https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi After reading the Act III link, post 1- Your thoughts about the content 2- Two thought questions about the content (or any other burning thought questions you may have) 3- Finally, respond to at least 3 other posts- adding insights or posing questions to your classmates. en-us 2017-12-13 14:33:46 UTC 2019-01-07 17:59:15 UTC hello@padlet.com hreed17 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216574757 1. I thought Act III closet scene showed Hamlet's real craziness. I think Hamlet is expressing his real honest feelings in this scene. I enjoy reading this a second time because I see how it affects/foreshadows the ending. This intrigues me because now its harder for me to decide when Hamlet is acting and when he's not.
2. Is Hamlet becoming truly crazy from his stressful surroundings?
How will Claudius, Opehlia, and Laertes accept Polonius death?

]]> 2017-12-15 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216574757 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216574910 1.    I feel this play revolves a lot around the father-son relationship.  Hamlet is unable to connect with Claudius as he did with his own father. When watching clips of the play in class, I noticed that Claudius appears to be on the outside whenever it comes to Hamlet.  Gertrude does not treat Claudius the same. She has no problem letting him into her life. 
      Also, Ophelia and Hamlet’s relationship is tough. Hamlet cannot fully trust Ophelia with everything as she may tell her father Polonius, Claudius’s right hand man.  
       It seems as though there is so much going on at once and Hamlet continues to grow crazier and crazier as time passes. None of his relationships are trustworthy enough.  He is stuck within himself which eventually causes him to boil over and kill Polonius. After realizing it wasn’t Claudius, Hamlet doesn’t care much and considers Polonius as collateral damage. This shows how crazy he has already become. Killing a man—not the one who killed his father—didn’t even phase Hamlet. It was simply an obstacle that got in the way of his revenge plan.

2.     How much longer can Hamlet hide his revenge plan now that his mother watched him kill Polonius and knows about Claudius killing Old Hamlet? Will Hamlet and Gertrude’s relationship begin to change at all because of this? Will Gertrude and Claudius’s relationship change?


]]> 2017-12-15 17:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216574910 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216575080 1- This act revolves around the line "to be, or not to be." This comes off so strong that it leaves the audience wondering if there is a deeper meaning behind Hamlet's words, something he may not even be aware of. These words show the subconscious battle Hamlet is facing in his mind--suicide. The thoughts Hamlet has are slowly driving him into madness. He even has a confrontation with Ophelia, ultimately saying he has never loved her at all. Hamlet works himself into a rage and everyone watching can see he is acting very strange, almost insane.
 
2- Is Claudius finally aware of the threat Hamlet holds? Considering the way Hamlet has been acting, shouldn't Claudius realize he is in danger? Does he see this potential danger from Hamlet but ignores it, thinking he, himself, is more powerful?]]> 2017-12-15 17:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216575080 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216576481 1- I feel as though Hamlet is mourning his father's death way too much, but at the same time I feel like he is mourning the death for his father in place for everyone who just blew it off. The way Claudius uses Ophelia I feel like that is suppose to distract Hamlet about his fathers death but also to get him to reveal more to Ophelia so she can go tell on him. We know he faces trust issues so maybe it is suppose to cause him to gain trust to get him to tell her what's going on. Also Hamlet seems to grow increasingly mad when no one mourns the death of his father, and then as the play goes on he grows mad over things that are not needed. I feel as though he is creating his own problems and wont do as the others to get past them. Overall, I believe this act had a lot more action and it focuses on Claudius and Hamlet and who he can trust. He kills Polonius who had no part in the death of his father. You can tell that the relationships are awkward and it mostly starts with Claudius and Hamlet, they do not get along. This causes Gertrude and Claudius to become more awkward when they are in the room together. It goes to show that Hamlet is a mad person and it all goes back to his father.
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 Why is Hamlet so obsessed with the sexual relationship between Gertrude and Claudius?
Does Claudius approve of Ophelia and Hamlet in some sort of way? If not why does he just not stop them from what is going on? 

]]> 2017-12-15 17:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216576481 hidee_d_23 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216578255 1. This act was a lot more interesting, which make sense because it is the climax. I think that Hamlet was very irrational in his stabbing of Polonius even though he thought it was Claudius. He was not thinking straight about what would happen if he did kill Claudius. I think that he is too caught up in what the ghost is telling him to do. 

2. Why didn't the queen do more to stop Hamlet when he went for Polonius?
     Why does King Hamlet not want Hamlet to punish his mother?
     What does Hamlet expect to happen after Claudius is dead?]]> 2017-12-15 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216578255 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216578302 1. Within act III, Hamlet questions the ultimate: whether to die or not. This is a complete switch from the previous act, where his optimism and spirits were high with the thought of outing Claudius as the culprit of his father's death. It is interesting to see Hamlet as his mood changes so quickly from scene to scene. To see him mourning over his father to angry with vengeance and then melancholy to the point of contemplating death. This beginning scene presents such an intense topic that so many have done so throughout humanity's existence. Is it more courageous to suffer or to die? 
As we reach the scene of the play, Hamlet has once again shifted moods. He is now playful, idiotic throughout the entirety of the scene. HIs actions and speech are inappropriate, yet he does not think of what the consequences might be of this. This causes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to realize the severity of his mental health. It is interesting to try and decipher how much Hamlet is "acting" mad here and how much is strictly his mental state. For what he is faking, I believe he would have thought twice about doing so when we see what takes place soon after. Which brings me to my questions: 
2. Would Hamlet have played down his act of madness if he would have known the consequences soon after? Is he faking at this point, or is he actually mad? And why does Horatio sit by as this happens? As one of the only other people to have seen the ghost, is he not thinking of Hamlet's mental state of seeing his dead father's ghost despite not knowing what he said? ]]> 2017-12-15 18:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216578302 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216581874 2017-12-15 18:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216581874 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216586870 1. The famous line "To be or not to be" comes from Act III, and I feel like this line reveals a lot about Hamlet's character and whether he is really mad or not.  I think there were a lot of unexpected surprises in this act, which also serves as the climax of the play.  Polonius's death being one of them.  He was a relatively innocent character who was murdered for being involved with the King.  I think the King is bringing around all of the major conflicts in the play, and anyone related to him in any way is presented with issues that they sometimes cannot escape from.
2. Why does Dead King Hamlet still care so much about Queen Gertrude and not want Hamlet to degrade her?
     What makes Claudius not want to put a stop to Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship?]]> 2017-12-15 18:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216586870 bsheffield1 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216926407 1. It's a little strange to me that Hamlet is debating suicide when saying "To be or not to be." it makes him a little more agitated in his ongoing struggle of madness. And killing Polonius with almost no remorse is disheartening. But his death is merely the beginning and this foreshadows many more to come. These issues seem to have only arose due to Claudius's involvement, and scheming, and spying just causes even more conflict.
2. Is Hamlet truly losing his mind? Even though he claims he is still sane.
     How will Ophelia deal with the lose of her father? Will she start acting like Hamlet? ]]> 2017-12-18 13:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216926407 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216958981 1.) I think everything that took place in Act lll is significant. It shows the readers a side of Hamlet we have all yet to see. All of Hamlet's actions lead readers to wonder about him. Is he really the sane one? He killed Polonius, but meant to kill Claudius. It seems that he is becoming obsessed with the ghost and what it is telling him he is forgetting to look at reality.
2.) Who is more dangerous to Hamlet: the ghost or Claudius? 
Does Hamlet realize he may have taken it too far after killing Polonius?]]> 2017-12-18 14:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216958981 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216996424 1.) Act III is an act of revelations; the readers are exposed to sides of the characters they often like to mask (for example, everyone starts to break the façade of always being calm, cool, and collected). Hamlet stabbing Polonius thinking he was Claudius is the peak of his insanity. It is as if his "act" of being mad has truly possessed his true character, which affects the entire mood of the act. Hamlet questions suicide and death--a contrast to his attitude in previous scenes.
2.) 
Did Hamlet understand the consequences of his "fake" madness (did he think about how it would affect him in the long run)?
Why is Claudius so protective over Gertrude, especially when it comes to Hamlet?]]> 2017-12-18 15:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216996424 https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216996725 1.) I am interested in Hamlet's internal struggle and his developing "madness." I am not sold on the idea that Hamlet has actually gone crazy. I think he experiencing perfectly normal feelings of anger and loss. Debating the value of his own life is evidence of the internal conflict Hamlet is drowning in. This exposes his overwhelming feelings of loss from his father's murder. In addition to all of this, it is normal for Hamlet to feel anger and vengeful feelings towards his father's murderer: Claudius. 
2.) Will Ophelia or Laeteres grow to resent or hate Hamlet?
      How will Ophelia be impacted by Hamlet's behavior and new found attitude?]]> 2017-12-18 15:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meyaek/ayt14krdoipi/wish/216996725