Hamlet Soliloquy: Remix of a Remix done by Period 4

 Today in class we all collaborated and ended up putting this little video together to recite the Hamlet Soliloquy together as a class and veer away from the numerous, droning recitations we would've otherwise dealt with. I'd say we got an "A" for collaboration today. Maybe not acting or singing, but for collaboration.

Remix of Hamlet Acts I and II

Put together by Alyssa Oh, Courtney Reyburn, Hannah Hurd, Judith Lee, Sierra Sanchez, Elizabeth Smith, Shailynn Joseph, Victoria Tonascia, and myself. Directed, Produced, and Edited by Imanie Patel.

Hamlet Act II Scene i and ii

-Lord Polonius says to investigate Laertes and get a sense of his character
-Polonius is asking Reynaldo to elicit information through playing him

Hamlet Act I Scene iv and v

-The ghost appears to Hamlet
-Though Horatio and Marcellus don't want Hamlet to follow the ghost, he is determined

Hamlet Act I Scene iii

-Laertes is Polonius' son, Ophelia is his sister
-Hamlet is affectionate for Ophelia, "a toy in blood" is passion

Literary Fiction and Empathy

I've always heard that people who read are more likely to excel in school then people who don't, but I never really heard that certain materials help more than others, or that reading can help with understanding others. By reading literary fiction, one is able to analyze the characters and get more of a feel for how a character functions. This can then help people analyze and understand the actions of people in real life. It could also help one understand the emotions of others. This proves true in Hamlet because, even though we've only read two acts, we're already starting to develop a feel for who the characters are and how they think. Because literary fiction deals with giving identities to people and understanding them, there is a chance it could help translate to everyday life dealings with people. The next time I feel like going out, I may pick up a literary fiction book, just to test it out.

Cracking Down on Hamlet

I feel like a lot of the time, internet "interactions" aren't very effective or beneficial to a single, or multiple parties. I'm not saying that they can't be, because they definitely can. I just prefer more personal, face to face interactions. That said, I think I'm going to try and consult with both other English teachers and my older friends who have already studied Hamlet for their help on processing and learning the materials.

Hamlet Act I Scene ii

-Characters: King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, Voltimand, Cornelius, Horatio, Marcellus
-Hamlet's first line in the story is, "A little more than kin and less than kind"

Hamlet Act I Scene i

-Characters: Horatio, Mercellus, Bernardo, Francisco
-Scene begins with Bernardo and Francisco changing guard at a castle (Elsinore)

Vocabulary 6

A Picture I didn't Take

From the top of the Eiffel Tower
The people look so small
And the expanse of land looks so minuscule
But this is more of the world than I've ever seen
When really this isn't even an atom of the world I live in
And I want to see all of it
But when measured in places and faces
This moment is hardly even a moment at all.