2. Laz talked about "I" in papers and whether or not to use it. Usually only people with letters after their names can because they are considered important. But supposevly is slowly changing.
3. Anyone doing the extra credit assignment: those who reflected on the idea on the original assignment scored the highest. So reflecting is a good idea.
4. Talked about the point of drama, which is a way to show what life is like, representations of ourselves
5. We finished class talking about Hamlet act 3 scene 2. Specific points that were made were:
- Horatio's response to Macbeth was bleak because Hamlet asked a rhetorical question regarding Claudious's reaction to the play, because Hamlet has already made up his mind.
- Horatio's job was to watch every reaction that the king made, Horatio is chosen because Hamlet trusts him
- Hamlet really respects and admires Horatio because he is consistant. He doesn't change based on fortune.( true to himself)
- Besides feeling guilty for his actions Claudious might also have left because he was offended that the players would show the death of a king on stage.
-Matt R
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Class Discussion 26.Feb.08
Act 3 Scene 3:
*Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England so Hamlet will not a) try to kill Claudius and b) reveal that Claudius usurped the throne.
*Things in the kingdom are starting to unravel. The king who is supposed to be incontrol is no longer in control.
-Rosencrance in his one moment of intellegence compares the king to the hub of a wheel, without which the kingdom falls apart.
*Claudius deep down is afraid of losing power, for him it would be worse to be exposed as a usurper, then to just die.
*Claudius hopes that prayer will make him feel better.
-you cannot ask for forgiveness when you still posses what you aquired through your sin.
*Hamlet's refusal to kill Claudius in prayer shows Hamlet is getting ready ot be a king, he is learning.
-knowing that there are some things you cannot do is the difference between being king and pretending to be king.
-This is a major moment for Hamlet, he is starting to mature.
~Lisa S.
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