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 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4

The king is having a party and is drinking.  

The other countries are looking at them and laughing 

Hamlet ready to go where ghost is

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"

Vocab

Matin

Ubique- appearing everywhere

Porpentine
Hamelt meets and talks with ghost

Dad in purgatory is what ghost said

Died from murder from Claudius, not snake( metaphor)

Claudius seduced Gertrude, she abandoned her husband, knew Claudius killed him

Uncle poured poison in his ear while taking a nap in the orchard

Ghost says don't punish mother, punish Claudius 

"I have sworn't"

Hamlet made up his mind

Pressure is put on Hamlet to fill his obligations, weighs on him. 

Hamlet knows truth, validated with proof from ghost

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy 

Hamlet says Horatio and Marcellus can say nothing about this 

Horatio and Marcellus swear

"The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!"

He feels he was born to avenge his fathers death

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3

Hamlet likes Ophelia

A you in blood, of passion, feeling

It's feels good but not a good idea

Watch out, hamlet is going after ophelia, but he has duty to a crown

Laertes protects Ophelia , he knows hamlet has lots of responsibilities

You will take this personally, fear Hamlet

Stay away from him

Don't fall in love

She's going to listen to him a little

If you are going down the path of temptation, you need to take your own advice

Lord polonius gives laerates advice

Family of advice givers

Cautel

Have good friends, hold onto them

Literary Fiction and Empathy

I quickly skimmed the article because it is one in the morning, but what the researchers found out was pretty cool. It is especially encouraging to keep reading literary fiction, which I am assuming Hamlet is a part of, because I am really enjoying it so far. It is hard for me to pick meanings out of thin air, but when I listen to the class's and Dr. Preston's interpretations and we watch a movie clip, it really ties it together for me. I think reading about someone else allows you to understand a different perspective other than your own, therefore when interpreting another person's perspective, you not only can use your life as a reference but also Hamlet's or Elizabeth Bennet's or anyone else's. It is similar to reading your friends blogs. When they post their thoughts, you get to see them, know them on a level deeper than others, and can better understand why they make certain decisions, what type of a person they are or what interests them. The similarities between Hamlet and I are striking. We are bother very careful about perceptions that are being put out for onlookers to judge. He and I "bottle", meaning, instead of letting a little emotion out now and then at appropriate times, such as when a scummy step dad is being mean to you (Hamlet, not me), then you have a right it yell and scream and show how upset you are. As opposed to that, there is the option to show nothing but indifference, when you are feeling everything but. Hamlet's cool, I am cool, and I will enjoy learning more about him and lengthening my list of our shared characteristics.

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2

The king dies recently

Hamlets dad was king, his mom married claims which was Hamet's dads brother

Painfully Clausdius and Hamlet's mom move on to rile the kingdom

They are at the gathering where Claudius introduces Hamlet

Hamlet says " A little more than kin, and less than kind."

Claudius asks Hamlet why he is still grieving

Hamlet denies Claudius assumption

Hamlet says grieving is just rituals

He doesn't show his emotion on his face

He is saying you can't tell how someone is feeling on the outside, hiding his emotions, and implicating the people who are pretending to be mourning

Starts by saying yes you are sweet Hamlet, then goes to say don't go to school, snap out of it 

King makes Hamlet out to look like he is unmanly 

King wants to keep friends close and enemies closer

Hamlet says he will try to stay in the place

First time get to see into protagonists mind, Hamlet

Usually direct or indirect characterization, not straight from character and his mind

Hamlet speech

Trying to say he doesn't want to live, wish I didn't have to see this, just leave

He wished suicide wasn't a sin, kill self that he was so angry

Anger towards Claudius rather than self

Was bashing on her mom, had no right to cry, sleep with Claudius. 

If she really felt her husbands love and loved him back, then he would have mourned longer

Hamlet went form playing parents to baring sole in conversation

In his conversation with horatio and Marcellus, like detective, asks about details, intelligent savvy person. 

Don't stop him from having logical conversations. 

Mature person

Starts putting things together

Experience

My experience reaching out for the first time was strange. just randomly looking for someone who had something to do with Hamlet felt weird. I, however, tweeted to one teacher and wrote on two blogs asking about how those teaches and students could get to the real meaning of what Hamlet meant. After reading about Hamlet, i understood what Dr. Preston had said about it being misinterpreted. Spark notes said exactly what he said it would say. Which didn't surprise me but made me wonder if the teachers and students i talked to would be able to help me unveil a new meaning behind Hamlet, different than everyone else.