Vocab 1/19

Words 1/19

1) Paradox (N) an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
Abraham Lincoln’s ideas on slavery was a paradox
2) Sovereign (ADJ) having supreme rank, power, or authority.
Everyone was scared to attack America because we are a sovereign nation
3) Commission (N) an authoritative order, charge, or direction.
The boy was commissioned to go to the army recruiting center by his father.
4) Resolution (N) a resolve or determination
Many peoples new year resolution is to loss weight
5) Malefaction (N) an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
The malefaction the boy did made him get sent to the principal’s office.
6) Firmament (N) the vault of heaven; sky.
The firmament is said to be open to all the good people who die
7) Tedious (ADJ) long and tiresome
The tedious work the girl did on her English project paid off when she Aced the assignment
8) Pestilent (ADJ) destructive to life; deadly; poisonous.
The pestilent liquid is what killed the prince
9) Pious (ADJ) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for god or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
The pious priest was very intense while speaking and people thought he was going to do something crazy
10) Promontory (N) a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.
Simba, standing at the top of the promontory with his father, was told that everything the light touches was his kingdom

Questions for 2.2

1.) Claudius sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
2.) He has sent on them to spy on Hamlet
3.) Voltimand and Cornelius bring back news that the king of Norway found out what Fortinbras was doing and told him not to attack Denmark
4.) Norway asks for permission to pass through Denmark on their march to Poland
5.) He’s telling them to listen to him though he rarely listens to himself
6.) Polonius’s plan is for him and Claudius to hid behind an arras when Hamlet is with Ophelia and see if he is really in love with Ophelia
7.) Hamlet calls Polonius a fishmonger or a pimp because Polonius uses his daughter to get further in life
8.) Polonius says that madness gets the point across while sanity would not as well
9.) To Hamlet Denmark is corrupt
10.) He tells them that he has now realized people are nothing more than dust
11.) The players are traveling now because a younger crew has become more popular in the cities so they are traveling to find work
12.) He lets them know that he knows what’s going on and knows the purpose that the king and queen have sent from them
13.) It is an allusion to Jephthah in the bible who sacrifies his daughter out of selfishness, trying to get a higher ranking
14.) Like Pyrrhus we wants to avenge his fathers death. Hamlet is unlike Pyrrhus because of the way they are going about getting their revenge is different. And Pyrrhus is actually in a war while Hamlet is not yet.
15.) Hamlet asks the players if they can perform the Murder of Gonzago and if he can write a couple lines that could be added to the play
16.) He exclaims this because the actor can cry and feel sorry for a made up character when Hamlet just feels empty inside
17.) His plan is that by adding in these lines to the play it with break his uncle down causing him to confess about old king hamlet
18.) One, Hamlet wants to know whether or not the ghost is the devil and two he needs this evidence so people will believe him
19.) Polonius spies on Ophelia and Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spy on Hamlet
20.) Hamlet is rude and sad but gets excited for plays. He is clever and some how seems to know everything that is going on.

Notes on Hamlet 2.2

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: reinforce the motif of spying, Hamlet’s childhood friends

Voltemand: tells the king that Old king from Norway didn’t know what Fortinbras had been doing and told him not to attack Denmark but Poland. Old king Norway also asked if they could march through Denmark on a truce

Polonius: talks about nothing and blabbers on because he is trying to look smart and clever

The letter: reinforces the idea of spying.

By Hamlet loving Ophelia it puts Polonius in good light and opens his doors further by potentially becoming the Father in Law for the next king

Polonius: in his speeches he says that he is always right

Hamlet walks four hours for exercise

Polonius and Claudius way of finding out whether or not Hamlet actually loves Ophelia reinforces the idea of spying

Polonius is a fishmonger (pimp): reinforces the metaphor of prostitution

Lines 178 & 179 reinforces the theme of corruption
Line 181: the sun is Hamlet, and the sun can bring about bad things. Ophelia is the dead dog

Hamlet knows Polonius is the one who stopped Ophelia from seeing Hamlet
Common of Shakespeare of making fun of the obvious. Lines 191 & 191

Polonius is a fool
Line 206 & 207 “ how pregnant sometimes his replies are- metaphor
Lines 212- 214: Hamlet wants Polonius to leave

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not at the top or bottom of fortune
Fortune: Plays men like pipes, she’s not faithful. You can’t rely on fortune. Reinforces the idea of prostitution

Line 240: “Denmark’s a Prison”: reinforces theme of corruption

*The idea that anything that happens or that is going on is neutral, it’s only good or bad if you think, look or interpret either way.

“ Bad dreams”- dreams about his dad/ the ghost
Lines 259- 260: without a desire for something by the common people, there would not be heroes or a monarch

Hamlet knows that Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are not there on their own inclining but was sent for by the king and queen to spy on Hamlet

Hamlets monologue backs up the idea of humanity
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Themes: Revenge- (spying)
Death
Humanity
Corruption or living in an unjust/ corrupt world- (denmark is a prison/ the world is one) (Prostitution)(spying)

*Prostitution: : fortune, Polonius, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)

*Spying: King and queen spying on Hamlet w/ Polonius and w/ R&G; Polonius spying on his son and on hamlet, on hamlet and his daughter; R&G; Hamlet spying on everyone by acting mad

*Garden: Hamlet- sun or sunlight or worm; Old King Hamlet- Sun God; Claudius- Serpent; Ophelia- Flower; Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern- weeds?;

*Dreams: dreams are but a shadow, Heros and kings are but the shadow of the lower class

Hamlet: 2.1 questions

1.) Polonius is sending Reynaldo to Paris to spy on Laeretes
2.) He is sending him on this journey to spy on Laeretes and make sure that his son is not getting into trouble. Polonius doesn't trust LAeretes and doesnt want him disgracing the family name.
3.) Reynaldo is supposed to find out information on Laeretes by going around and asking about him. When he finds someone that knows Laeretes Reynaldo is supposed to make fals accusations about Laeretes to see if his friend agrees on the accusation, proving them to be true.
4.) This reveals that Polonius care more about himself and his name than others.
5.) Reyanldo is going to do what Polonius has told him to do, but he doesn't think it is very smart to be going around and spreading lies about Laeretes.
6.) She says that he is acting very old and scarying her. He is distant and looked like he had been loosed out of hell.
7.) Polonius concludes that Hamlet is in love with Ophelia and has been driven mad by Ophelia rejecting him.

Hamlet 1.3-1.4

1.) Laertes advice to Ophelia was to stay away from Hamlet and not get involved with him.
2.) Laertes is comparing Ophelia to a flower and saying that canker galls or worming will ruin a flower before it has even budded, referring hamlet as the canker galls.
3.) She says that she will listen to his advice and be careful but to not be a hypocrite because she knows what he does when he goes to France
4.) Don't speack your thoughts or act on them, be friednly enough but dont make yourslef cheap, when you get good friends, keep hold of them, but dont be friendly with just anyone. listen to everyone's advice but dont say anything. dont dress overly nice.
5.)Polonious is calling Ophelia like a foolish little baby for thinking what hamlet offered to be real. He tells her that Hamlet is someone who more thinks of himself than anyone else.
6.) "Springes to catch woodcocks"- Ophelia is a woodcock who is being caught in a springes
7.) He told her she is not allowed to see Hamlet
8.)Hamlet is taling after two cannons have just gone off so he starts talking about it is custom for them to drink a lot and that is what they are known for. and that he should be drinking but doesnt want to because all it has done is give them a bad rep. They dont get recognized for anyhting else but being a drunk. and if they do one bad thing drunk it earses all good they have done
9.)There is thought that the Ghost is the devil and if he falls him, the ghost will led him to something bad.
10.)He tells them not to tell anyone of the ghost and that he, Hamlet, will be starting to act crazy and that they need to act like it is normal.

vocab words: 1/4

Words: 1/4

Apparition (N) a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
The apparition scared Barnardo and the others

Calumnious (ADJ) slanderous; defamatory.
The calumnious remarks the boy made to the teacher got him into detention

Canon (N) church law
The canon was that no one would stay up past 11 o’clock each night on a school trip

Countenance (N) appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face
Her countenance made the cook realize she did not like mushrooms

Discourse (N) communication of thought by words; talk; conversation
In the discourse, the player explained to the coaches why they were not playing well

Imminent (ADJ) likely to occur at any moment; impending
The destruction of the Carribeans was imminent once they found out this was where the next major earthquake would occur.

Perilous (ADJ) involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous
We went on a perilous adventure into the jungle

Portentous (ADJ) threatening
In order to have a success full year, every girl was a portentous player to our team

Prodigal (ADJ) wastefully or recklessly extravagant
The million’s wife threw a prodigal party

Sullied (V) to soil, stain, or tarnish
The boy spilt food and sullied the table clothe

Hamlet 1.2- group work: John, Sam, Devin and Kaitlyn

1.) Hamlet is dressed in black as a marriage announcement and he seems sad when it is supposed to be a happy day.
2.) Because the king has just died and back than it was against the law to marry your sister in law like the king did.
3.) He wants to return and serve in France
4.) Hamlet is now Claudius’s son and nephew but hamlet does not like his uncle/father at all
5.) He is the son of the old king who had been compared to be the sun of the land
6.) His mom married so quickly after the death of her Husband
7.) The way he dresses on the outside shows how he feels on the inside
8.) The wedding and funeral were so close together that you could use the food from the funeral at the wedding
9.) That there is a ghost that looks like Hamlet’s dead father appearing every night

Hamlet 1.2

Hamlet calls denmark a Garden gone in to decay: the garden of Eden and paradise has been lost
Hamlet calls his father the sun god (sun makes gardens grow)
Hamlet is the son of the sun, sun light: makes both good and bad grow
Motif: Idea of acting/ drama, what it means (one thing that still gives Hamlet joy is the theater)
Pun: play on words, has two meanings
Monologo: a speech give by one person to other people
Soloiquy: Spoken by one person alone on stage *1.2,3.1, 4.4

Hamlet 1.1

1.) How is interest created in the opening scene?
-The ghost of the dead king appears
2.) What information are we given to help us understand the situation?
- We are told that the nation is heading to war
3.) What happened at the end of the scene to create suspense and keep up the reader's interest? -The ghost leaves without talking but they think it might talk to Hamlet so they think they can find out what the ghost wants
4.) What is the mood of the scene?
-Erie, Suspenseful, and doubt that the ghost is real
5.) Why are the sentries apperhensive (there are two reasons)?
- They are apprehensive because their nation is about to go to war and their dead king is in armor, not comfy clothes, taking its appearance as a warning. They are also confused about whether or not they are actually seeing a ghost because it keeps appearing and disappearing without speaking
6.) What reasons are suggested by Horatio for the appearance of the late King's ghost?
- It’s a warn that the nation is about to go to war and also that since the ghost is still wandering the earth the king sinned or is hiding something
7.) Who are the characters present in the scene?
-Baranado, Francisco, Horatio, Ghost, and Marcellus
8.) List on thing Horatio says about the former king?
- That the king killed the king of Norway and attacked Poland as well
9.) Who is young Fortinbras?
- The Prince of Norway who wants to avenge his fathers death
10.) What does Horatio say happened in Rome after Julius Caesar was murdered?
- Rome went in to chaos. He lists a lot of bad things that happened in to Rome after Julius fell
11.) how does Horatio differ from Marcellus and Barnardo in Scene 1?
- He does not believe in the ghost and he is not a guard but a scholar.
12.) What is Horatio's purpose in scene 1 (why is he present)?
- Horatio’s purpose is to interpret why the ghost is there because he is a scholar
13.) What past history (Denmark's history) is revealed in scene 1?
- Denmark attacked both Norway and Poland. King Hamlet killed the king of Norway

Words: 1/4

Apparition (N) a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith

Calumnious (ADJ) of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.

Canon (N) a fundamental principle or general rule

Countenance (N) appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face

Discourse (N) communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

Imminent (ADJ) likely to occur at any moment; impending

Perilous (ADJ) involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous

Portentous (ADJ) ominously significant or indicative

Prodigal (ADJ) wastefully or recklessly extravagant

Sullied (V) to soil, stain, or tarnish