R&G 3

Posted on May 17th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

So in both Hamlet and R&G, you have Hamlet greeting his friends R&G and welcoming them to Elsinore. They come onto the scene right after Hamlet with the arrival of the players that will help Hamlet with his evil and clever plan. The characters that play the players are very strange and unusual. Shakespeare use of them is uniquely different and awkward, sort of creepy too.

 At this point, im still not getting the plot of the story. I feel that its really pointless. Like why was this really written? You have these characters that just really makes the play even more absurb. Overall, I think this play is nonsense to tell you the truth.

To be or not to be?

Posted on May 16th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Hamlet says this soliloquy because he is faced with a difficult situation. He asked this question literally of life or death. He is  deciding what he is going to do about this situation with  Claudius. Should he avenge his father by getting revenge on Claudius or let go.

The only audience really possible is Claudius because he is the one on Hamlets mind. His anger and frustrationare changing his decisions he wants to make, so he speaks about it. Im not to sure about his secondary audience, but it could possibly be Ophelia and Polonius. I say this because Ophelia’s father uses her to try and show the King that Hamlet is crazy. All of this is tearing her apart emotionally because she loves Hamlet and yet he treats her badly. Polonius adds to all of this craziness going on.

The purpose of his speech I think is to express all of his feelings and emotions, anger, and thoughts. He also does it to tell about all the situations he is going through.

Pathos: lines 80-83

R&G 2

Posted on May 9th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Well so far Im still liking this play or whatever, sometimes it gets a little confusing though. I really don’t get the whole point of the book, but I guess I will get it later on in the book. Now we have  gotten to the scene where the men have finally reached their destination, the kingdom.  At this point you really begin to see lines from Hamlet. There is a  interesting conversation that takes place between the men and from their sort of weird yet funny opinions. The conversation is about  how much they didn’t want to be at the kingdom because they felt as though something strange was going on with Hamlet’s abnormal behavior.

By the back and forth conversations going on, you can tell its postmeodern. Its not really an average element that you see in real old literature.  R&G is sort of a comparison between Shakespeare’s style of writing to modern writing. Its interesting reading and seeing the distinguished style between the two.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead

Posted on May 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

I dont know what exactly Im supposed to be blogging about, so im just going to write. In the beginning you have Rosencrantz flipping a coin over and over. They had a deal that anytime the coin lands on heads then you keep it, but Rosencrantz always lands on head and he never questions it. Already you can tell by the different responses to the coin toss that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have different personalities. Rosencrantz doesnt question it, but Guildenstern believes they have entered a altered universe. Rosencrantz has a more relaxed view on the world. Next, the tragedians come onto the scene. The player, leader, asks them if the want to be apart of one of the sexual scenes with an extra cost. Righ here you can see homosexuality because its an all mens group and they have sexual performances. This book is a reference to hamlet. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been sent for by Claudius to watch over Hamlet.

What about Drama?

Posted on May 2nd, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Well I know that drama is usually represented in performance. Drama uses actors and dialogue. I know that the word drama comes from a Greekword. The two mask representing Drama stand for Tragedy and comedy. Different genres of Drama are satire, tragedy, comedy, epic, romance, and lyric. As for Shakespeare, I know that he developed some dramatic traditions. Also that his work, Hamlet, is considered a masterpieceof the art of drama. That’s about all I know about drama ans Shakespeare.

Free post 4:6

Posted on April 30th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Well, today I turned in my english project. I think it turned out good, hopefully its good enough for me to get a decent grade on it. I have really been doing good in english this quarter. I guess its because im doing more work than usual, If I would have done this in the beginning then I wouldn’t have to worry about making a good grade at the end of the year. Now in english class, we on working on Hamlet. We also are learning about drama. I don’t know much about the detailed part of drama, so this should be interesting.

The weather for this weekend is not looking so good. For the three day broadcast, its suppose to be raining. Sometimes, I don’t like when it rains because it mess up plans. For example, this weekend I wanted to go to the movies, but because of the rain I probably wont end up going. It doesn’t always rain when they say its going to though, this weather is just unpredictable.

Big project.

Posted on April 25th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

I really don’t have much to say about this project. At first I didn’t understand it at all, it just seemed like I wasn’t writing about anything. Mrs. Duke really helped me understand what I was actually doing. Now I just have to finish up working on it. Im doing mine on Chaucer, Franklin’s Tale, using Archetypes. I just hope this turns out good because I need to get a good grade on it.

free post 4:5

Posted on April 24th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Well, my weekend started off slow. The weather this morning messed my day up as little. The weather really didn’t last long though and it cleared up really quick. Its like one minute its storming and the next its hot. Later on that day I went to my cousin house to plan out what we were going to do for his birthday. We decide to go to the mall, movies, and then out to eat. We didn’t get to go out to eat because we got out of the movies too late, but overall it turned out good.

Hopefully tomorrow will turn out good. As of right now, its not looking to good. I have nothing planned but church early in the morning. After that, its just whatever comes up I will have to do with that. So we will just see how that goes.

Canterbury tales

Posted on April 18th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

All this week we have been presenting our projects that we have been working on since before the break. All of the presented projects were entertaining and different.

Fot the first tale, Wife of Bath, I wasn’t in class because i didn’t read it. Next, the Franklin’s tale presented. They illustrated their plot though puppets, a puppet show. Each puppet represented a character, but I think that they could have gave  a deeper analysis of the characters. Then they asked about which character was the most noble. Every had a different opinion and their opinion helped me develop a different view for each character.

The Miller’s tale used facebook to describe their plot and tell about the characters. I didn’t understand the point of it at first, but after they explained it I had a better understanding. I learned about the dirtyness of the Miller and the biblical reference in the story.

Lasly, the Pardoner. The Pardoner was the best group of all!!! Im really just saying that because its my group. We decided to do a power point, giving a brief overview of the main points. Then, we a picture story, where we used pictures to tell the story and describe it. From my group, I learned about the 7 sins, the Pardoner as a acharacter, and the irony of it all.Overall, everyone did a great job, I give them all a 10 out of 10.

Commas

Posted on April 16th, 2010 in Uncategorized by jonesf

Ok, so we have to write a free post using commas. This is different from any other blog we had to do, but its for a grade so I have to do it. I hope that I do well on this because I know that I misuse them. In this post post i’m going to talk about class, my weekend, and prom.

First, I will talk about class. Classes this week were alright, but it could have been better. We didn’t really do too much, but it was enough to pass class time. In english class, we presented our projects to the class. We also prepared for our test on Monday. Overall, this week was fun. All this week i’ve mostly been get ready for prom, which i have really been waiting for.

Now, my weekend plans. This weekend, mainly Saturday, I will be getting ready for prom. Today I have to go pick up my tux pants, shirts, and maybe shoes. Then, tomorrow I go and pick up my vest and bowtie. I know that I will be tired tomorrow just because Im going hiking early in the morning, 8:00. I don’t know what i’m going to be doing Sunday. I know that I’m going to church, get some sleep, and probably eat a lot.

Finally, we have reached the end of my blog, Prom. I’ ve been waiting for prom for like a week and a half. I have been getting ready ever since last weekend. Prom is a lot more expensive than I thought, but its that expensive. We are going out to get and then head to prom. Thsi is  my first prom so im really excited. Hopefully all will go well.

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