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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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!

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