Currently, we are looking at my favorite author Shakespeare. A genius in any era of time, Shakespeare's words resonate in any body of language. However, what we are looking at is not just Shakespeare, it's Hamlet, his most profound play! Hamlet is a great play because of the diction. While discussing this play in class, it's the words that are of greatest concern. The plot is okay, but nothing special. However, the diction is filled with biblical and philosophical allusions. Hamlet is my favorite character because he a genius who is essentially alone. I think it's interesting to look at a sole hero, acting on his own belief system. Hamlet acting on his love for his parents seeks to avenge his dead father and cleanse his lost mother. However, what may seem to be a physical battle is just about anything but that. Hamlet is looking for redemption in his parent's soles. Yes an intellectual who is very religious and spiritual, to me a unique character. Sorry religious readers, it's not often that you see a man of science, logic and phychology acting as a god-like character. The plays also has many sub-plots decribing women, primarily Ophelia and Getrude, as well as true friednship.
In the future, I see us working on AP test multiple choice stuff and doing more reading in preparation for the exam. I'm not looking forward to this test....
I don't know if Hamlet has been a big enough part of class to earn it's own post..it seems a little disproportionate to me for studying for the AP. Also, you skipped over the AP multiple choice stuff that we have done - the distractors and practicing writing questions in class. This is a really good summary of Hamlet and it would be helpful, but I think it would be a little more helpful to group this with #3 and find another topic that we spent time on for the last post.
ReplyDeleteYeah for adding in Hamlet! However, I'm not sure it deserves its own category. I think I would add it into your "looking at the texts" section instead. However, you gave a very good opinionated description of it. So, good work! Overall, your reflections on our class were very good. Just make sure you prioritize the importance of each thing we've done a little better and make sure not to leave things out! Otherwise, job well done.
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