Copy and paste a detail paragraph from your research paper in to the blog.
The main idea of this paragraph is to show how happily married Gertrude and Claudius were. Johnson stated, “After the marriage, she and Claudius seemed to be very united and happy together.” This supports the thesis because it was questioned if their marriage was real and their happiness proves it was. That is to say that both of their intentions were good.
List five quotes with parenthetical citations from your research. You must include only one (1) quote from the play, Hamlet, that is relevant to your research paper.
The purpose for this research paper is to investigate what kind of relationship Gertrude and Claudius had. “The queen his mother lives almost by his looks; and for myself-my virtue or my plague, be it either which-she's so conjunctive to my life and soul, that, as the star moves not but in his sphere, I could not but by her” (Shakespeare 4.7.13-18). “After killing King Hamlet, Claudius approaches Gertrude and she falls for his inducements and agrees to marry him. He lusts for her but she refuses him — no sex before marriage — she lives by the Christian ethic” (“Gertrude and Claudius”). “After the marriage, she and Claudius seemed to be very united and happy together” (Johnson). “You ask if Gertrude married "for love or pleasure". If only pleasure, then why bother marrying? What would she have to gain by it? She was already Queen” (Schulman). “In the movie Hamlet, Gertrude drank the poisoned cup without Claudius stopping her” (Hamlet).
Copy your five Works Cited entries in the appropriate order.
Works Cited “Gertrude and Claudius.” glind.customer.netspace.net.au. Glind, n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. Hamlet. Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet. Castle Rock, 1996. DVD. Johnson, Amanda. “The Hamlet Site.” vccslitonline.cc.va.us. VCCS Litonline, 20 April 2005. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. Schulman, Arlene. “Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” allexperts.com. allexperts, 13 December 2007. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Eds. Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. Lamar. New York: Washington Square Press, 1958. Print.
Regurgitation of facts does little to demonstrate your engagement with Hamlet. Therefore, you will not complete a multiple choice test or any other on-demand assessment that shows little more than your ability to tell me what I told you about Hamlet or that you have taken from Sparknotes. What you will do is research a question about which you are curious.
The first step is to formulate questions. For this blog, create five (5) questions about Hamlet to which you do not know the answer and can be researched. Then evaluate someone’s questions in a reply.
1. Why did Hamlet take so long to kill Claudius? 2. Why didn’t Claudius stop Gertrude from drinking the poison? 3. Did Ophelia really commit suicide? 4. Was Hamlet really crazy? 5. Did Gertrude really love Claudius?
What is your favorite line from the play, Hamlet and why? Be sure to cite using MLA format using the information below.
My favorite line from Hamlet is when the Queen in his play says "A second time I kill my husband dead, when second husband kisses me in bed" (3.2.184-85).This is my favorite quote because it has a very powerful meaning. It disgraces the queens decision to marry a second time by showing that her love for her first husband meant nothing. I love how this line shows how wrong the mother is and how hurt Hamlet is by it.
Part 1: This quarter, we wrote college essays, read poetry and novels, recited memorized poems. Each lesson was intended to teach lessons that extend beyond the classroom. For each activity listed below, explain (a) what you did, (b) the skills you learned, (c) the lessons you learned that are relevant to life after high school.
- college essay
- sonnet
- novel
- poem recitation
- webfolio
Part 2: For the third quarter, we will be writing a research paper. All year, we have been preparing for this assignment by learning how to properly format a Word document in MLA style, cite sources, and create a works cited page. Upload a properly formatted Word document to the Midterm Blog subpage that has the following:
- proper font and size
- page numbering
- heading
- title
- a paragraph describing your favorite line from the novel you read with parenthetical citation
- page break
- works cited page with your novel cited
Throughout the second quarter, many lessons were learned that would be relevant to my life after high school. We started off with the college essay and our instructions were to create the essay about ourselves. We had to ask our self what are our post High School aspirations and how do we want to be recognized? Then we had to develop the essay so it gave the reader a sense of the kind of person we are. I improved on my writing skills with this assignment because I wasn’t used to writing an essay for this particular purpose. The lesson I learned from this project was to never hold back who you truly are. Show what kind of person you are because you will never know who will recognize you. Our next assignment was the Sonnet, which was where we had to write a poem using the attached Word template to demonstrate mastery of the rhythm and rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet. Then, we had to decorate our sonnets to make it stand out. This assignment helped me improve on my writing and rhyming skills. I don’t write poetry too often so when I was given this assignment I wasn’t sure how good I was going to be at it. Luckily, I didn’t have too much trouble coming up with lines that rhymed and had 10 syllables. The lessons I learned were that poetry isn’t just lines. Its words that have a greater meaning and could develop a personal connection for you. Poetry can help open a person up. For the novel, we had to choose between five novels to read on your own. I chose to read A Prayer for Owen Meany. I improved on my reading skills with this assignment because I hardly ever read especially novels with that many pages. This assignment probably would have been better if we did it as a class because then everything would have been taken care of at a steady pace without having to stress that you didn’t read the right amount of pages. The lesson I learned with this assignment is that I’m not good at these kinds of assignments because I tend to not make it a priority and put it off till later. I’m way better at doing assignments like these as a group. With the poem recitation, we had to choose, memorize, and recite a poem in front of our class. When given this assignment I was very hesitant at first to do it because I hate presenting in front of a class but I did learn some skills from this assignment. I improved on my memorization skills a lot. I’m not used to memorizing poetry, but surprisingly it didn’t take me too long to memorize the whole thing. A lesson that I’ve learned was too not be afraid or care what other people think when doing presentations or anything for that matter. When it was my turn, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I learned that as soon you overcome your fear, it gets way easier from then on. Another assignment we did was our webfolio. This is a professional/academic website used to display all our assignments that we did throughout the year including our blogs. With this website, you’re allowed to be as creative as you want. Each page should have a visible picture of the document with a description and three different downloadable versions of the document. I improved and learned a lot of skills while doing this assignment such as my organization and web-editing skills. The lesson I’ve learned from this assignment is too always stay organized or else you will end up with unwanted stress. This website has helped keep all my work in order from the beginning of the year. All my work would have been scrambled or lost if it wasn’t for this website. It also has helped push me to give in my work because regardless I would have to do it or else I would end up with two bad grades.
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Polonius ironically advises his son to be true to himself and never deceive another. He says,
This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
(1.3.1)
However, nearly every character in the play deceives, spies, and lies to meet his or her own ends.
Is it possible for people to be true to themselves and not be false to others in the real world? Why or why not?
Yes, it is possible for people to be true to themselves as long as they’re not out to try and impress others. If you don’t care what other people think and do what you feel is right than you will always be true to yourself. Everybody is capable of it. Some people don’t realize this till later on in life when they see the negative it has brought them.
How has Shakespeare influenced modern society? Aside from the classroom, where are his plays and poems still used or referenced?
Shakespeare has influenced modern society by adding many expressions to the English language such as "budge an inch" and "knitted brows.” The way he expressed himself through his writing influenced many people and theatres. His plays and poems are still used and referenced by many poets and writers because the use of Shakespeare’s English. He helped spark a change in the structure and vocabulary of the English language.
Which poem have you chosen to memorize? Why did you choose the poem? How do you feel about public speaking? Are you good at memorization? What do you plan to do to make your presentation unique?
I have chosen to memorize “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)” by William Shakespeare. I chose this poem automatically because it was by one of the greatest poets and it was one of the shortest poems. I try to avoid public speaking at all costs. It is definitely something I hate to do. I think I am pretty good at memorizing though especially when it comes to songs. I may plan to bring in a skull and recite my poem to it, to create a more Shakespearean vibe.
Many of our favorite movies follow the heroic cycle. For this blog, choose a movie that follows the heroic cycle and identify the following: - The original "home" (young, innocent, immature)
- The separation (the call to adventure)
- The initiation (the road of trials)
- The return
Follow this link for a great summary of the Heroic Cyle
http://www.mythichero.com/what_is_mythology.htmDO NOT repeat a movie. Read through the blogs and make sure the movie you chose has not been used. If you repeat a movie, you will not get credit.
The Heroic Cycle of "Coming to America": The Original “Home”: Akeem Joffer is a prince living in Zamunda and is next in throne. The Seperation: Akeem leaves his country, Zamunda, to the U.S. in pursuit of a women to marry who loves him for himself. He didn’t want an arranged marriage so he went off and broke tradition to find the love of his life. The Initiation: Akeem find’s his dream girl who’s father owns a McDonald’s. He tries adjusting to life in America and avoiding his royal duties back at home just to win her over without blowing his cover that he is a prince.He then takes a job there, passing himself off as an exchange college student. The Return: Akeem returns back to his country and marries his new princess and they ride off happily ever after.
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