Hamlet Act 4 Notes

• Gertrude tells Claudius of Polonius’s death & Claudius realises Hamlet could of killed him. 
• Now Claudius is sendin Hamlet away.
• Hamlet doesnt want to tell Rosencrantz & Guildenstern where the body is & accuses them of trying to please the king for their own aims & then they tell Claudius that. 
• Hamlet continues to feign madness when he enters giving riddles about the body of Polonius & then he tell Claudius the body will smell if you don't find him. 
• In the closing soliloquy Claudius says that the letter with Rosencrantz & Guildenstern calls for Hamlets death in England.
• Hamlet compares himself to Fortinbras and he still feels guilt that he still has not revenges his father's death. 
• Ophelia has been driven mad by her father’s death and Hamlet’s rejection of her. She enters singing to the king and queen. Gertude thinks the turn of these events might lead to serious misfortune.
• We find that Laertes has returned to seek vengeance for his father’s murder. Laertes entrance gives the idea that not all the Danish people are happy with Claudius’s reign as they call for Laertes to be king. Claudius lets Laertes talk to let him be calm. Laertes gets his revenge and gets anger at his sister's state of mind. Claudia manipulates laertes. 
• Hamlet has sent a letter to Horatio revealing what happened while at sea & telling of his immediate return. Hamlet also asks him to deliver letters to Claudius.
• The king reads the letter from Hamlet with Laertes. Laertes tells Claudius he trusts him so Claudius tells him how he is going to kill Hamlet.
• Claudius plays on Laertes emotions by asking him if he loved his father enough to act. Hamlet & Laertes will have a dual and at the end of Laertes rapper there will be poison & if that doesn't work Hamlet will get poison wine. 
• Gertrude enters to tell of Ophelia’s death. While the death seems accidental there are hints at suicide. 
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Hamlet isn't that bad

Hamlet is such a well rounded and diverse character. When Hamlet recites his most important soliloquy "To be or not to be..." in Act three Scene one. The scene can be portrayed where Hamlet is in a room by himself and he recites one of the most famous quotes to be written. This soliloquy portrays the theme and tone of the play because Hamlet shows grief and madness throughout but clearly in this piece.I believe this soliloquy is the turning point of the whole play, this is when Hamlet really decides whether he should avenge his fathers death and how he really feels. 

When it comes to the first line of the soliloquy "To be, or not to be: that is the question:" that line hits me hard. The fact that it portrays everything in life that everyone struggles with. To do what you want or not? To rise above the occasion or not? To do whats right or not? So many possibilities with this one line, but it ultimately portrays life. Hamlet is a questioning man like all of us. He rationalizes questions that he himself doesn't know what he should do. He is a man who even though is in the limelight and such an admired person is just like every one else. He is confused on what to do and whether his actions are right.

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:", we all ask this question everyday in our lives without us even knowing. Should we do this or that, and when we decide that's when if we did it, comes with responsibilities or actions. Whether we decide on whatever question we ask ourselves it brings us to our future and how we live it. The play Hamlet comes with many important quotes that come with important themes and symbols, but "To be, or not to be: that is the question:" is an admirable one and one of my favorite quotes from Shakespeare. 

Masterpiece #2

For my masterpiece, I'm going to make a blog titled  "Dress for Success" or "Women of the past, present, and future." I don't really know for sure what I'm going to name the blog but the purpose it to meet and learn more about women leaders of the past,  present, and future. This blog will show case my journey on meeting/ researching women that are influential. 

I would love to interview/meet/research: Principal Karen rotandi, Honors English teacher Deanna Byrne, ASB Advisor Kelley Debernardi, Special Olympics mentor Ruby, the only women founder of Jamba Juice, Sohpie Armousa the founder of Nasty Gal, Bethany Mota, Special Olympic Athlete/Youth Leader Danielle Libel, Rachel Zoe Fshionista, Emma Stone feminist, Taylor Swift Angelina Jolie, Rosa Parks, Hilary Clinton, Ashlyn Bishop friend, Kerry Sanchez friend, Nordstorm Fashion Board person, ASB officers, Hannah Hurd, and I hope to find other candidates on my journey

What I need to attain on this journey is information and with that information I will write blog posts on what I learned. I also would love to record my interview sessions with each person. Questions I would ask would be: 

What is your job and how would you describe it? 

How did you get to where you are? (life story) 

What is your style of leadership? 

Who is your personal idol? (why) 

What are you wearing right now? Where can I get it? 

What is your go to confidence outfit? Why? 

What do you want to see in the world? 

what do you want my generation to do and learn? 

How do you feel about the topic of feminism? 

Would you say your a feminist? 

At the end of the interview I was also thinking of doing something called the "funnies" where we can do the best dance move or lip singing a song to have fun with the project 

I would also like to make Polyvore  Pages of what there go to confidence outfit is, where I can get it, and how much is it. Another idea I have for this would be to have a digital fashion show where we have each person do a model walk and then piece videos together to create the "show" 

Masterpiece #1

I had a conversation with Dr. Preston today about our Master pieces and I wondered why he hasn't said anything about them this past month... Dr. Preston is of course a great teacher thinking of us all the time. He told me he wanted to not have us worry about the masterpieces until college application season died down, but knowing me of course I was worried I wasn't working on my masterpiece as much as other students.  So this is why I'm writing this post. I didn't know what my master piece would consist of and I still don't really know, but I know I want it to be about fashion, buisness, and leadership/feminism. Dr. Preston of course had ideas to tell me about. He showed me a tweet from a person named William Gibson, (screen shotted) and  it pretty much summed up what I want in a masterpiece. But what is my "physical"masterpiece going to be? He then came up with an idea of maybe at the end of this journey I could have a "Woman Leadership Fashion Show." The Fashion show would be awesome, but I don't think I can get all my women idols at one place and time. So it came to me that I want to do a blog on just this called "Meet the women of the future and what they're wearing" and you would basically follow me through my journey of understanding woman leadership. I would interview and meet the women I chose that I admire and write blog posts about them, put up pictures of them, have sites where you can get their leadership look, and maybe even videos. If you're reading this blog post, what do you think? 

"The Performative Utterance in William Shakespeare's Hamlet"

-Hamlet is state of confusion 

-Wondering whether to have a mental breakdown or to avenge his father's death 

-This play is written  understand the character's thoughts 

-All characters can be looked at in different perspectives 

-Hamlet has great speeches but sometimes can not follow through 

-He wants to remember his father 

-A problem that is what most of the play is portraying is that the characters misrepresent their actual feelings 

-words only affect Hamlet 

-Hamlet analyzes his sympathy and acceptance and in the end acceptance is made not taking action 

Hamlet Act III Notes

I wasn't in class Thursday & Friday, but these notes are from Ashlyn Bishop 

Act III Scene I
- By looking like their doing the right thing they can convince people their not malicious
- first time we hear it from Claudius admit he is feeling guilty
- "to be or not to be" (all these questions about whether to live or die, etc)
- Rosencrantz & Gildenstern are on Claudius' side
- Hamlet comments that he doesn't trust Ophelia in the moment. It's easy to be seduced by beauty
- he doesn't love her anymore
- questions her motives
- he is upset at everybody
- he knows he is imperfect but everyone else is so much worse
- tells Polonius how he feels about him
- women corrupt men
- he is uncontrollably mad
- Claudius and Polonius set up a conversation with Ophelia and Hamlet to hear what he says
- Claudius wants to remove the threat (hamlet)
- Polonius tells Claudius to let hamlet and Gertrude talk alone while Polonius eavesdrops
- if he is a threat, send him to England
- Polonius only thinks about himself
Scene II
- Hamlet says act naturally don't over do it but don't under do it. Make it seem real; don't improvise
- commenting on the overall play and the play within the play
- Hamlet tells Horatio to look out for Claudius' reaction

- Hamlet acts/replies insanely

- The players act out the play

- Hamlet sexually teases Ophelia

- In the middle of the play Claudius tells them to turn the lights on and stop; everyone leaves

- Hamlet is excited and continues to act insane

- Gertrude asks to speak to Hamlet

Scene III

- Claudius is worried that Hamlet is dangerous and asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to escort Hamlet to England

- Alone, Claudius expresses his guilt

- Hamlet is about to kill Claudius but he doesn't want to do it while he is praying because he doesn't want him to go to heaven (he will kill him when he is sinning)

Scene IV

- Gertrude tells Hamlet that he offended Claudius and he says that she offended King Hamlet

- Gertrude cries out for help and Hamlet thinks Claudius is hiding behind the curtain but it is really Polonius and he kills him

- The ghost appears but Gertrude can't see it

To be or not to be...

Does this count? BECAUSE IT SHOULD, we collaborated on this and used all our team effort to get this done!

"Yung Hamlet" (Act I & II Remix)

If you couldn't tell.... I messed up on my part but AYYEEE atleast I thought on the spot. This was so fun to do! Definetely one of the best periods in my whole schooling life!