class Feb 4th

-return beowulf books to class if you have them still
-we finished discussing discussing the quote "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
-We then discussed a government "tax refund" program to stimulate the economy. This was a continuation of the quote conversation. The argument was that from a psychological perspective it should be called a tax bonus so that people are more inclined to spend it. It is the idea of using words to make people think a certain way.
-Also many arguments are over symbols, not real things such as, marriage and money. (money is concreate but it represents an idea)
-We also talked about how political candidates are vague so that more people agree with them.
- We discussed the censorship of words
-Giving words meaning
-Why are vulgar words so offensive
-People blame the media for influencing them to do stuff
- Language is a symbol to represent something else
- We discussed act 2 scene 2 again
-talked abou the theatre group
-Polonius introduces the players even though Hamlet already knows who they are. ( this makes Polonius look like a fool)