Hamlet Theses Period 1 by Leonides Cruz https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z Post your thesis statements, grade your peers using the rubric. Let's help each other and be CIVIL. en-us 2017-12-12 01:27:28 UTC 2017-12-12 22:22:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Shakespeare's works are like a foreign language and shouldn't be taught in school even though he is a classic author and poet and his works are important to literature because they are too out of touch with the times. cruzl3 https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215268799 Argumentative]]> 2017-12-12 02:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215268799 We see this when Hamlet is faced with the obsession of revenge when he is informed that his new step dad has killed his father, the character Ophelia has become mentally ill from the destruction of her relationship with Hamlet and the death of her father, and Laertes’ determination to get revenge for his father’s murder. -argumentative https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494251 2017-12-12 16:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494251 Branagh's film version of Hamlet effectively interpreted Shakespeare's play through reviving the characters of the play, and thus enabled the reader to have a better understanding of the themes and motifs of Hamlet. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494397 Argumentative]]> 2017-12-12 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494397 Shakespeare employs Hamlet, and the characters within, as an instrument through which questions are raised regarding death and the fragility of human existence. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494401 informative ]]> 2017-12-12 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494401 Informative: When moving deeper into the play, it is clear that Hamlet had a strong mindset in seeking revenge for his father's death through killing for his justice and pride. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494486 2017-12-12 16:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494486 A motif that courses through Hamlet is the thirst for revenge. From the beginning of the play, different character's seek revenge on other people, each for their own reasons. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494535 Informational]]> 2017-12-12 16:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494535 Argumentative https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494638 It is first important to know that “essence” is defined as “the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.” Whilst, “interpretation” is defined as, “a stylistic representation of a creative work or dramatic role.” With that said, the essence of the play was not captured to its truest form. 


]]> 2017-12-12 16:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494638 Three motifs that surfaced through the entirety of his play and continued to develop throughout to serve in furthering his larger vision are revenge/avenging wrongs, depression/suicide/madness, and corruption/decay/rotting. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494752 informative]]> 2017-12-12 16:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494752 There are many instances of symbolism throughout the play but the strongest motif that kept on recurring is meddling with kids and corruption. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494836 informative

]]> 2017-12-12 16:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494836 Based on the central theme that one may go mad and develop a mental disorder when a significant person in their life dies, William Shakespeare’s development of this theme can be seen throughout the play when Hamlet interacts with the ghost, gets way too obsessed with the idea of revenge, and when Ophelia goes mad. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494856 informative

]]> 2017-12-12 16:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494856 The supernatural and natural are used as outset for the first part while later followed by the used of decay, corruption and rotting, displaying the aspect of death throughout the whole story. Lastly, the theme depression, suicide, and madness arise in each actions and decisions made by Hamlet. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494946 2017-12-12 16:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215494946 Arguementative https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495263 Throughout life, it is always best to expect the unexpected because in the beginning someone can put on their shoes in the morning but that doesn’t mean they are going to be  the ones to take them off at the end of the day. 

]]> 2017-12-12 16:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495263 It is in this particular play, that a grieving son’s discovery of the truth of his father’s death compels him to exact revenge by which events spiral down to befall in disaster. Thus, it is with likeness towards the mind’s capacities for ruination that Shakespeare’s Hamlet can characterize motifs of revenge, decay, and madness. https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495306 2017-12-12 16:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495306 https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495760 The motif of madness and sanity is one that is shown through derivations of multiple perspectives as displayed by Hamlet, Ophelia, and Claudius.]]> 2017-12-12 16:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215495760 https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215496592 A major theme in Hamlet that a reader will encounter is Hamlet's constant struggle with morality. Though biblical allusions  Shakespeare creates a stigma in which hamlet is stuck between weather or not suicide and murder are morally aligned with the religion Hamlet follows and his own beliefs .Throughout the play Hamlet battles many grievances in which he beginnings to put his life under a microscope to differentiate between what is morally wrong and right to him and in society.


]]> 2017-12-12 16:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215496592 Informative https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215496738 In Shakespeare's classic Hamlet, it is clearly shown the two motifs that are portrayed through the play are Depression/Suicide and Corruption.]]> 2017-12-12 16:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215496738 https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215497819 ...Shakespeare raises the image of madness to a different level as he plays with what is real and what is feigned.  From Hamlet's antic disposition to Ophelia's outward cries of depression, readers are exposed to different extremes or levels of madness that change according to the situation at hand. 

informative]]> 2017-12-12 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215497819 informative https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215497834 .. Life, death, misogyny, each of these motifs are repeatedly carried through and Shakespeare creatively woven them within the play. ]]> 2017-12-12 16:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cruzl3/alhivjecr18z/wish/215497834