Hamlet Rap Whole Class Collaboration

Ghost why you disruptin'? We didn't do nothin'

My dad just died, slice me up some revenge pie.

You come without a voice, but we ain't got no choice.

We need Hanlet here before you disappear. 

Gertrude is a hoe and everybody knows. 

Her new husband blows, and he ain't your average Joe caus he Rollin' in that dough

You'll never be my father so don't f*ck*n bother. 

You give Denmark a bad name, stop putting us to shame. 

I met up with a ghost in which my fathers soul was host. 

I was warned twice but the truth I had to entice

You ripped my family apart by stoping my fathers heart

So now I'll act insane even if it puts my name to shame. 

I know what I'm doing but you're just misconstruing. 

You think I want the throne, but I'm just in the love zone. 

She thinks my frame of mind is t so aligned, 

That's only cause he's blind to what I've been assigned. 

My parents wanna know the truth so they went back to my youth. 

The paid my two fiends to see what's wrong with my head. 

They think I'm senseless but soon they'll be defenseless.

I know this comes off tough but it's all just really fluff. 

I need more real emotion so his legacy receives notion.

Disgrace has put my thoughts to sleep but I know that talk is cheap

The one thing left to do is prove that he is liable with hard evidence that will be undeniable. 

Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1 Notes

Setting: room in Polonius' house

Polonius wants to know what other people from Denmark are in Paris to try to find information on his son. 

Polonius sends Reynaldo to get dirt on his son 

"By indirections find directions out."

Interpretation:

Ophelia really does love Hamlet

Hamlets just acting like a nut

Ophelia is just lying

Hamlet is actually nuts from the pressure

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5 notes

Ghost is in this state of purgatory and confirms that he is Hamlets father. Ghost states "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." Ghost also reveals that it was Claudius that killed him with poison in order to take the throne and also seduced the queen prior to hamlets death. Ghost wants hamlet to kill his uncle, but leave his mom to god and her own guilt. 

Hamlet suspected Claudius and as soon as his fathers ghost confirms that Claudius killed him, hamlet knows that in turn hamlet must kill Claudius. Every day hamlet doesn't kill Claudius he looks down on himself more and more.

Hamlet ducks away from anybody's question regarding anything that the ghost said to him. 

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

"The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right!"

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4 Notes

Celebrating that Claudius took the throne

Hamlet thinks that this celebration makes them all look bad, even their good attributes look negative due to the excessive drinking and partying 

Claudius raised suspicion by celebrating because he should still be mourning his uncles death. Instead, it seems that this was made all about him. 

Hamlet recognizes his fathers ghost because it so closely resembles his father and begs the ghost to inform him as to why he is still there. 

Horatio thinks that the ghost will wrongly influence Hamlet.

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

LITERARY FICTION AND EMPATHY

I think that reading fiction can help people understand human nature immensely. Not only, does it fuel your imagine, it often gives an insight into how people think. Although it is fiction, people often base a lot of fictional characters off of real thoughts and actions. Because of this, it makes it very easy to use what you read in fictional stories to help you understand why people do certain things in our everyday lives. 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2 Notes

Hamlet Senior recently died "the memory is still green"

Hamlets widow remarries to new King Claudius (Hamlet seniors brother) and becames queen again

Cognitive dissonance: grief and marriage, happiness at funeral

Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind." (Sarcastic remark that's mumbled)

Hamlet never loses his cool in court and if he does mentally, it doesn't show. 

Hamlet stands up to his mom about his dislike towards her marrying Claudius (his uncle) in a very diplomatic way

Claudius completely disregards Hamlets arguement and claims that he wants to be in grieving and that it's a terrible thing to do. Claudius takes Hamlets mourning his fathers death personally and insults him in public. 

No direct or indirect characterization used. Hamlet himself gives audience the insight into himself through the use ofte monologues. (First time ever done in literature)

He's angry and doesn't want to be where he's at, questioning "why". 

Hamlet goes on and speaks directly about his family. Sees his father as above the gods, and his mother as a traitor with no loyalty to his father because she married her fathers brother. 

Horatio informs Hamlet that they had seen his fathers ghost the night before, hamlet says he will stay up the next night with them and try to speak to his father 

3 hamlets: the one that spoke diplomatically in public with his mom, the one that poured his heart out during his monologue, and the one that questioned straightforwardly about his fathers ghost. Hamlet can be who he needs to be, when he needs to be, can change character depending on what he needs or wants 

LITERARY ANALYSIS #2

The Kite Runner

1. Exposition: when Hosseini first introduces the main characters and provides details about the setting and relationships between the characters. This emphasizes the tension between Amir and Hassan. 

Rising Action: begins with the telephone call from Rahim Khan asking Amir to return to Afghanistan to rescue Sohrab and continues throughout his journey to the orphanage 

Climax: when he finally defeats Assef with the help of Sohrab and his slingshot

Falling Action: when Amir has to find a way to get Sohrab into the United States and has to obtain a humanitarian visa. Sohrab struggles with living in America until Amir flies a kite with him and he finally begins to smile. 

The plot supports the authors purpose because it walks through how Amir was able to forgive himself for his past by facing it and replacing it with better deeds. 

2. The theme of The Kite Runner is self forgiveness. Throughout the entire novel the author focuses on the one bad deed that Amir commuted. From the beginning when he sets up the friendship to the middle when he portrays the fall out, to the end of the novel when Amir is finally able to make up for his mistake, the author focuses on how what Amir hid as a child effected his whole life. Thus, the entire novel is based on Amir working to forgive himself. 

3. The author's tone throughout The Kite Runner was very remorseful and full of self pity. As soon as the reader finds out about what happened in Amir's childhood, the entire tone of the novel shifts from light and heartfelt, to all of the self pity that Amir had. Throughout the entire novel, Amir is trying to reconcile what he caused as a child and that sets the tone for the entire novel. 

4. Allusion: Amir states after placing watch under Hassan's bed "I loved him in the moment, loved him more than Id loved anyone and I wanted to tell them that I was the snake in the grass." Biblical allusion because Amir deceives his father. (Chapter 9, page 105)

Motif: "The Pomegranate Tree." It is seen in both the beginning and the end of the novel and is symbolic of the relationship once shared between Amir and Hassan "Amir and Hassan, Sultans of Kabul...Those words made it formal: the tree was ours."

Foreshadowing: used when Hassan tells Amir about the dream he had "it was warm and sunny, the lake was clear like a mirror but no one was swimming... 'I'll show you all'" (Beginning of Chapter 7)

Repetition: Using the word 'never mind repetitively "Never mind that we taught each other to ride a bicycle with no hands..." (Page 24)

Syntax: "Sometimes, my entire childhood seems like one long lazy summer with Hassan... yank it back every time it took flight." (Page 25-26)

Direct Characterization: "I can still see his tiny... Or perhaps he had grown tired and careless." (Pg 3)

CHARACTERIZATION

1. Direct Characterization:  "I can still see his tiny... Or perhaps he had grown tired and careless." (Pg 3) and  "...even in birth, Hassan was true to his nature: He was incapable of hurting anyone." (Pg 10)

Indirect Characterization: Displayed when Rahim informs Amir that Hassan is Amir's step brother. It shows how complex of a man Amir is. 

2. The authors syntax and diction only changes slightly when he focuses on a character. It doesn't change depending on each individual character, but more so that the syntax and diction change depending on what the character is doing. For example. The authors syntax changes during the scene of Hassan getting raped in the beginning of the novel. 

3. The protagonist is a static round character. We see the protagonist grow from a boy to man, and although we are able to see this growth and know a lot about his character, the reader doesn't actually see much change within the character at all throughout the novel. 

4. After reading the book I definitely walked away feeling like I not only personally knew a single character, but that I actually felt like I had connected to all of the characters. As well as feeling that I knew the characters by the end of the book, I also realized that I was opened to an entirely new culture that I hadn't been familiar with prior to reading The Kite Runner. 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 Notes

Always read scenes first, able to visualize on your own, then if you still don't understand, watch videos.

Setting: Outside, on a platform in front of the castle of Elsinore in Denmark at midnight 

Read iambic petameter by punctuation, not by line

Speak of how they've seen a ghost, Horatio doesn't believe the others. 

The ghost enters, and the men question it. The ghost ends up being the dead king. 

King hamlet is killed by fortinbras' son, because he killed fortinbras the elder. 

Son fortinbras is rallying an army to attack Hamlet jr

Kings ghost appears to resolve some unfinished business. 

Alludes to Julius Ceaser and that type of writing 

They suggest that they tell young Hamlet and see if the ghost will talk to his son. 

Vocabulary #6

Abase: behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone). "I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees"

Abdicate: (of a monarch) renounce one's throne. "1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated asrman emperor"

Abomination: a thing that causes disgust or hatred. "this bill is an abomination to all mankind"

Brusque: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner. "she could be brusque and impatient"

Saboteur: a person who engages in sabotage.

Debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. "the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s"

Anachronism: a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement

Nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Expurgate: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account). "the expurgated Arabian Nights"

Bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. "a group of bellicose patriots"

Gauche: lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping."rapacious landlords"

Paradox: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

"a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox"

Conundrum: a confusing and difficult problem or question. "one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts"

Anomaly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. "there are a number of anomalies in the present system"

Aphemeral: lasting for a very short time. "fashions are ephemeral"

Rancorous: characterized by bitterness or resentment. "sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes"

Churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. "it seems churlish to complain"

Precipitous: dangerously high or steep. "the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast"

An Unphotographed Moment

Three girls sitting on the ledge of a rock formation on top of a mountain overlooking the landscape and watching the sun set as the fog rolled in. All absorbed in the silence and beauty surrounding us wondering if this moment would be the last of its kind. Reminiscing on the moments that had been made, and mourning the memories that would never be made.

Unphotographable

Shopping and Crying

My mind first shot to a woman finding her perfect wedding dress and having it bring her to tears. 

Everything is a remix notes

Remix: to combine older, already existing materials to create something new

In old times creativity was only a creation of the divine, now it is seen as a heightened accomplishment. 

Many claim their creations as their own in which they created from within out of nowhere. Largely uninfluenced. 

Lightbulb is our biggest symbol for creativity, when really it's usually an incoherent mess, not one moment of insight. 

We actually create using three elements; domain knowledge (copying), transformation (creating variations), combinations (merging together).

Original ideas are now considered property. 

Pre will

A) I don't know much about Hamlet. I'm pretty unfamiliar with it. 

B) He wrote Romeo and Juliet and Julius Ceaser. He lived in old England. He uses a lot of puns and literary techniques like iambic petameter. He writes in old English which makes it hard to understand. 

C) So many people frown at Shakespeare because we find it hard to understand due to the fact that it's written in old English and played it's style. 

D) To make Shakespeare easier to study we could work on translating it to today's vocabulary. 

THE POINT OF CANTERBURY TALES IS

Display a time period from the point of view of different people. 

Vocabulary 5

Shenanigan: A playful or mischievous act; a prank. "The young children were being very mischievous"

Ricochet: to bounce or skip with or as if with a glancing rebound "when playing racquetball, the ball ricochets off the wall."

Schism: a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief. "The government schism was the worst the country has ever seen."

Eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

"he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"

Plethora: a large or excessive amount of (something).

"a plethora of committees and subcommittees"

Ebullient: cheerful and full of energy.

"she sounded ebullient and happy"

Garrulous: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

"Polonius is portrayed as a foolish, garrulous old man"

Harangue: lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner. "the kind of guy who harangued total strangers about PCB levels in white."

Interdependence: a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities

Capricious: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. "a capricious and often brutal administration"

Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time. "fashions are ephemeral"

Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

"a still inchoate democracy"

Juxtapose: place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

"black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with images."

Perspicacious: having a ready insight into and understanding of things. "it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter"

Codswallop: Brit nonsense

Mungo: cloth made from recycled woven or felted material.

Sesquipedalian: characterized by long words; long-winded. "the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"

Wonky: crooked; off-center; askew.

"you have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth"

Diphthong: a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another

Character Study 3

Move in day- just two high school best friends, terrified of moving away from their families into a dorm room together. One young blue eyed girl with fear in her eyes clinging to another with an equal amount of fear. The only thing they were both sure of, was that together, they could make it through the next four years of college. The first few months went as normally as anybody's first few months of college could be. It wasn't until a foggy Tuesday morning that their college experience became a little less than normal. As the duo strolled to their first class together they discussed wether or not to go home to see their families the next weekend. They were in the middle of a heated debate over it as they walked into class, only to come to find that there were no desks, chairs, computers or professors, only 30 other equally as confused college freshman and a projection of a rather  intriguing statement. "You have one consequence free month, do what you will with it. Your clock starts now." The pair took a single side step towards each other as the nerves struck. Still, two months later, the only thing that they were sure of was that together, they would make it through, and sticking together is exactly what they decided to do. Luckily they came prepared to class. Between the two of them they had; two laptops, two cell phones, their passports (which they both carried 24/7), a single journal with an array of pens, two notebooks, two credit cards, and a single common dream. Knowing that they had a single consequence free month to do whatever they please with, they started off their ticking clock with a phone call home. They both resorted to leaving messages. Messages that stated nothing more than "We're okay and we'll see you in a month." With that being said and done, once the nerves and fear had passed they headed to the airport to embark on the journey of their dreams. As the two stared wide-eyed at the huge constantly changing board of flights, they realized that their common dream wasnt to go anywhere in particular, but to just go somewhere, as long as they were together. And this was how their journey together continued after high school but before the rest of their lives. To this day they give a special thanks to their anonymous professor that changed the course of their lives forever.