Mousetrap (Act 3 Scene 2)

HAMLET

The Mousetrap. Marry, how? Tropically. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. Gonzago is the duke’s name, his wife Baptista. You shall see anon. 'Tis a knavish piece of work, but what o' that? Your majesty and we that have free souls, it touches us not. Let the galled jade wince, our withers are unwrung.

Questions I have: ???

Why is there a play within a play?

And why this play?

How does the mouse fall in the trap?

Too obvious of a trap??

--- Explanation of the Diagram---

Music sheet.. why?

inspiration from the last line of the scene.. 

HAMLET

Ah ha! Come, some music! Come, the recorders!

  For if the king like not the comedy,

  Why then, belike, he likes it not, perdy.

Come, some music!

I feel that this scene is like music to Hamlet's ears.. his intentions were to make Claudius feel uneasy and well that was done very well. He get up as soon as Lucianus begins to talk ("Evil thoughts, ready hands, the right poison, and the time is right too..")

We divided it into two staffs because we wanted to see and compare the shifts and beats in a)"The Murder of Gonzago" (play within play) and b)within the characters in the actual play. 

a) has four sections

the "dumb show"-> prologue ->player queen <3 player king *the two eighth notes together making a quarter note* -> enter lucianus (which is the climax that leads to the big boom) *that is why there is a breath mark right after the lucianus not, its very dramatic and we need a small and quick breath to get it all in*

b) has six sections

Ophelia and hams sexual scene (that is why it is an f # on the staff) -> intention to break of Gertrude (response: "the lady protests too much, me thinks")->intention to break of Claudius (the actual mouse trap)-> chorus Hamlet (quick questions: Does Claudius hear what Hamlet says right after Lucianus lines? right before Claudius gets up?)-> Music Plays/The End (Ah ha! Come, some music! Come, the recorders! For if the king like not the comedy, Why then, belike, he likes it not, perdy.

Come, some music!)

Mousetrap Music

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"The many faces of death"

For my independent art piece/work I made papel picado in the form of many skulls.

Papel picado is a decorative craft made out tissue paper and scissors or a small chisel. Common themes includes birds, floral designs, and skeletons. They are commonly displayed for both secular and religious occasions, such as Easter, Christmas, Dia De Los Muertos as well as during weddings, Quinceanneras and baptisms.
My arts and crafts class is doing papel picados and well it fit right in with the whole sad and depressed character of Hamlet. 
Why a skeleton you might asked???
skull--> symbol for the dead
death is what Hamlet looks for and wants throughout the play.. for himself and may be for some others... 
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connection with "sullied flesh" soliloquy
(act one scene two)

"Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
Or that the everlasting had not fixed
His canon' gainst self slaughter! O God, God!"

flesh vs bones
melting - disappear - perish - die 
How he wishes that God had not made a law against suicide because he is tired of living and so he wants to kill himself so that he won't have to deal with his problems no longer. 

continues talking about death but now about his father's death...
"But two months dead- nay, not so much, not two.
So excellent a king, that was to this.."

Death is reoccuring theme/topic in this section and even in the play as a whole..
-someone is dying.. someone was killed/murdered .. some one wants to commit suicide . death for revenge.. death in the play.. death here and there.. death everywhere and for everyone..

DEATH DEATH DEATH.. 

therefore I made many skulls to represent all the deaths in the play

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Collaborative Art Piece (Erika and Leslie)

Leslie and I have been working on the collaborative skull and our particular theme or inspiration is death, and while this is a very vague thing to choose we were personally inspired by the scene where Ophelia's burial is being questioned because she killed herself which is a sin as well as the most obvious, the death of Hamlet's father. While death is something all humans share every experience of witnessing death and coping with it always differs. Through Hamlet we get to see how his particular situation of mourning evolves and a questionable madness. Leslie and I don't have much experience with interpreting ideas into a canvas, its been interesting trying to put together the colors and designs we feel are right in order to bring our ideas to life. We've added smaller skulls within our skull piece to represent the grave yard and the skulls Horatio and Hamlet see, as well as flowers to represent Ophelia and dark colors to go along with death. We plan to add more shading to set a darker mood as well as more skulls within the piece.

-Erika Mollinedo-Pinon

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Individual Piece for Art Gallery (Erika & Leslie)

Very rough draft of the art piece we're working on for the gallery. We plan on doing a busy background, but the main focus is still going to be the phrase. The reason we chose this particular phrase is because it's in the soliloquy where we first get a sort of explanation for all of Hamlet's feelings towards his mother. He expresses his suicidal thoughts and blames his mother for being weak and going to another man when his father hasn't even been dead for long. This quote is so central to the story of Hamlet because the entire story revolves around Hamlet's hesitation on taking action against Claudius, while at the same time longing for that revenge.

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Rosalind Piedrasanta - Art from Journal - Period 1

Art from Rosalind's Hamlet Journal.

Ghost Father and Hamlet

Hamlet, Yorick, and Ophelia

Hamlet and Ophelia

Hamlet's father and mother 

Ophelia in the water

Ophelia

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ART Gallery Skull Piece

The Whole Skull

Before

After

 This is my ART piece of the skull(the lower nose/upper mid teeth) and Im still working on the adding vividness and connections to Gertrude. I will let Javier write a quote based on Gertrude somewhere in the nose but besides that I added the cracks on the teeth to signify Gertrude in some sort of way.

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Karla Torres - Thoughts on Art and Horatio

Name: Karla Torres

I actually want to share out some few thoughts or a reflection about my part for the art gallery. I am doing the collaborative one and I am doing part if the center piece of the skull and the designs that I am going to be using are based on "Dia de Los muertos" and the characteristics of Horatio. Some parts will be flowery and colorful and others will be dark because I personally think Horatio has two sides, one is dark and the other one isn't. Even his name gives me a sense of ambiguity.

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