Hamlet Podcast

Act 2 Scene 1

Part 1:
Apiwat as Polonius
Tawin as Reynaldo

Part 2:
Chayanat as Polonius
Apiwat as Ophelia

Link:  http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yptuj8u86id5nwd

Act 1 Scene 2

Apiwat as King Claudius, Hamlet
Tawin as Queen, Rosencrantz
Chayanat as Guildenstern, Polonius, Voltimand

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u2zk58cospdbn72

Figurative Language in RFK's Speech.

1. CONNOTATION
2. ALLUSION
3. SIMILE
4. METAPHOR
5. PERSONIFICATION
6. OXYMORON
7. IMAGERY
8. HYPERBOLE
9. IMPLICATIONS
10. IDIOM

Hamlet Response Journal

Response Journal for Act 1 Scene 1 to Act 1 Scene 4

     At this point, the play seems too dramatic to me. I mean, sure, the wording of Shakespeare is great, but somehow it just doesn't suit my taste. Instead of saying something in a straightforward way, he uses a more convoluted way to imply what he means. But this is a drama, a play, in which the wording is incontrovertibly expressive in an old-fashioned kind of way, however, it just doesn't suit my taste.

     I have felt and experienced what Horatio is feeling for Hamlet, a sense of loyalty towards his best friend.  I speak from first-hand experience, because best friends are hard to come by and you need to relish the relationship you have, to have loyalty towards one another, like Hamlet and Horatio.
     Keeping something secret is a hard thing. Sometimes you feel like bursting, like you need to tell someone something, but it just isn't the right place or the right time. I think this was how Hamlet was feeling as he knew that his father was a ghost.
     When one of my close relatives went to America, to live there, I felt at a lost. I didn't know what to do, whether I would get to see him again, but then I realized that I wanted the best for him, even though the best is hard to give.

     Shakespeare's language is very unique. He twists and turns the English language into a phenomenon. He uses words that creates vivid images in our minds, he creates a quintessential literary work, entwining words here and there to make subtle changes, and that subtle changes in turn makes the whole work amazing. I especially like the part where Hamlet says 'Nay it is; I know not seems.' It uses the consonant 'n' a lot and the feeling you get when saying the line aloud is gratifying, satisfying some part of your brain that needed to be satiated by saying a repeating consonant sound.

    Although I don't understand the language of his works, I get the feeling that he is trying to convey. In the parts where it's near the climax, I get to feel the eagerness of the actors, the pace is increasing, and I in turn get caught up with it.

Spectator Sport : Swimming Pool

  SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! The tangible smell of chlorine filled my nostrils, my ears detected the sound of divers diving and water splashing. Oh, how it satiated my desire to be close to water, bringing back memories from what seems like a million years ago. My eyes started to adjust to the amazingly bright water of the pool, my feet trodded on the gravelly, pebbled tiles leading to the musty-smelling locker room, where I changed to my new, flamboyant swimming trunks in which I glided meters after meters in the water. I showered under the lukewarm water in the renovated stall. Then I tread carefully to the pool itself, unabashed by onlookers staring at my flashy trunks, and watching out for wet spots and cracked tiles.

    Energetic kids were splashing around, healthy teenagers were doing laps, pushing themselves, striving to beat the others, red-cheeked and puffing with every stroke they took. Languid adults were chillaxing on sunbeds, fanning themselves and slathering sunscreen all over themselves, indulging in overpriced juices, and reading articles on their iPads in waterproof cases. I swivel my head slightly to the left and was met by the sight of divers gracefully diving and somersaulting from the diving board, a dizzying height from the ground. Tuning out the other eye-catching marvels of the swimming pool, I proceeded to breathing exercises, synchronising my thoughts with my heartbeat, and started stretching, conditioning myself for the continuous and strenuous exertion required when swimming. The effects of my warming up was instantaneous. Totally in control of my body, I stretch one last time, breathe in the tangible, chlorine-scented air, I went to the poolside. What I didn't feel was another person's presence, bumping into me, causing me to fall headlong into the pool. 

   So much for the "being in total control of my body". And that was when chose gravity showed its hand, precaciously swaying on the side, and the inevitable happened. I fell headfirst into the pool.

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