Hamlet: will you ever end? This has been one VERY LONG play.
Maybe it is my complete lack of understanding of Shakespeare or my 100%
annoyance of every character and scene in the never-ending story, but my brain
can’t handle anymore. It is frustrating because I feel like no matter how much
we talk about it, how many movie clips, and how many of my highlighters loose
ink annotating I can’t seem to wrap my head around the logic in the story. I
will say, I like the second movie better than the first but that probably has
something to do with its modern movie sets.
Now, that Hamlet is yet so close to being done, I have to
think about finals. Who knew the terms test could ever haunt me more then it
did the first time. I am truly frightened for my grade. I am not quite sure how
to study for the final since my studying for the terms test didn’t do me much
good.
I do enjoy the new openers. Writing about the tone gets me
ready for an hour of lit compared to just jumping into it 1st hour.
I think perfecting tone is very important and very hard. Also, the daily
writings allow Ms.Holmes to share some of her writing tips and review different
didls strategies.
I definitely agree that Hamlet never seems to end! Although all the things we did with it actually did help me. I also agree that the openers are a good way to get into feeling "literary." Overall, I think you did a pretty good job with this. One thing I would suggest for next time is to include some more topics (I have to really think sometimes, but it's surprising how much we've actually done). Other than that, good job!
ReplyDeleteHamlet, I do admit, was a very long study (and now we're studying Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead--basically another study of Hamlet). However, I'm rather surprised at the number of people who were disheartened by it. Aside from the Elizabethan English, it was rather straightforward in its overall plot. I think what helped me most with this was the fact that I used an electronic copy of Hamlet and looked up every word I didn't know in the dictionary...except for "mobled." What the heck is "mobled" supposed to mean?
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