Performance Utterance In Hamlet

•The performance utterance in Hamlet states that Hamlet is a play about a man who could not make up what is real in his mind not about a man that could not make up his mind. 

•Hamlet in much of the play says but does not do. 

•Hamlet is generative because of what it's performance language tells about the characters.

•It becomes useful to consider the impact of his per formative language on his overhearing self.

•If the person who has sworn to do something does that something, that is perlocutionary effect of his utterance. 

•One of the constant motifs in hamlet is the drama and play acting.

It is the hollowness of dramatic performative that occupies and teaches Hamlet.

•The importance the perceived legitimacy of the emotional contexts of the power of those utterances is the problem in the world of hamlet.

•The practical value in hamlets mimesis can be seen with his interactions with Polonius.

•Uses the performative power in the unending task in realization of the self.

Thoughts on Hamlet (in progress)

My thoughts on Hamlet is I am intrigued by the responses of all of Hamlets family and friends deciding what to do with his "erotic" behavior.

Vocab #9

Aficionado- a serious devotee of some particular genre, thing, person, etc.


Browbeat- to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate


Commensurate- able to be measured by a common standard


Diaphanous- Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent


Emolument- Payment for an office or employment


Foray- an initial venture


Genre- a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry;


Homily- An inspirational saying or platitude


Immure- To confine within or as if within walls; imprison


Insouciant- carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted


Matrix- a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes
form, or is enclosed


Obsequies- A funeral rite or ceremony


Panache- a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.


Persona- The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's  from the inner self


Philippic- a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective


Prurient- unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices


Sacrosanct- Regarded as sacred and inviolable


Systemic- Of or relating to systems or a system


Tendentious- having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.


Vicissitude- A change or variation

What I think about Act 3

Many of the characters are discussing hamlet "not talking" about his grief.

Lit Anal #3

1.

The exposition of the autobiography Loving Natalie by Beth Halloway is Beth (Natalie's mom) explained the events (Natalie's high school graduation and her personality) leading up to her fatal trip to Aruba with classmates where she got kidnapped and killed. The rising action is Beth dripping Natalie off and explaining the last time she ever saw Natalie. The climax if the story is when Beth finds out Natalie has not returned and she flies to Aruba to look for her. The falling action is when Beth explains the process that they went through to try and find her and how God helped her too. The exposition is now she explains that Natalie is gone forever although she hopes that one day she will get a call that says "we have found her".

2.

The theme of the novel is to never lose faith.

3. 

Authors tone is optimistic. 

Example #1

"My symbol of hope." Page 290

"And I have no regrets." Page 514

"Hope comes, then goes." Page 118

4.

1. Imagery - "tiki huts boarded by beautiful beaches." Page 114

2. Mood - "hope would dissolve as quickly as it appeared." Page 118

3. Setting - Aruba, Caribbean.

4. Protagonist - Beth Halloway.

5. Antagonist - Joran, kidnapper.

6. Dialogue - "this is it." Page 255.

7. Conflict - Beth Halloway is looking for her missing daughter Natalie.

8. Narrator - Beth Halloway.

9. Alliteration - "feel faint" page 368.

10. Hyperbole - "intense and dramatic encounter" page 245.

Dear Ophelia

In this situation you should date the prince because it is up to you not your brother and father.

Hamlet

#1

The play Hamlet is about Prince Hamlet's revenge on his Uncle Claudius for killing King Hamlet.

*Wikipedia.com

#2

Interpreting this play is so hard because it is written in old English with words that are not used anymore. Also it is broken into scenes that can make the story line confusing and there is lots of battles and dramas that could get confusing. 

Three other communities that are study Hamlet right now are:

Allan Hancock College PCPA

George Masson University

The Wooster Group

Green Eggs and Hamlet

What I know about Hamlet is that he is very very famous for his works of literature and he is from England (I think).

SO MY POINT WAS

Chaucer was original.

IF I HAD MORE TIME

If I had more time I would have developed my thesis statement more.

Lit Analysis #2

Lit anal #2
1. The rising action of My Life Next Door by Huntly Fitzpatrick is when Sam (narrator of novel-- 17 year old girl) starts to date her neighbor Jase. Samantha's mom is a politician and is very strict and Jase Garret is one of 8 sibling in the very neurotic loving family that live next door. The climax of the book is when Sam's moms boyfriend hits Jase's dad in a hit and run accident. The falling action of the novel is the drama that the hit and run causes and inevitably united the two opposing families. The resolution is when Sam and Jase are starting their senior year together.
2. The theme of the novel is to always be honest because the truth will come out anyway.
3. Authors tone is enduring. Sam the narrator of story never gives up.
#1 -- page 82: "things come at you fast, and that helps."
#2 -- page 391: "but I'm not the watcher anymore."
#3 -- page 104: "and this is where I've wound up."
4.
#1 -- Imagery -- page 105 -- "I would be if I didn't keep picturing"
#2 -- hyperbole -- page 148 -- "it's a movie how bad can it be."
#3 -- alliteration -- page 214 -- "saying short speeches"
#4 -- antagonist -- Tim is a troubled kid in the story.
#5 -- dramatic monologue -- page 254 -- "stop.. STOP"
#6 -- figuratively language -- page 214 -- "much to everyone's surprise."
#7 -- genre -- this book is a fiction novel.
#8 -- motif -- Tim's struggles are a common motif in this book.
#9 -- narrator -- in this story it is Sam.
#10 -- point of view -- this novel is written In 1st person.

The Canterbury Tales Summary

The Canterbury Summary
The Clerk's Tale
This is a story of a man who marries a women below his class and constantly test her love for him by pretending to divorce her and making her plan his new loves wedding. She does all faithfully and he tells her it was a coax to test her love and they love happily ever after.