Monday, December 10, 2012
Hamlets vs Bennetts
While the Bennetts are a dysfunctional family as the parents fight consistently over the future of their numerous daughters, the daughters believe this familial behavior is normal. Being raised in this kind of environment is unhealthy and detrimental to a kids mentality. However, it is clear that the Hamlet family is much more dysfunctional in every sense of the way compared to the Bennet's family. Although the Bennett family is unhealthy, the parents mainly search for their kids happiness. However, in Hamlet, betrayal is a common factor and the parents only search for their own individual happiness. Having your mom marrying your uncle after your father dies, a kid would be very disturbed and raised in an uncomfortable environment.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Act 3 directing
After listening to Polonius, Claudius has an epiphany as he realizes that he did evil and covers up that evil by sugar coating it on the outside. In hamlets speech, he questions whether it is worth it to live and debates if he should kill himself.
We would direct this by putting much emphasis on "Than is my deed to my most painted word." This quote is important as it portrays his epiphany and his change in thoughts as he realizes the kind of person he is. By isolating that line and showing that character emphatically reevaluating his behavior, it really portrays the point well.
Hamlet analysis
Reading hamlets speech, I realized that his repetition of you expresses his accusing of Ophelia. Even though he is not being condescending, he uses you a lot to show his emotions, even though it might be difficult to realize and understand. And even though his words are important to understand, the way he is talking is much more significant.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Dear Dr. Forman
Dear Dr. Forman,
When I first saw the assignment, I thought it would be hard to compare/contrast the essay. However, as I started writing, I realized it was easy to write if I went into more analysis. I also started narrowing down my essay as I stopped summarizing as much and put more concrete analysis. I also changed my whole intro as I realized later through the essay that I wanted to take a different approach. The difficulties I faced were repetition because I realized I needed to narrow down my essay as I talked about the same points over again but what helped me was further analyzing.
When I first saw the assignment, I thought it would be hard to compare/contrast the essay. However, as I started writing, I realized it was easy to write if I went into more analysis. I also started narrowing down my essay as I stopped summarizing as much and put more concrete analysis. I also changed my whole intro as I realized later through the essay that I wanted to take a different approach. The difficulties I faced were repetition because I realized I needed to narrow down my essay as I talked about the same points over again but what helped me was further analyzing.
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