Hamlet/Pride and prejudice Families

Hamlet family:
Family structure- Claudius is the uncle noe step dad (incest)
Relationship between Hamlet and more- very touchy/close sexually
Death-claudius killed his own brother-not a close/intimate family



Bennett's:
Mr Bennett is distant from the family
Mrs Bennett only cares about money/power for her daughters- will do anything for them to marry rich single men
Mrs Bennett tries to control the family-material side
 Mrs Bennett is completely in the lives of her daughters-doesn't give them independence and
Mrs Bennett says she would let her daughter die as long as she was "in persuit of a rich spouse" (quote)

Hamlet essay

Dear Dr. Forman,

I was actually really happy with my work on this essay. I am proud that I was able to narrow my observations of the different films to really only two major key points I would cover. At first, this essay seemed like t would be very hard to do when I was first starting to prepare. After seeing the films, I am not going to lie, I was a little lost. I didn't know how I could turn all my notes into a structured and organized essay. Finally the idea just hit me as I was blogging my ideas down, and I continued to adapt the idea for a coup,e days to combine several aspects I wanted to cover. Once again I am really holy that you gave us each alot of responsibility when writing this essay; you gave us all the power to create our own essay about the films and I think the writing and brainstorming process really payed off I the end. I enjoyed writing on the different versions of the film and thought it was really interesting to see how Hamlet was captured differently over the years!

Sincerely,
Blake

Act III scene I - Hamlet "to be or not to be"

Blake and Tyler



In Shakespeare's most famous dialogue, Hamlet questions whether it would be better to die or stay alive and suffer hard times and issues he must deal with. This is a very important part of the scene obviously and it is when Hamlet is able to display his true thoughts and struggles, so there are several ways that we could capture this dialogue. With Hamlet speaking alone, we would want hamlet really speaking with a lot of emotion and doing an effective job at questioning himself and considering both sides and options. Also, we think it wouldn't be as effective of a dialogue if Hamlet were to just stand there with his arms down and very still; it would be displayed best if Hamlet were to walk around while questioning himself, and even move his arms around to give more emotion. Hamlet would need to speak calmly to effectively convey his issue that he is debating; we wouldn't wan him speaking angrily and with too much power, or too calmly with not much emotion, so we would film Hamlet speaking with a tone in between the two extremes. It's important that Hamletntalks with alot of passion because this is in fact the most famous dialogue of the play, and clearly captures the climax of the play's principle issue.

Scene analysis-Claudius dialogue

This dialogue by Claudius can be captured in different ways, completely changing the interpretation of what he is saying. I believe that Claudius is really not feeling that guilty, but wants to come off that way, and play Hamlet, and the public. I'm sure he is feeling a little guilty for killing his brother, but hes an evil man and he is definitely exaggerating his guilt to try to come off as a good guy and someone who cares about the family, and country as a whole. In order to illustrate Claudius as trying to make it seem as if he were guilty but make it clear to the audience that he is really lying and masking his true feelings, I would have Claudius talking much more calmly, and close to Hamlet. We see Claudius throughout the film using his powerful loud voice to prove his power and act as King, as well as his position as he often talks standing at a higher level than Hamlet, or anyone else. In order to make Claudius seem more guilty than powerful, i would have Claudius get closer and closer to Hamlet and speak with a much softer tone, trying to convince Hamlet as well as the audience that he really does feel guilty. I would maybe have Claudius touch Hamlet alot to try and give a intimate feel and act like a good stepfather; but still, the audience would know Claudius is just trying to fool Hamlet into thinking he actually feels guilty about the murder.