Hamlet's First Soliloquy - A Close Reading by 2nd Period by Katrina Fleetham

Hamlet's Garden Metaphor

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 14:18:41 UTC

Take a picture of your finished paragraph and post it to the padlet wall as an attachment. Hopefully this will be easier than typing them in via smartphones. ;)

Team 2*

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 17:38:02 UTC

Nice job explaining how Hamlet looked to his father as a god, and that Hamlet is disappointed in his mother's choice to marry Claudius.

Also: "Through his use of these allusions, Shakespeare is able to depict his unfaltered view of his father..." -- make sure you say "Hamlet's father" and not just "his." Otherwise it looks like you're talking about Shakespeare's dad...

Team 4*

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 17:38:15 UTC

You discuss how Hamlet wishes his mother were more like Niobe and explain the allusion well. You tie this into how Hamlet is not just upset with his mother -- he feels isolated because his mother is no longer mourning with him.

Team 5

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 17:38:28 UTC

You state that Hamlet is comparing his mother to a satyr, but look at the surrounding lines. He is actually comparing King Hamlet to Hyperion and King Claudius to a satyr. What does Gertrude's taste in men say about her? How does Hamlet feel about this?

Team 7

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 17:38:48 UTC

You make interesting points about the Hyperion/satyr allusions, but you forget to tie these allusions to Gertrude. What does Hamlet's commentary about her taste in men say about his feelings on the "o'erhasty marriage"? Your second section answers the prompt.

Team 8*

kafleeth — 2015-10-09 17:39:06 UTC

Great connections. I was worried at the beginning that you weren't going to fully connect Niobe back to Gertrude, but you tied it all up nicely in the end.

TEAM 6*

2015-10-12 05:02:47 UTC

Team#6 In Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 2, Hamlet's overall feelings about his mother are ones of bitterness and betrayal. Because of Hamlet's shock at his mother's hasty re-marriage, he feels bitter and is driven to belittle and pick at her in order to try to make sense of her actions. For example, while at the king's funeral, he sees her crying "like Niobe, all tears." According to Greek legend Niobe's children were all killed due to he boastfulness, she was turned into stone, and her statue continued to cry for all eternity. Hamlet uses this allusion to emphasize the irony that his mother resembled the character that cried forever, but within a month's time, she was remarried and unsympathetic towards him while he was still grieving. Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother, and he makes his feelings of bitterness and resentfulness understandable to the audience by comparing his mother to a Niobe who many people of that time would know the story of.