Quote-Thoughts

"Frailty, thy name is woman!" (Act I, Scene II)

Hamlet is referring to his mother when he says woman, he believes that her quick marriage to his uncle is a sign of her weakness. Hamlet felt she was weak, or not strong enough to mourn his father longer. Hamlet goes on further to say that not even an animal or beast, who has no reasoning skills, would have abandoned the mourning so quickly. In all of this he shows how angry and confused Hamlet is by his mother's remarriage. He actually indicates that nothing good can come from this action. This does foreshadow a few things, one of the things is the death of Ophelia, who succumbs to her own grief and confusion and is drowned.  Also, the death of Gertrude herself, her marriage to Claudius did bring this about, as she mistakenly drank the cup he poisoned for Hamlet.

Read more

"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... 
----
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

Read more