Act 4 Notes

Act 4 

-Gertrude tells Claudius what hamlet did 

-Claudius wants to a) send hamlet away and b) sweep the murder under the rug. 

-Hamlet doesn't trust Rosencrantz and Guild. He gives them the riddles "the body is with the king but the king is not with the body, the king is but a thing" 

-Claudius paints a picture of Hamlet being like a politician that does bad things but gets away with it because he's a good politician 

-Claudius tells Hamlet he can go to England, where Claudius plans to have him assassinated 

-We see a different Hamlet, he is now a man. 

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In collaboration with Sierra Sanchez, Judith Lee, Courtney Reyburn, Hannah Hurd, and Shailynn Joseph.

Hamlet Act 3

first recognition of hamlet not being crazy mad, but crafty mad. 

-who's side are rosencraft and guildenstern on? Claudius. 

-by liking like we are doing the right hung we can convince people we aren't malicious -the 

-first time in play we hear from Claudius that Claudius feels guilty 

-Ophelia is set up to get information out of hamlet 

-hamlet to be or not to be soliloquy 

-hamlet is weary of Ophelia because of his mother, Gertrude. 

-hamlet doesn't trust Ophelia's honesty, her intentions. Hamlet lays it down on Ophelia showing his paranoia of distrust for those around him. 

-Claudius and Polonius listen to Hamlet and Ophelia's exchange and Claudius reforms his impressions about Hamlet 

-There is a change of "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" to "remove the threat" 

-Claudius wants Hamlet to leave 

-Polonius agrees but proposes that after the play Gertrude talks to hamlet to try and get him to reveal his true feelings 

-Hamlet tells the actors to act natural and act the play out to the word it was written. Not to overdo it. But to make sure to not under do it either. Hamlet wants this to be genuine and real. He doesn't want the actors to improvise at all. 

#ccourses

Yesterday evening as I was scrolling through Twitter I came across a tweet from Laura Ritchie 

Intrigued by the phrasing, I clicked the link and saw just exactly what "drawing some music" was. 

So I pressed play and listened to the audio clip of one of her students, and decided I would draw (or attempt to with my limited artistic skills) what I heard from the music. 

At first I pictured an old, husky boat sailing through the darkest part of the ocean. Before I set my pencil to paper I played it once more. This time when I listened to it I saw not just a picture, but an entire story playing out. A kingdom long at war, finally coming to terms with a defeat and beginning to raise its white flag, hoping for a better tomorrow- or something like that. It was interesting to see the story music created. And along that path, with my double dosage of English this year (taking ap lit with preston, and TA-ing for a freshmen honors English class) I've realized the musicality in great pieces of literature like Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. 

It was a cool assignment from Laura Ritchie that I found could connect to my own courses.