Hamlet Essay(the madman?)

    Everyday teenagers are faced with major problems that they have to deal with and their escape seems to be social media. Hamlet, a teenager living in a time with no social media, has to deal with his problem in a different way. Hamlet is faced with a major problem which the death of his father and the betrayal of his uncle and mom. Hamlet deals with this problem by himself through his soliloquy's. Hamlet is planning to revenge against his uncle and mom but it seems as if he has gone nuts about it. Although it may seem like he has gone nuts, his maturity shows that he hasn't. Through the way that Hamlet deals with the situation presented by his uncle and mom, he shows that he has not gone nuts but rather is pretending to be mad.
    Hamlet, faced with trouble, does a good job at keeping himself serene. Hamlet deals with many negative emotions since his dad has died and his uncle, the killer of his dad, marries his mom. Many teenagers in this situation would go nuts or, nowadays, post their emotions on social media. Hamlet on the other hand, does not go nuts and he would not post his emotions on social media if it were active during the time. He remains calm throughout the play rather than going nuts so he is able to create a play acting out the scene of his fathers death making his uncle guilty by expression. His maturity and cleverness to stay calm while going through a major problem is what shows that he is not a madman.
    Many think that Hamlet has gone nuts but there is evidence that shows that it is not true. Hamlet has said things in the play that make him seem like a madman but it is all for show. He pretends to be a madman to create his plot of revenge. Hamlet pretends his actions around others so that he is able to create this play, especially the characters in his play. Another example that could lead many to believe Hamlet has gone nuts is when he goes off on his mom. He has so much anger and discontent built up inside of him that it finally just lets lose on his mom and he tells her what is going on. Another incident that could lead many to believe he has gone nuts is when he kills Lord Polonius. This may easily make it seem that Hamlet has gone nuts but the death wasn't intended for Polonius. Hamlet was shocked to see he had killed Polonius which shows he wasn't nuts but it was an accident.
    Hamlet's so called madness was merely an act. While stuck in a horrible situation, Hamlet does not reveal his real self, but rather a different self which helps his plot. Hamlet's cleverness and maturity were key traits that showed he is not a madman.

Hamlet Act 2

Hamlet

- By indirections find directions out 

- Hamlet is acting weird

- Claudius and Polonius are trying to get people to "comfort" Hamlet but they really just want to get information from him 

- brevity is the soul of wit

- Though this be madness, yet there is method in't 

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

- What a piece of work is a man! 

- Hamlet knows what Rosencrantz and Guildensern are trying to do

- Hamlet is acting "sort of mad" to test them so they will report it 

- Hamlet is changing the play 

- the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King 

Ending Hamlet soliloquy 

- starting to beat himself up

- comparing himself to the actor with his life

- Hamlet's situation is real while the actors isn't 

- The play within the play 

- He wants to make a play about his life and his fathers death to make Claudius and Gertrude guilty 

- Trying to get Claudius and Gertrude to reveal themselves not him revealing them 

Vocabulary #6

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

Everything is a Remix

- remixing started with music 

- taking another piece to remix it 

- creativity 

- light bulb represents a moment of insight

- copy- taking a piece and copying it in the same way  

- transformation- creating variations from an already existing thing such as the steam engine, type writer, light bulb 

- combinations- taking existing stuff and merging them together such as the World Wide Web 

- movie scenes are very similar in different movies such as the  Tin man and Tin women 

- implications on originality of remixing the work of other people 

- two distortions 

- lone creator- romantic idea. dominance idea in the culture 

- ideas are property- ideas are not property. You can't take the idea from someone else. Chain of events happen

- ideas contain other ideas 

My New and Improved Characters Journey

Here I am, stepping foot on the college I dreamed of going to, and it has finally become a reality. All of these years of stress from not only schoolwork but my own personal works have finally paid off. The college campus seems a little intimidating because it is so big and there are so many people I don't know. There are many thoughts and questions running through my head because it is not only a step onto the campus but another step closer to my future. There is so many people here I don't know where to start. I see a kid that looks lost too, I introduce myself to him and he introduces himself to me too. We eventually become "lost" friends trying to find out where to start. His name is Josh and he just so happens to be my roommate. After we chatted for a while we find someone who knows directions and ask them where to go to get started moving in to the dorms. I have all of my essentials ready to go to move in. The person we found for help guided Josh and I to the dorms where we were staying at. This is it, I finally reached my room and it was time to start unpacking.
After finishing setting up in my dorm room, it was time to explore. I walked around the campus with my roommate and friend Josh, and he and I saw some amazing things on campus. The transition from high school to now is unreal and everything is so much bigger. I saw some amazing building and sports complexes. I also met some new people which was good because it is what I'm going to need to do in order to survive college. After exploring the campus for a while, Josh and I headed back to the dorm because it was late and we had class the next day. As we got back, we got into our beds and got ready to sleep. I had a hard time sleeping because many thoughts were running through my head about what I was getting myself into. I finally fell asleep and got lost in my dreams. Morning came and it was time to get ready for class. As I was walking to class, I witnessed what a normal school day looked like by all of the different people I saw. I walked up to the door of my first class, which was history, and I had butterflies in my stomach. I walked into the classroom and introduced myself to the professor and went to my seat. Class went on and my butterflies started to die down. As the day went on and I jumped from class to class, my butterflies were gone. School was finished and I felt good about my first day. I went back to my room where I saw Josh and he and I talked about our first day of school. Both of us had a good day at school and we wanted to celebrate it. We decided to go get some food and then float the river that was right next to the school. We went to the store and bought a raft and then bought and ice chest to bring on board. We started to float down and the scenery was unreal. After floating the river, we got tired because it was late and it was a long day. We headed back to our room where we relaxed until it was the appropriate time to go to sleep. After relaxation, it was time to sleep. I got in bed and my thoughts came back to me about my journey to this school and what my future has in store for me. This is where I start my new journey.

Character Study 3

After finishing setting up in my dorm room, it was time to explore. I walked around the campus with my roommate and friend Josh, and he and I saw some amazing things on campus. The transition from high school to now is unreal and everything is so much bigger. I saw some amazing building and sports complexes. I also met some new people which was good because it is what I'm going to need to do in order to survive college. After exploring the campus for a while, Josh and I headed back to the dorm because it was late and we had class the next day. As we got back, we got into our beds and got ready to sleep. I had a hard time sleeping because many thoughts were running through my head about what I was getting myself into. I finally fell asleep and got lost in my dreams. Morning came and it was time to get ready for class. As I was walking to class, I witnessed what a normal school day looked like by all of the different people I saw. I walked up to the door of my first class, which was history, and I had butterflies in my stomach. I walked into the classroom and introduced myself to the professor and went to my seat. Class went on and my butterflies started to die down. As the day went on and I jumped from class to class, my butterflies were gone. School was finished and I felt good about my first day. I went back to my room where I saw Josh and he and I talked about our first day of school. Both of us had a good day at school and we wanted to celebrate it. We decided to go get some food and then float the river that was right next to the school. We went to the store and bought a raft and then bought and ice chest to bring on board. We started to float down and the scenery was unreal. After floating the river, we got tired because it was late and it was a long day. We headed back to our room where we relaxed until it was the appropriate time to go to sleep. After relaxation, it was time to sleep. I got in bed and my thoughts came back to me about my journey to this school and what my future has in store for me. This is where I start my new journey.

Canterbury Tales 2

Character: The Cook
The Cooks prologue:

•  Indirect characterization because it was giving his appearance and his environment

The Cooks tale:

•  Indirect characterization because he was the one talking which showed his character
• Direct characterization because it directly states the man in the story resembles the cool

Chaucer's tone:

• Chaucer's tone at first consisted of him making fun of the Cook and his life. He made fun of it in a sarcastic way but then realized the cook had lost certain qualities that made him. Chaucer then felt a little guilty and told the Cook to let it go.

Chaucer's humor:

• Consisted of irony because the Cooks wealth and happiness in the beginning later crashed towards the end. Chaucer made fun of the Cook and how the Cook let himself fall.