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He made Hamlet seem very immature and whinny with hamlet. He had the parts when hamlet was really trying to find himself which I understand was probably rally difficult. He did a good job with the vengeance speeches, and the confusion ones but he couldn’t actually act it out. Why you ask? Because he does not even come close to hamlet physical appearance that people think of.  He is what you can call a stumpy person, seeing him play the gravedigger in the movie made me realize that it just probably wouldn’t work. He probably would have to wear a goofy fitting wig.

I thought in some scenes where he should have been more confident in his decisions, he sounded more crazed and not sure. He made us really think hamlet was truly crazy, his speeches were loopy and made the reader wonder ho hamlet will feel when he is done saying that. Hamlet sounded much more immature and crazy then the one in the movie. Branagh made hamlet seem much more sarcastic and better than everyone else, why Beale’s was more crazy.

This man was undoubtedly my favorite hamlet, seeing the other hamlet that played in the movie made me see how unfitting he was for the part. But ill get to that subject on my next blog. The only thing that was holding me back was the hair and mustache. I pictured hamlet as a softer face and not so mature looking like he played it. But I guess that’s just how they interpreted him to be. I thought his soliqouys were really well acted; he made them sound like he was thinking to himself. While we listened to it, hamlet sounded very crazy, but when he acted it out and we got to see his face, he seemed more chill about it and not so immature, his sarcasm was very toned down and more precise then the listening hamlet.

If he needed to critique anything it would probably be his death scene, he was supposed to die an honorably death, and get the satisfaction he needed of killing Claudius, right? But instead, he dies in the fetal position, the most girly position you can die in. he should have died just completely sprawled out like a real man. I guess he corrects it with the cool burial but it really made a lasting impression on me. He threw a sword across the hall and killed someone, battled and killed Laertes, all these manly things were completely cast aside when he died like that.

This last reading really threw me off a little. They are on a boat with some players and they are reading the letter they have and watching hamlet. What threw me off was when they players acted out hamlet dying. When I was reading it i wasn’t aware that they were acting it out and not actually doing, so when hamlet died, I was like WOAH PLOT TWIST. Then ros acts dead and so does the players. So did the player actually die, or did they just act out. Then I realized that in either hamlet or ros and guil, they talk about faking death and whether you can or cannot perform it. Then this happened, that linked it all together(foreshadowing.)

But the fact we never actually see or read about them dying was weird. I thought I was missing pages because the play ends just like that. It left me with a lot of questions about what ended up happening. O and also when suddenly hamlet is gone, what was up with that? All that we saw happen was ros and guil just suddenly said hey hamlet hopped on  a pirate ship. But with us reading hamlet and being farther along we all know what actually happens. Doe Stoppard expect you to have read hamlet to understand his play??

This reading was pretty crazy with all the hints of death and metafiction. Stoppard really lays it n thick that these two guys aren’t going to make and it seems as though ros and guil know they aren’t going to make it. He really questions there point of being there and with the metafiction. They question fate and the whole time I couldn’t believe Stoppard made it so obvious of their certain death. I have never read a play that gave away the end so openly and early. The foreshadowing is so out there. And with the confusion of ros and guil it really makes you wonder if this is even a play

It’s cool to look at the difference in these plays even though it’s the same plot, just seen through different eyes. Peoples decisions made in one play looks different when done in another. When movies are made and they edit out ros and guil, its really weird to think that would alter the play so much because in the play they seem like they are a staple in the performance.

• . Exigence — What needs doing at this point? In other words, what is compelling Hamlet to speak at this moment in the play?

Right now hamlet is debating on what he wants or needs to do. The” to be” part is talking about to act or not to act, that is the question. He knows he needs to act because of what he swore to his father and his murder, but you can easily tell he doesn’t want to. But if he acts he wonders how the repercussions will be.

 2. Audience – The audience is comprised of people who can in some way act on this exigence. Who is Hamlet’s primary audience and how does that influence his choices? Who is Hamlet’s secondary audience and how does that influence his choices? [Hint: they are not on the stage]

The first audience he is talking to is himself. He is just working out some ideas and thoughts about what he wants or needs to do. His secondary audience is people in general. He uses a lot of we and a lot of stuff he says relates back to everyone. It connects to us so well because everyone has to make life altering decisions every day and that is what he is figuring out in this speech.

3. purpose What is the purpose of Hamlet’s speech? 

This speech is making hamlet decide whether or not he wants to act on the revenge ofhis father or just let it go. It seems that he has let these kinds of problems go in the past, with all his talk and no action. But he really knows that he needs to act on this and do what is right. This speech for hamlet mentally is the turning point of the book for him.

4. Appeals:  Which appeal(s) does Hamlet use to convince and/or motivate his audience? Reference specific lines.

“There is the respect that makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time” he appeals to the reader so well because we have to face problems and make decisions our entire life. He gives us all this information and detail leaning to get revenge. It didn’t appeal to me because I still thought he was all talk and not action.

Ethos: Appeal to the character of the speaker

Pathos: Appeal to the emotions or interest of the audience

Logos: Appeal to logic

5. Figures of speech, imagery, diction, syntax: What literary devices does Hamlet employ? Where do you see him making comparisons?  Which tropes–similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, etc. does he use? How do these comparisons relate to his rhetorical purpose? What particularly vivid images stand out? What effect do these images have on Hamlet’s rhetorical purpose?

Hamlet uses an old English syntax, imagery, diction, similes, and metaphors to portray his thoughts. His diction connects to the life style at the time and the way plays were acted back then. His use of imagery gives you the feeling this is our decision you have to make.

6. How do you respond to Hamlet’s soliloquy? In other words, what do you think of him right now?

Right now I am a little hesitant of what he is actually going to do. Form act one he has said so much stuff but has done nothing but cry about it. I hope he gets revenge but I am not a hundred percent sure he will. I will admit though this speech sounds much different and more determined than the last.