Explain Important Words!

"To be or not to be"
-Here, Hamlet questions whether to literally BE or to not BE. In short, he is questioning life itself, whether to be alive or not, whether to exists or not, whether to kill himself or not. He questions the thought of whether he should be and live a life full of misery and suffering or to be and endure the suffering in hopes of pleasure and happiness. This is indeed a extremely important and significant quote on Hamlet's side and it also opens up the philisophical question of life itself as well. To be or not to be should be said aloud slowly and each word emphazied specially.
"O, what a noble mind"
-Here, Ophelia is talking about how "noble" or in other words, sane, Hamlets mind used to be. This quote here is one of sadness and regret. She misses and wishes for Hamlets insanity to be gone and longs for his sanity that is almost but vanished. Noble would be the word to better emplify to the crowd, this gives the audience the unfortunate knowledge of insanity Hamlet holds.
"The play's the thing!"
-Here, Hamlet says that the play is the Thing, here this ambigious word- thing- is actaully explained to show the play is the thing- that- will prove that Claudius murdered his father and is guilty. In its ambiguity is explains itself surprisingly and also gives light the the plays text. Play and also Thing should very much be said louder than the other words.
"I took thee for thy better"
-Here, Hamlet tells his mother Gertrude that he mistook her for the better, the King. He is certainly trying to belittle and degrade his mother and he calls her husband the better of her and how unfortunate she is. Thee and Thy should be emphasized to make Hamlets belittlement even worse and meaner.
"Give me some light"
-Here, Claudius calls this towards Hamlet when he stops the play in the middle of the poisoning and instead does not let the play flow and usual but interrupts it. In such a time of death and darkness, this line is ironic as he is calling for light in such a to be dark time. Light would be the word to say aloud loudly to show to audience both the contradiction and the humor!

Figurative Language

Figurative language is the use of words that go beyond just their ordinary concrete meaning. This type of language is very creative, imaginative and includes metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms and more. The use of this language helps to emplify the authors work and make a more vivid picture of what he is trying to convey, what his meaning is. Hamlets excessive hyperboles show his insane behavior, double personality and oedipal complex: "My love [for Ophelia] is more than four thousands of men." Indeed, this is just silly but it shows how Hamlet thinks and how he acts based upon those thoughts. Beyond using figerative language to have a rich plot and complelling thriving play, Shakespeare uses this type of language to his advantage to help him describe and show his characters in different lights. He opens up his characters with figerative language and lets it show the meaning of each of them and the central meaning of the play itself!

King and Laertes

After Laertes father Polonius is dead, the King finds strength in manipulating Laertes feelings by attending to him fatherly and lovingly. Laertes at this time, of course, is distraught and vulnerable and the King sees this and knows this and is very much willing to take advantage of this! The King comes to Laertes side - not in compassion but in manipulation, and tries to sooth Laertes with some fatherly advice and fatherly love. On page 802 the King's decietful intentions are revealed: "Good Laertes..../Now you speak/ Like a good child and a true gentlemen." Here, we see the King being TOO friendly, TOO nice and TOO comforting than normal which all points to him trying to decieve Laertes for the Kings own well being. And, in Laertes condition after losing a father and also just being young and naive the King has a upper hand on him and Laertes falls into the trap of the Kings manipulation all too easily. With no one to guide him anymore, no one to tell him right from wrong, or safe from danger Laertes falls into the hands of the King- which may SEEM good but they are all bad.

Hamlet & Mommie

Hamlet and his mother Gertrude have a very complex and unconventional relationship. Hamlet constantly belittles his mother emotionally but skillfully as well. This constant degrade on his mother and full raged anger sheds light on some interesting theories: the oedipal complex. Some could argue that Hamlet is very enraged with his mother because deep down he actaully has hidden sexual feelings for his mother- ones that he so very wants to pursue but society and the human condition have prohibited. Another is that Hamlet is upset for his mothers betrayal of Hamlets biological father- the betrayal would lie in Gertrude getting married so quickly after her husband died. And finally another theory could be that Hamlet seeks attention from his mother but does not find it since Claudius takes Gertrude away from him. On page 785 we see there complex relationship revealed: "You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; /And- would if were not so! - you are my mother." Here, we see that Hamlet is certainly degrading his mother skillfully by attacking the fact that she remarried in such circumstances!

Sounds

Sounds are very important on making a poems attitude tone and meaning! In sounds are styles and structures such as rhyme, meter, form, and poetic syntax. They each add different things to the musical quality of poetry. Others such as alliteration, enjambment, caesura, assonance, and especially onomatoepoeia. Now the sounds in the poem connect very closely to the meaning of the poem!! In hamlet, the exaggerated 0h! And Fe Fi! Add emotion to the story of hamlets journey. The ghost in hamlet speaks in blank verse which adds emphasis to who the ghost is and how he acts. Sounds cannot be ignored because although they go undetected sometimes they are very important to themes and meanings!

P2 OF: The Light and Dark of Polonius: A Twisted Journey Into the Unknown

Polonius fears loss of control and hence decieves others through disloyalty, insincerity, and lies in order to better control them. According to the infamous Macheavallian principles "deception is superior to legality in effectively controlling them." Here, Polonius sees power in deception and plays others in order to gain an upper hand on situations. Decpetion is a tricky thing and a complex order. It is a truism that some want to deviece you, some want to get decieved by you, some want to use you and some want to get used by you. Indeed, Hamlet opens the audience to this unfortuante part of the human condition. The uncertainty in reality is almost overbearing and Polonius feeds off of this. For him, class function dictates his motivations to spy on his family, Hamlet, and help the King: "What might you think? No, i went round to work;/And my young mistress thus i did bespeak:/'Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy star' (i.ii.iii). As Polonius pretentiously quotes himself, he reveals his true self of a fool. Moreover, Polonius is trying to hard to impress the King and Queen through witty speech and intellectual conversation- yet his attempts to try so hard at this world of persona almost make it SEEM like he knows he needs to compensate for his doubts and ignorance. One must look beyond the mask of deceit in order to still see who Polonius is, an old fool. Polonius's foolishness shines when he has the audacity to use his own daughter as a pawn in his game of decpetion: "That show of such an excersie may colour/your lonliness. We are oft to blame in this,-/'Tis too much prov'd" (i.ii.iii). He willingly pushes Ophelia into part of the system, the spying maching, and makes her spy on Hamlet. As inappropraite as this is for a father, we see something important in his horrid actions, a symbol of property. Ophelia is clearly seen by her father as mere property with which he can USE to gain higher status with the King and Queen. Moreover, although Polonius is with the King, he still cannot help himself from using wordy, long-winded sentences giving way to prove even more of his stupidity. Indeed, Polonius gives both the actors and the audience a certain king of enlightenment to humanity's flaws and deciets. Hamlet forces both to come to acknolwege who are we decieving and why? And even before one may ask that question, it first must be addressed: what are deceiveing to ourselves? The uncertainty of reality will forever remain, as human condition causes humanity to blind itself to the biggest and scarest truisms.

Symbolism and The Second Coming

Literary texts contain symbolism in pretty much everything. From objects to places to characters to settings to themes- everything contains a symbol- and even a symbol within a symbol. Just like in every day life each symbol works by association to a certain context. In novels this context would supply to the whole meaning. In the Second Coming the falcon works as a symbol towards the cycle of life, the cycles of history and how it is in one way- a circle. It happens over again, repeating itself forever, infinitely. This symbol relates the life as a whole and gives rise to a deeper meaning- one that each individual will determine for themselves. As in Austen's Pride and Prejudice, symbolism plays a large role in helping her give way to her main points. The furniture, the costumes, the characters- they're all symbols- each one feeding off of each other and each one as significantly important!