Character Overview : Ophelia

Ophelia Key Words: mental distress, depression, low self-esteem, lack of dignity, self identification, self perception, self deprecation. 1. What new information did you learn about your character in Act 4 that would help an actor or actress understand him or her better?             The songs that she sings help express the reasons for her madness.                        ...

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Ham's Labyrinth

This is my artist statement for anyone who viewed my piece of artwork and took it into any further consideration.      My individual artwork was named Ham's Labyrinth. The basic design of it is a labyrinth within the outline of a brain. To go further into description, the Labyrinth itself is color coded into three basic areas, which each lead to a basic outcome. These three outcomes are Life, Death, and Vengeance. The labyrinth itself...

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Joseph'sgroup Daily Refecltion Period 2

Joseph Mora Leslie Romero  Eric Ayala  Hernan Lorenzo Jose Perdomo Reflection            It was great to see everybody perform their scene for today's class. It really helped me understand the scenes more deeply, especially act II scene II. I loved seeing Hamlet's character develop in this scene and how his conversation with Polonius said a lot about him. He is quick-witted and Polonius is slow in understanding what Hamlet is trying to tell him. This scene really depicts how Hamlet is always...

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Daily Reflection for Monday, October 28, 2013 Period 2: Manuel's group, Rebecca Segovia, Emeli Castillo, Casey Cortez, Kobe Martinez On this day we viewed scenes Act II.ii and the Nunnery Scene. It was interesting to see how the people who played the same character as someone else took a different approach to the way they interpreted said character. For example, in the Nunnery scene the character of Hamlet had two actors. Both actors did a very good job at displaying Hamlet's emotions. One actor(Deisy) came off as nice and calm, while the other...

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Daily Reflection for October 20, 2013 Period 1: Manuel's group...Rebecca Seg, Emeli Castillo, Casey Cortez, Kobe Martinez We were assigned the "Mouse trap" scene(III.ii). When we realized we would have to perform this scene most of us thought it would be a simple read out loud and act exercise. We were wrong. We quickly realized that in order to act the scene out we had to understand the situation and thoughts that went on in the characters' minds. Hamlet was a handful. This scene is filled with sexual innuendos towards Ophelia, remarks against...

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Punctuation!

So--in reading the sullied flesh monologue again with Period 3,  my Jeff Dolven edition totally stands apart from students' editions, especially with regards to punctuation.  I wanted to ask how people feel about the dash versus the comma--and why you might want to use one vs. another. For example: It is not nor it cannot come to good-- But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue. (Dolven) It is not nor it cannot come to good, But...

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Hamlet's Invasion Of Ophelia's Mind

They say that through the eyes we are able to find a person's soul or Is it that ones soul is reflected in a persons eyes? No, no, no that's not it. The eyes are the doors to a persons soul. Ahh! About my brain, what my drawing portrays is the meaning of inner textual depth. That is why my portraits focal point is directed in the eyes. These eyes tell you what you want them too. As the artist I believe that you choose to see...

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