Hamlet has been an awesome experience to read through with the class. The play itself was very interesting at some parts and rather slow in others. There were parts in some of the acts where I felt bored of the conversations to and from characters, like a monotonous clock swinging back and forth. Other times in the play, such as Hamlet and Laertes's sword fight, I was kept on my toes, eager to find out what happened next in the story. I especially enjoyed the wit used by characters such as Hamlet and the gravediggers, it kept me guessing and It was refreshing to try and decipher some of the language used by characters with wise remarks.
I have a different feeling of Shakespeare after the play. I loved how he used character foils to contrast the personalities and intentions of characters within the play, it helped me better relate to the characters. His use of the soliloquies also gave me a great view into the complex mind of Hamlet. Overall I enjoyed the story, some scenes were dryer than other, but the story kept moving, and scenes of suspense and action such as Ophelia's insanity and Laertes's vengeful plans against Hamlet kept me concentrated on what would happen next.
Watching the play instead of just reading it in class helped me so much in understanding the acts. Personally, I am a more visual learner so the movie we watched was just what the doctor ordered. Without the movie I am sure I would have less than half the understanding that I do now. The movie helped me picture the events in my mind and more importantly it better helped me understand the character's actions and emotions throughout the book. I thought the movie was a great interpretation of the play and greatly helped me gain a deeper understanding of Hamlet.
The projects at the end of the acts were tiresome at times, like the Playbill which i'm honestly not looking forward to doing. Other projects such as the twitter project I enjoyed greatly, it was fun and a very enjoyable way to learn through Hamlet. The blogs are also a good tool for going through the book, and although I hate posting and commenting I know deep inside that the blogs also helped me very much. Thank you Ms. Watkins for being considerate enough to let us use fun projects and tools to help us understand the story, it meant alot to me, and to our class.
P.S. Thank you for letting me find my missing pants in the 4th floor gym. Formal Wednsdays is saved.
P.S.S. Thanks for those fresh pretzels, I would have starved without them
P.S.S.S. Thanks for letting the boy-band stick around and keeping class fun
P.S.S.S.S. If there really was a PSSSS I'm happy you would have read it
9 comments:
LOL! You are so funny with your PS's haha! I like your honesty about the Playbill also.. I think we all feel like that! But anyways, I disagree with you about the boring parts. I was into the play at all times! What parts do you think were so boring?
I'm a visual learner too, so watching the movie while reading the play was a big help in being able to understand what was going on. I like what you said about the foil characters, because it made me realize that we've never really seen them in Shakespeare's other plays. I think that the foil characters made the play more dynamic, and it gave us three different perspectives to look at the play from. Overall, I really liked Hamlet as well.
I'm pretty sure everyone can agree with you that watching the movie while we read helped a lot. I enjoyed the story overall, but I understand what you mean about some parts being boring. I felt this way during Hamlet's soliloquoys and I would have no idea what he was talking about. Also I agree with you about Shakespeare's ability to shape characters. This allowed me to relate to the emotions that some of the characters felt.
Your P.S.S.S.S are too funny! I litterally laughed outloud but to comment on your actual writing I agree I really liked the foil that Shakespeare did between characters it really made me think about the relationship between each and everyone of them. Usually I just read the text and see the concrete part of it but here i saw the layers underneath the words and it was cool to see that a writer made a purpose for certain things happening in the story.
I agree that some parts of the play were dryer than others but overall the play kept on moving. I was on the edge of my seat during the fencing scene too! I'm also a visual learner and I agree that watching the movie in class was helpful. The wit in the play was fun, like you said, with the gravediggers.
Yea, when it comes to some dry parts in Hamlet I agree. The clock analogy really makes a lot of sense. But as I said in my blog Hamlet really didn't improve my vision of Shakespeare at all. Also, I like the trick P.S.S.S.S. (It got me.)
Omg your PSSSSSes.. Miss Wats this doesn't count as my reply lol just wanted to note Tim's wit
Let me begin by saying that your many PSs made your post! I'm pretty much on the same page with you about most of the stuff that you mentioned. Although, I do have to disagree about the playbill. I actually had a lot of fun doing it! Although, that may be because I'm an overzealous theatre kid, but hey, we all have our quirks! Also, I'm totally thee with you about the pretzels! I feel like Hamlet and pretzels is just a really choice combination. Go us.
Tim, I am (finally) finishing the blogs and I thoroughly enjoyed all of your PSssssss. Nice job with the blog (and the boy band and Fancy Fridays on Wednesdays!)
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