https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1 Collected Responses to Hamlet en-us 2017-04-11 13:26:34 UTC 2017-04-11 14:30:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png jennecan https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165875450 2017-04-11 13:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165875450 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165883406 Hamlet has had more impact on society compared to the other Shakespeare plays. There are several example to prove this. For instance, the amount of times it has been reenacted around the world, the most famous phrase in the English language "to be or not to be," etc.]]> 2017-04-11 13:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165883406 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165885549 In this text, the First Player's point of view is depicted. This provides a better understanding of such an influential point in the play. For instances, it speaks about the build up to the play. The amount of preparation taken to make sure that Hamlet's addition is done properly. Also, revealing a new perspective about Hamlet's behaviour before the play and Claudius' reaction to the reenactment of Old Hamlet's death.]]> 2017-04-11 14:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165885549 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165885687 This reading connects with Shakespeare's play Hamlet as the author feels as if he can connect to the main character, Hamlet himself. At seventeen, the author felt as if his life was controlled by burdens and obligations. In the text he states, "There was a level on which the late adolescent in me responded to Hamlet, thrilled by the power of words he had to tell the world off.....flick or pierce or smash those who frustrated him because they controlled him."  The author felt the strength Hamlet had within his own world while reading the play. Revelations of reality were felt while reading this play in class as Shakespeare wrote within "reality of theatre". This was so that the audience can relate to the material as well as the characters.]]> 2017-04-11 14:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165885687 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165886065 This article expands Hamlets decision to stay alive or kill himself. It explains how death was never an option because he had already promise to avenge his fathers death.
Hamlet did not kill himself because he would run into even more troubles if he did.]]> 2017-04-11 14:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165886065 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165886188 In this booklet there are three short articles. In the first article it talks about the significance of Ophelia's song. The meaning behind Ophelias song is that the author is trying to portray that Ophelia is finally in a state of peace after feeling like drowning for a long time. 

In the second article, the meaning behind They All Want to Play Hamlet is that the author was trying to portray Hamlet as someone who is mad but is hiding it with humour 

Finally in the last article the author tries to get a different perspective of the play by making Gertrude turn the tables on Hamlet

]]> 2017-04-11 14:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165886188 https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165888184 This story is the first version of Hamlet, created approximately four hundred years before Shakespeare. The plot is very similar with events like the death of the king, The protagonist acting mad to get justice, the killing of the eavesdropper (which in Hamlet is Polonius) and more. In the story the protagonist ends up achieving his revenge and does not die, as oppose to in Hamlet where Hamlet does end up dying. Shakespeare changes the ending so that he can have the tragic hero downfall formula embedded in the play and can call his play a tragic play.]]> 2017-04-11 14:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jennecan/HamletPeriod1/wish/165888184