Hamlet Soliloquy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1WuGR3EAeAw

Period 4's collaboration of the Hamlet soliloquy. We decided as a class that instead of attempting to focus and record videos of boring recitations while others were reciting around us we would come together, shake things up a bit, and kill 28 (or so birds) with one stone. This way we can use tomorrow's class period to look at all our our interpretations of Act 1 and Act 2 of Hamlet. Moving into next week, we would like to continue on with Hamlet and keep our class discussions going. 

Interpretations of Hamlet: Act 1 & 2

Credits:

Hannah Hurd
Judith Lee
Sierra Sanchez
Victoria Tonascia
Shailynn Joseph
Courtney Reyburn
Elizabeth Smith
Alyssa Oh
Melissa Sobczak

Flashback Friday and a Little Foreshadowing

Freshman year when we all first began our expeditons of Shakespeare, some friends and I made this video as our remix of Romeo and Juliet. Senior year is here, and Shakespeare is upon us once more! I'm excited to collaborate with some students across the pond and see what kind of Hamlet remix we can come up with!


Oh those freshman days...

Act I Scene iv Act I Scene v Notes

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" -cliche phrase now seen always. 

-ghost proclaims himself as hamlets father and says he is in purgatory 

-ghost tells hamlet that Claudius killed him. 

-Claudius seduced Gertrude, and she left him before Hamlet Sr. And Gertrude knows Claudius killed Hamlet Sr. 

-Claudius poured poison in Hamlet Sr. Ear while Hamlet Sr. was sleeping in the orchard. 

-Hamlet Sr. knows what he know because he is a ghost.

-Hamlet Sr. Tells Hamlet to leave his mother to get what she deserves in heaven. 

-But Hamlet Sr literally says revenge against Claudius is free game. 

"I have sworn't."

Hamlet is resolved. 

The conflict inside Hamlet is now between going against his morals and fulfilling the heroism in his family or doing what he thinks is right. And he struggles between what actions really do distinguish a man from a boy. 

Hamlet finds clarity in this scene. 

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

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

Hamlets point of being is to avenge his fathers death. 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1

Act 1 starts at midnight with a changing of the guard 

Two guard come to take the place of the others 

There is a ghost seen 

They recognize it as the Hamlet Sr. the late king 

They say they will tell Hamlet Jr, his son 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2

-Hamlet: (aside) A little more than kin, and less than kind.  

-Hamlet is a savy decision maker 

Denies Claudius, shuts him out. 

-Visage- facial expression, not showing his facial expression as if he were wearing a mask or something 

-Hamlet- 1st monologue- first time seeing into protagonist's mind

-Hamlet is pissed and sad but mostly pissed and knows something is wrong 

-Hamlet is bashing on his mom and recognizes incest and the fact that his mom was a slut and married his uncle so quickly and she had no business crying over Hamlet Sr. Death, but only a little if she loved him as greatly as Hamlets' father loved her.

-Horatio and Marcelleus tells Hamlet about seeing his fathers spirit. Hamlet reacts to this like being a detective and without passion interrogates them about it. 

Vocab #6

Definitions:

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
abomination - noun an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age;something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
anomaly - noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; nounanything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly;rude and boorish
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices;extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Sentences:

-When the teacher put up the class ranks, Robert was abased to be on the bottom. 

-The king of Spain abdicated his power to the duke. 

-Those shoes with that dress was an abomination. 

-The man was very brusque, it did not make for a good interview. 

-The saboteur was kicked off the field for persistent infringement. 

-There was a debauchery after homecoming last weekend. 

-The body builder proliferatly grew because of the steroids. 

-The bell bottom pants were an anachronism to this day and age. 

Unphotographable

The picture I did not take was of us, as we laid on the beach, taking in what was left of the evening sun. The waves lapped lazily on the shore infront of us. I looked at our feet, covered in small rocks and sand, toes squirming in pace with our giddy hearts. You inaudibly gasped as I moved my foot closer to yours, and the sun finally gave way and the night made for our new beginning. 

Remix Notes

Remix notes 

3 basic elements: (applied to everything) 

1. Communication- language 

Use techniques of copying 

2. Hacking 

Take the old, make it better. Combinations. 

3. Internet- ultimate playing field of combination, hacking, and communication 

Everything is a copy. It just depends of how good of a copy it is that people actually care. If you copy someone's essay and only change 20 words all of a sudden it's a 'crime' that you can be punished for; change 200 words and you have turned in your 'original' work. If you want to get picky about it.