are the only thing that mean something
Integrity is word act and deed
If Claudius and Gertrude are at play and feel guilt, they will act
"Play within play"
Hatch plan of play to reveal Claudius and Gertrude 
Hamlet wants to show parents that maybe he is weak and will be unable to do anything, when he is really strong and building up plan
Hamlet wants to seem crazy, Claudius is making him out to be crazy, Claudius isn't looking out for him 

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