Memorizing the infamous....

In The Spirit Of Hamlet

Here is a scene from the movie Billy Madison. It is a recitation of "To Be Or Not To Be." Enjoy :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdTnlnJjSqE

Hamlet act 2

"What a piece of work is a man."

-this quote is the theme of the play. Men and women can do miraculous things and horrid things.

"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

Notes on final solliquoqy (hamlets)

-before reality sucks. It has been a couple days and he hasn't killed caludius yet. He feels terrible about himself. "Is it not monstrous that this player here."

-he can make his body and heart do what he wants to do, but hamlet can't

-Hamlet beats himself up for being a coward and being private about his knowledge.

-The only person who knows what hamlet is supposed to do is a ghost.

-nobody seems to be pushing him

-even if hamlet could speak.. Talk is cheap, actions are not.

-"I'll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle." This is known as a play within a play.

Hamlet

Polonius looses his train of thought. He talks more than he thinks~characterization 

"Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth."

"By indirections a find directions out."

Brevity is the soul of whit

Polonius is saying that because the news is good, he calls the prince mad and that cladius is happy

Be more direct and less embellishing

"Though this be madness, there is order in it."

"For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"What a piece if work as a man."

Hamlet act 1 scene 4/5

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

The ghost- hamlets dad

He is in purgatory. And if he could tell Hamlet his punishment, it would make him uneasy.

Claudius killed hamlets dad. A serpent has been blamed for the murder, but it is not true.

Hamlets mother, Gertrude, knew that her husband was to be killed and she abandoned her feelings for him.

Hamlets dad was asleep in an orchard and his brother poured poison into his war.

He only knows what he knows since he is a ghost.

Hamlet got the idea of revenge from his father.

"I have sworn it" -hamlet 

"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!"

Hamlet act 1 scene 3

Laertes and Ophelia are brother and sister.

Hamlet may be a good guy, but he's being pulled in many different directions. What hamlet says to you Ophelia is diplomatic.

Ophelia says she will listen to her brother, but don't tell me how to live my life if you're not living the same way.

Lord paloneous to laertes:

He compliments his children and wants to have an independent son. Think before you speak. If you have good friends be loyal. Quality over quantity.

Literary Fiction and Empathy

After reading literary fiction, people react more adequately in social situations. This is something that I have never heard and am very interested to know more about. It is striking to me that what you read can have an impact on the way that you perceive life. How can specially literary fiction out of all genres make this difference? The writer of this article claims that the perspective is varied and it causes you to consider others emotions, which is comparable to real life conversations. Now I'm preparing to take the survey... Well unfortunately it is closed. Regardless, I can apply this myself and test to see if reading truly makes an impact in my life.