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 seemingly thinking and over thinking things and how he gives clues of his inner thoughts. I noticed the importance of asides in the scene, which hadn't previously registered with me as important, and how we can see Polonius' direct feelings/reactions towards how Hamlet is treating him. I also noticed more strategical things that Shakespeare does in this scene like the use of double entendre and dramatic irony.

 

On October 28, was about two groups performing “Words, words, words” and “The Nunnery” scene. I thought the first group gave detailed information about the scene. What struck me the most was when Jahmal explained the role of friendship, because that goes on in our everyday lives. Polonius is dense and also a spy. Hamlet talks about the book, but in reality he’s talking Polonius. The blindness by Polonius is irony, since he is not aware of Hamlet talking about his character. The second group also gave detailed information about the Nunnery Scene. Hamlet blames women, especially Ophelia, that they’re the reason why men get angry. He wishes all marriages to end all marriages and storms off. In my opinion, I believe that Hamlet shouldn’t be mad at Ophelia for one incident, and make bad assumption to all the women in the world.

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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.

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Quote-Thoughts

"I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of excises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that his goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory . . .The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals – and yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me."(II.ii.280-291) 
  Hamlet delivers this speech with a very gloomy emphasis. This quote in my oppinion demonstrates Hamlet's reaction toward man kind. He expresses that they are worthless and questions the place of humanity in this world perhaps even the  universe. Hamlet delivers this quote to Rosencrantz and Guildenstrern, Shakespeare probably did this deliberately to give an example of what led to him being disappointed or feeling this way. He felt betrayed by his supposed "childhood friends" going behind his back and giving information to his uncle.Disgusted by the fact that his uncle married his mother; but mainly confused on where he belonged. I felt like Hamlet delivers this quote because he wanted to let Rosancrantz and Guildenstern that he knew that they were spying on him and wanted to inform them that they thought that they were being sneaky but in reality he knew that, that was the main reason why they would stick near him in contrast to Horacio who was actually sincere with him.

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Post Hamlet Seminar Reflection

(Sigmund Freud)

Here's to the launch of the HamLab collaborative!

In this post please share anything new you learned, questions you still have (but didn't have the courage to ask, perhaps?), how you felt a college class compares and contrasts with a high school class, or anything else to reflect on today's seminar.

For reference, a quick summary on today's topics:

• The ego - its development, its boundaries that are blurred in cases of love or pathology.
• The superego - its role of punishing and keeping the ego in check; its roots that stem from not wanting to disappoint the mother (and by extension: parents, authority, etc.) or lose acceptance/love.
• Hamlet and repression - Freud's explanation that Hamlet does not take action against Claudius because he (Hamlet) secretly wants to be in Claudius' position - with his mother.
• The ghost - what it is: a literal ghost, or a figment of Hamlet's addled mind?
• The role of remembering and memory
• To be or not to be - its question of existence; metaphor of dreams and sleep.
• The unanswerable question: What should Hamlet do?

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