Sunday, October 7, 2012

Fall Vocab List #8

abeyance: The position of being without, or waiting for, an owner or claimant.
ex: The abeyance Hamlet was going through without his father was starting to take a toll on him.
ambivalent: Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
ex: Ophelia was very ambivalent as to how she was going to handle the animosity Laertes had towards Hamlet.
beleaguer: Beset with difficulties.
ex:  Ophelia was beleaguered as she discovered her brother and father weren't fond of Hamlet.
carte blanche: Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.
ex: I'm sure once Hamlet met the ghost of his father, he wished he was in a state of carte blanche.
cataclysm: A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
ex: Had Hamlet told the world of the ghost of his dead father, there may have been a cataclysm.
debauch: Destroy or debase the moral purity of, corrupt.
ex: It seemed as if Laertes and his father were afraid that Hamlet would debauch Ophelia.
eclat: Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
ex: When Ophelia became aware of how her family felt about Hamlet, her repsonse was less than elact.
fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
ex: When Hamlet met the ghost of his father, he was very fastidious.
gambol: To run or jump about playfully.
ex: As Hamlet discovered his mother had moved on so quick to incestuous acts, he wasn't in the mood to gambol.
imbue: Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
ex: When Hamlet met his fathers' ghost, he became inbued with many questions.
inchoate: Just begun, so not fully formed ot developed.
ex: Although Hamlet has made his feelings about his mothers' choices obvious, his feelings are still considered inchoate.
lampoon: Publicly criticized.
ex: With all the terrible things Hamlet's mtoher has done, I'm sure she'll get lampooned.
malleable: Able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking.
ex: Hamlet's opinions about his mothers' choices haven't been malleable so far.
nemesis: The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall.
ex: The nemesis that Hamlet's every move has been, has been the marriage of his uncle and his mother.
opt: Make a choice from a wide range of possiblities.
ex: Throughout this entire play, Hamlet has been forced to opt about many different aspects of his life.
philistine: A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them.
ex: Based on her actions so far, I feel that Gertrude is a philistine person.
picaresque: Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
ex: Based on Claudius' actions, it seems as if he is quite a picaresque character since there is a great chance he killed Hamlet's father.
queasy: Inducing a feeling of nausea.
ex: If my mother married my uncle, I'd be the quesiest person in the world.
refractory: Stubborn or unmanageable.
ex: Gertrude's actions have proved to be refractory.
savoir faire: The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations.
ex: So far, Hamlet seems very savoir faire since he is good at articulating his feelings.


















Reflection On My Midterm

a.  For me, the last three lists went well because I knew those definitions well.
b.  On the other hand, the first list didn't go very well at all because I wasn't as familiar with that list as I should have been.
c.  To be honest, not much of this content will stick with me unless I use the vocabulary on a daily basis.  If I don't use it I'll lose it~
d.  From this experience I learned to not be itimidated and freak out.  I should be confident in what I know and how well I know it.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Dear Ophelia

Dear Ophelia,
 
Well, it seems that you are stuck in quite a quagmire! I'm so sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation, there's no  mot juste to explain how you must feel at this time.  It's obvious to see that finding a common ground between these three men is quixotic, but I assure you, this dilemma is ecumenial!  You're not the only one to ever face this time of impasse  in your life.  To start off, let's not choose sides, because doing so may lead to a vendetta, and you may lose someone important to you in the end.  Express your thoughts and feelings to both parties in a style that is  non-effusive and non-fervid, because no one likes a drama queen!  After doing so, remember that you have beatitude, and that you shouldn't take it for granted.  You have three men that care about you, and you'd hate to lose any single one of them over a relationship that isn't guaranteed to reap benefits of any sort.  In conclusion, keep calm, be rational, because we don't want these issues to be chronic in your life. 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Vocabulary Strategy

I will be using my cornell notes I habe made for every vocabulary list so far. For those I just can't seem to understand, I will be making flashcards and writing sentences for.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Hamlet Resources

http://thehamletweblog.blogspot.com/. This is a blog that is dedicated to Shakespearian work that has a focus on Hamlet as well. There is a section dedicated to each aspect of Shakespearian work brought to us by different bloggers. Each person who participates in this blog has a passion for his work and creates their own projects with the inspiration they have acquired. http://robbiedempsey.wordpress.com/category/hamlet/. This is a blog completely dedicated to Hamlet. Each post has a relation to Hamlet whether it be a quote, scene, or literary element. This blog will help me in understanding Hamlet a lot more because there are slide shows and essay plans that help analyze this play and its themes. http://blog.passiontask.com/entry/reading-and-re-reading-hamlet/. This is a blog that contains notes on Hamlet from a particular blogger. He gives us an insight as to what he took from this play each time he read it. He mentions what he remembers vivdly, and what wasn't exactly necessay to know in order to follow this play.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Pre-Will questions

a. To be honest, I know very little abbout Hamlet, "The Melancholy Dane". I have heard that the movie, "The Lion King" was based off of Hamlet, and that is it. b. I know that Shakespeare had a dirty mind based on what I read in, "Romeo and Juliet". c. I believe that students involuntarily forwn when they hear the name, "Shakespeare" because his literary works are dificult to understand in some cases. The syntax as well as diction are foreign to my generation as well as many others, which could be why it doesn't spark our interest. d. To make this experience one we will never forget, we can read this play in modern text and play games such as jeopardy and charades to learn the concepts more effectively.

Characterization

1. An example of indirect characterization is the quote, “There is no God and we are his prophets.” I interpreted this quote as McCarthy indirectly stating that this character has lost all hope in life as well as in our creator. Another quote is, “If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.” After reading this quote I feel as if this character has become bitter because he has learned to expect the worst out of life. I feel that the author used both of these approaches because he wanted to offer a variation of characterization to his audience. As a result of these approaches, I got to know the characters on an intimate level. I began to understand them on a religious and personal level. 2. Neither the syntax nor diction of the author changed when he focused on characters. I say this because no matter what the situation, McCarthy still didn't use proper punctuation. The quote in answer number four is an example of improper punctuation because McCarthy doesn't include quotation marks at all in this novel. 3. The little boy in this novel is a dynamic as well as a round character. Throughout the novel as well as soon after his fathers' death, the boy promised he would never leave his fathers' side. After much mourning and grief, the boy decided it was time to leave. The boy left his father with a new family that adopted him. 4. After reading this book I feel as if I met real people. The quotes, “What would you do if I died? If you died I would want to die too. So you could be with me? Yes. So I could be with you. Okay", show that the characters have genuine feelings that they choose to express. They love one another and don't show eachother by saying it, but by describing the things that they'd do for eachother.