King Morton's Act 1 Scene 1 Summary

Throughout the play, Hamlet shows many examples of being an indecisive person and being unable to do anything he wants to, as if something stops him. An example would be in act five, when he decides to confess his love for Ophelia on her grave. He took too long to tell Ophelia or anyone for the matter about his love for her. Another example would be his mother remarrying, and Hamlet not being able to confess his true feelings about King Claudius being his new father. In the first four acts, Hamlet goes on about his life being miserable and in some kind of melancholy mood. He can’t find a way to deal with it, so he keeps all of his negative feelings to himself. This “depressed” funk he is in interferes with his will to act upon things that

In act 1 scene 2 of “Hamlet” the character Hamlet speaks his first soliloquy which reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience. In this soliloquy Hamlet’s unstable state of mind is evident as well as his feelings of despair about his father’s death and his disgust of his mother’s remarriage to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s hatred for his uncle is shown through harsh comparisons between Claudius and his late father. This soliloquy takes place after Claudius has begun his reign as king and has addressed the court for the first time but before Hamlet hears about the apparition that Horatio and the guards have seen. Hamlet’s character and personality are shown in this soliloquy through the use of classical imagery, diction and

One of the best known pieces of literature throughout the world, Hamlet is also granted a position of excellence as a work of art. One of the elements which makes this play one of such prestige is the manner in which the story unfolds. Throughout time, Shakespeare has been renowned for writing excellent superlative opening scenes for his plays. By reviewing Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet, the reader is able to establish a clear understanding of events to come. This scene effectively sets a strong mood for the events to come, gives important background information, and introduces the main characters. With the use of this information, it is simple to see how Shakespeare manages to create stories with such everlasting appeal.

In act 3 scene 1 of William Shakespeare “Hamlet” the main protagonist, Hamlet, recites a soliloquy “To be, or not to be.” Throughout his lines Hamlet explains the concept of suicide and why people choose to live long lives instead of ending their suffering. The main point he speaks on is the mystery of one’s afterlife, they never know for sure what happens when they die. For this reason, his speech does a good job highlighting the plays underlying themes of pervasiveness of death, and tragic dilemma, and tragic flaws.

Scene 1: A girl takes some psychoactive drugs, and plans to take a break on the sofa. Scene 2: She hears the doorbell, and opens the door. She stands on the porch (extremely deep), and looks to the left then looks to the right—nothing! Scene 3: She comes back, and sits on the sofa. Scene 4: doorbell again.

Re-creating Hamlet in comic form was an interesting way to study the play as well as get more of an understanding. For my comic, I chose to do act III scene 4 where Hamlet kills Polonius. Incorporating different conventions of graphic novels, as well as including original quotations from the play made this assignment even better because you had to take in many aspects of film while making it flow.

8) If you had plotted the motion of the second hand on your watch instead of the clock that

In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Prince Hamlet’s speech or soliloquy from Act 4, Scene 4 effectively targets both the plays audience and other characters in the play. In Hamlets speech, he is reflecting on how he is meaninglessly prolonging Claudius’s death, even though he could have killed him at anytime and how he has everything he needs to accomplish his goal. He is also reflecting on how God has blessed humans with the power of thought to use when needed and that blessing is what makes humans different from animals. Hamlet’s speech opens the eyes of the audience by showing them how humans are capable of doing anything they put their minds too and the consequences of overthinking and not taking action to

Makeup Hamlet Act III Scene I Lines 56 – 62 PG# 127 Analysis: In this passage Claudius is showing how a whore who commits sinful sexual acts is made to look like a pretty, pure woman, because she is able to cover it up with makeup which hides her true colors. Claudius is comparing this to his sinful actions (killed Hamlet’s father), and is showing how he is able to disguise his sinful actions with his soft words just like the whore disguises herself with makeup. Connection to Theme: The motif deception is seen in this passage, because it shows how Claudius is pretending to be something he is not.

Wright tries to convey this scene that Richard is curios/ wants to learn more, unlike other black kids around him he is dedicated to learn new things, and perceive things in a different point of view. However, his granny objectifies and beaten Richard because of what he said towards her, Richard told his granny that he learned those words from the books that he read. She tells him that it is the devil’s work but Richard disagree and continued to read anyways regardless as to what she says

John C. Maxwell once said, “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another” (Leadership). Great leaders are forged through strenuous circumstances, showing only the great ones prevail. The two leaders of Richard the III are both leaders trying to lead their armies into a battle for ultimate control. In Richard the Third, in the final act of the play, Richmond and Richard address their armies to rally their troops behind them in the battle to come against each other.

Presentation of Hamlet in Act 2 Scene 2 and 3 in William Shakespeare's Hamlet It is hard to determine the intentions of William Shakespeare when he wrote "Hamlet" without looking at the social, historical and ethical context in which it was conceived. From the cover notes found within the 'Longman Literature' edition, we can deduce that it is Shakespeare's most well known play and, written during the year 1602, it was one of his later works. At this time, revenge was a very popular theme for plays and there is evidence if this in the vast number of plays about revenge that were written at the start of the seventeenth century.

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In Act One scene three it opens as the Queen and two Lords are talking about the King and how he has fallen ill. The passage I look at is when Lord Grey says, “In that you brook it ill, it makes him worse; Therefore for God’s sake entertain good comfort, And cheer his Grace with quick and merry eyes.” The two Lords are trying to cheer the Queen up by telling her that he will be okay and that she needs to stay strong so that she can keep the king happy. I am still unsure what brook means in this context because today it means a small stream or a girl’s name.

Norman Cousins once said, “The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live”. The way people cope determines how one will live their life and what will come of it.The way one copes is how they effectively deal with something difficult. The quote applies to people throughout their lives that may have faced several tragedies and shows that what happens to them after is dependent on how they choose to deal afterwards. One could either let hope and joy die out or try to move on. The choice a person makes foreshadows how they will continue their life and what will come of it. In the play, Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the novel, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, both involve horrific tragedies and had many characters left to decide how they would handle what happened.. All of the characters were affected by one time commonly overlooked causes that led to a lot of grief and heartache. Each character coped with the tragedy in their own way and each character has their own outcome.The actions the characters of Hamlet and The Lovely Bones took when coping determined the overall outcome of their life.