Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1~2 Podcast

Scene 1

Polonius: Parima
Reynaldo: Nattaporn
Ophelia: Kanyarak

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Scene 2

King Claudius: Kanyarak
Queen Gertrude: Parima
Voltemand: Nattaporn

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Figurative Language in RFK's Speech

1. Hyperbole
2. Oxymoron
3. Metonymy
4. Imagery
5. Foreshadow
6. Allegory
7. Concession
8. Confirmation
9. Deduction
10. Mood

Hamlet:Response Journal

Response Journal for Act 1, scene 1 to Act 1, scene 5.

1. How does the play make you feel at this point? Record your emotional response(s) in a few sentences and then explore them for a few minutes, trying to figure out why you feel as you do.

- At this point, I'm getting more and more excited about what is going to happen next in the play. I am looking forward to how Prince Hamlet is going to avenge his uncle, Kind Claudius, for his father's death. At first, I thought that it's quite boring since I didn't really understand much about the story. However, after watching and reading more about it, I got more interested in the play as I understood more about it. 

2. In what situations have your felt similar to the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experiences came to your mind while you were reading this portion of the play? Try to list at least three associations, but don't worry about trying to figure out why they came to mind. Just accept that they occur.

a. In Act 1, scene 2, I felt exactly the same with what Hamlet did. I think that it's too bad for him to see his mother's wedding just only 2 months after his father passed away. If I were Hamlet, I would really have no idea of what I should do. Should I feel angry because the Queen doesn't really seem to care much about her husband's death or should I feel sad due to the King's death? I really think that King Claudius is such a bad uncle. He should, at least, arrange the marriage some time later if he really wants to marry Queen Gertrude. But however, I think it's not appropriate for the old King's brother to marry his wife.

b. In Act 1, scene 3, I agreed with what Polonius told Ophelia. Since Polonius was her father, he would surely cared for her. I agreed that Hamlet might break his vow any time he wanted. Hamlet was a price, however, Ophelia didn't have that high rank that was good enough to marry him. So ,although, Hamlet would really love Ophelia, it would be hard or even nearly impossible that Hamlet could marry her. As we knew, the prince would only marry people of the same rank, like princess from other countries.

c. In Act 1, scene 5, I had similar feeling to Hamlet when he knew the real reason for his father's death. I didn't expect Kind Claudius to be such a bad miscreant. At first, I only thought that he only took advantage of Kind Hamlet's death to marry his own sister-in-law. However, I was surprised to know that he was actually the one who murdered King Hamlet for Crown and for Queen. If I were Hamlet, I would also want to avenge him for ruining my life.

3. What portions of Shakespeare's language attracts your attention? These might be individual words, phrases, lines, scenes, or images. Make note of whatever features draw your attentions. Speculate for a few minutes about what you think they might mean.

- I could imagine what is happening in the play in an image by Shakespeare's language. Although his language was quite tough, it was very interesting. The last scene of Act 1 really captured my attention. I liked how he expressed the King Hamlet's feeling toward his own death by his own brother's hand. The phrase that he explained about the reasons and how he was murdered really showed that he was angry. The feeling that he needed revenge showed out through his words. I think the line that best express his feeling is the line that says " O, horrible! O, horrible! most horrible!" The repeated words shows that it was really "horrible".

4. Make note of any portion of the play, its language, or events that cause you problems. Note any questions that you might ask.

- Its language has caused me the biggest problem. Although its language is one of the keys that makes this story interesting, it's quite difficult to me since most of the conversations involve old English words. However, if this play would be written in nowadays English, I think it would be less interesting.

Spectator Sport: Science and Technology Fair

            The place was very crowded, filled with people from almost every parts all over Thailand. People lined up in front of the entrance doors, almost all of them were students. The reason people could know that these students came from many different places was probably because of their shirts. They wore colorful shirts which represented their schools' colors. Some of them came in pink while others came in blue. Some wore green shirts while other wore yellow ones. Some were dressed in purple while others were dressed in orange. Of course, these colors gave other visitors a little headache. They didn't really act with decorum. They were quite noisy, running here and there to take pictures and talk with their friends using colloquial language. However, they looked very excited about this science and technology fair.

            Going through the entrance, the first thing to be seen was a grand, old-looking, ancient dinosaur's fossil model. Even though it was just a model, if not looked closely and carefully, no one would know it was not a real fossil!  Every stuffs were arrranged categorically. Many interesting, cool, and useful stuffs were set up there. Some were grandiose stuffs and some of them were diminutive.  Some were interesting but most of the things there didn't really catch some people's attention because they were something most people already knew about them so they was quite gratuitous. However, there was one thing that really caught most people's attention, probably everyone. It was called " The Free Fall Experience", in which, by name, helped the visitors to understand more about the law of free fall. The visitors could climb up and fall down to understand the law of free fall and have fun. However, in my opinion, it was precarious to play it.

 

            Since it was a grand science and technology fair, people's feet felt a pain after walking around the fair. The most popular place for them to rest was food court. In front of the food court, there were several shops, such as A&W. Inside the food court, about 20 multifarious types of food were available. Also, there were more than enough seats for the visitors who got tired after visiting each different science booths to sit, relax, and have a meal to refill their energy to visit other interesting booths in the fair. This was a very huge and interesting fair. Also, it was very useful for students and people who were interested to know and understand more about science. So people who have interest in these stuffs should not hesitate to visit this science and technology fair!