Hamlet notes

I, II

A little more than kin, and less than kind. 

- an aside and hamlet said this

- situational irony

- audience knows something audience doesn't

- hamlet doesn't like Claudius 

- hamlet doesn't show his feelings and savy decision maker. Knows what he wants

- blowing Claudia off

- grief is just on outside. Hamlet doesn't show on his face that he is grieving. Just tradition

- you can do grievance tradition but that doesn't mean you are unhappy. Yiu don't know me is what hamlet is trying to say. Calling people out but hamlet is actually going through something real rather than showing 

- Claudius just criticizes hamlet grievances. Making hamlet seem unfit for king and Claudius wants hamlet to stay close. Contradictory

- first monologue: mortified of his situation, wishes suicide wasn't sin, doesn't want to see or experience what's going on, directing anger at mom, just saying how much this sucks and wants to leave, points out what's sinful and what's not to make himself moral to audience 

- investigating when asking questions about dad ghost

- fact based questions. All about the details. Contradicts monologue tone which shows how matter of fact attitude and mental health. Hamlet is respectful guy. 

- hamlet is said to stay back and not study abroad compared to other guy who was allowed to just leave

- based on hamlets mothers wishes but really wants to keep an eye on him

- polonuis is a ouppet master inthe court 

-moms allegiance is to power

- tone of author is important of how we interpret characters. Multiple meanings and do you know text well enough to analyze techniques 

III

Laertes degrades sister by telling her she isn't good enough for hamlet an that she needs to be careful around him

Ophelia “snaps her fingers” and gives sas right back to Laertes and tells him to pretty much not be a hypocrite 

Polonuis tells Laertes before he leaves for paris(have him looking at a pic of the Eiffel tower or something) on how to be a man and have integrity: keep to himself, don't act on impulse, treat others kindly, embrace new friends, slow to fight, listen, dress to impress, don’t borrow or lend money, stay true to self ( do little actions for all of these)

Polonuis gives same advice to ophelia as Laertes did and she says that she sees through hamlets pronounced love and will obey her father

something about spying?

IV

-" something is rotten in the state of Denmark "

-metaphor that Claudius is the "snake" that killed hamlets father 

- mom knows that Claudius killed father and Claudius seduced mom and she left her husband 

- dad in purgatory because he couldn't repent his sins 

- instant death 

- dad tells hamlet not to punish mom and just leave her but punish Claudius

- dad tells hamlet to take revenge 

- "I have sworn it" hamlet states after talking to dad. Conflict in hamlet is whether or not to actually kill someone. He knows he wants to avenge father 

- finally has clarification and is happy

- "there are more things in heaven and earth horatio than are dreamt in your philosophy"

-  hamlet is very adamant of horatio and Marcellus swear on his sword that NOTHING will pry the secret from them

- " the time is out of joint: O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right" meaning to life is to avenge father. 

- hamlet believes that he will be a failure if he doesn't go through with act

actII, scene II

-" what a piece if work is a man". Cliche line. Theme of play and how we are contradictory and are able to creat beauty and destroy it with at the sane time. Powerful 

- hamlet is saying that he is kinda mad and testing g and r

- hamlet tells player 1 to tell story if king who was in scandal and then dies because not righteous

- hamlet is changing play and writing in lines and starting to hatch a plan

-make play resemble fathers murder and watch how Claudius reacts 

-" the plays the thing wherein I will catch the conscience of the king". Starting to beat himself up. Like when you take a test and know you did bad. Compare himself to actor and how actor can cry and feel emotion fir fictional but hamlet can't feel anything. Feels about coward because keeping everything to himself. Alone with no one to give him tough love and has to motivate himself. Compare himself to whore and how words have no meaning like a whores because they always lie. He judges on action. Mentions "the play within the play". Trying to make himself look weak so no one will see him coming