The scene is set outside the walls of the castle of Elsinore in which Hamlet follows the ghost that admits he is the spirit of King Hamlet. He says he has a short amount of time before he has to return to purgatory.He also says he cannot explain how purgatory is as it is too ‘evil’, he says it would “would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood”. He tells the young prince, Hamlet, that he must avenge his murder and that tells him that during his sleep Claudius crept up on him and poured a lethal poison into his ear which killed him.
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summary of act 1 scene 3
In Polonius’s house Laertes is preparing to leave for France. He bids his sister, Ophelia, a farewell but also warns her against falling in love with Hamlet as he believes he is much older than her and cannot love her honorably. Ophelia agrees to keep Laertes as a “watchman” but calls out his irony and urges him not to give advice he does not practise himself.
Act 1: Scene 2
act 1: scene 2
The day after Horatio had seen the ghost of his father, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers explaining his recent marriage to Horatio’s mother and recently widowed, Gertrude. The new king Claudius asks Horatio why “the clouds still hang” upon him as he is wearing mourning clothes. After a calm but heated discussion, Horatio expresses to himself the desire for his existence to be non-existent.
act 1: scene 1
It is a dark winter outside Elsinore castle in Denmark, a watch guard named Bernardo arrives to replace another watch-guard Francisco. Bernardo is joined by Marcellus, another watchman and Horatio, a friend of prince Hamlet. In hushed tones Bernardo and Marcellus discuss about the apparition that has been appearing for two days in a row. Horatio is skeptical of this but the ghost suddenly appears in front of the men and vanishes. Stunned, Horatio admits that the spectre indeed had a strong resemblance to his father, the dead King of Denmark. He even wore the same armour he wore against the armies of Norway. The ghost appears for a second time and Horatio tries to speak to it but the sound of a cockerel alerting that dawn is almost upon them makes the spectre disappear. Horatio believes that even though the ghost did not speak to him, he believes that next time it will speak to him.
Act 1: Scene 4. (Not complete)
act 1 scene 4.
Horatio, Hamlet and Marcellus are on a midnight watch. Whilst on guard Hamlet and Horatio look out of the window to see the King carousing drunkenly, Hamlet is disgusted by this. The ghost appears, which terrifies Hamlet. He says “be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn’d, bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, be thy intents wicked or charitable” Translation: “is this a friendly ghost? or an evil spirit sent from hell?” The ghost beckons Hamlet to follow it but Horatio and Marcellus tells him not to go. He tells Hamlet “You shall not go, my lord” as they think the ghost could drive Hamlet insane or making him walked off a cliff. Either way Hamlet still follows the ghost for a private conversation.
Sayonara.
There I stood. The place of the accident. It was a long, isolated, unadopted road in which few shrubs covered in snow dominated the unwelcoming frozen terrain. Not one soul in sight, not even wild critters.
The road had a layer of white icing which sheltered the cement underneath. The bucolic weather eased the scene but a large cloud darkened it which made the eleven o’clock morning seem like a six thirty o’clock evening. Grey skies will always cause grey moods which brings grey thoughts.
As if I were experiencing a hallucination, through the snow fog, I could see a vehicle speeding toward the spot in which I stood in. The now more visible car was much closer to me but I remained frozen. The once-calm cold breeze now started to turn against me. Frozen snow started to hit against my face causing a stinging sensation. Almost blinded by the thick fog that crept up on me I was forced to close my eyes. Surprisingly the darkness gave me comfort, unfortunately it did not last for long as I remembered a car was about to collide into me. I felt like I was dreaming as time had slowed down significantly, I opened my eyes to see the car less that 5 metres away from me. It was moving, but a speed in which it mimicked a snail. I managed to make out the type of car, it was a 1984 Jeep Cherokee XJ with four entities inside. My heart skipped a beat. They were all almost transparent.
Classroom Sentences
mI woke up.
Ignored everyone.
got dressed.
ate food.
walked out the door.
got in the elevator.
Roadworks
Roadworks are the best things that happens to the public but like a small child, they’re not understood.
You see, roadworks are an example of team work that everyone should observe and learn from. Whilst one construction worker leans back on huge machinery and smokes a cigarette on duty, his colleague has his back by making sure they’re supervisor doesn’t see.
Talking about machinery, we dont value them enough for what they do for us. During the week after school we just see dormant machines but on a Saturday when we’re meant to be having a good, long sleep, we’re woken up by the sound of drills. How efficient. We should praise their work rate too, they choose to work in the mornings when everyone HAS to be somewhere at a certain time but not in the afternoon when there’s less cars around.
Now im pretty sure that everyone has been stuck in traffic when you’re late already, but have you ever asked yourself why? Well usually it’s road works! So there’s no need to worry anymore now, just tell your employer it was a bunch of old men digging into the concrete ground unnecessarily blocking half the road is the reason why you’re late.
Harper Lee’s use of allusion
Harper Lee uses allusion many times through out her novel which subliminally has a greater significant meaning.
An example of this would be during the classroom scene on page 271 when the teacher responds to Cecil. He says “They’re white, ain’t they?” In which the teacher responds “When you get to high school, Cecil, you’ll learn that the Jews have be driven out of their own country. It’s one of the most terrible stories in history.”
This extract is very hypocritical of Maycomb’s society because white people are feeling sympathy for the Jewish people in Europe but fail to realise that everyday black people get persecuted for their skin colour. It also said that the Jewish people were driven out of their own country which is another element of hypocrisy as black people were taken as slaves from Africa to America using force.
Dill Harris the Mockingbird
Dill can be described as a mockingbird due to his loss of innocence and what his reality around him is really like becomes apparent to him.
For example on Page 219 during the courtroom scene, the attorney is cross examining Tom Robinson in a very hateful and disrespectful manner as if he weren’t a worthy citizen of Maycomb. Watching the scene unfold before him, Dill begins to cry due to the verbal abuse he ia hearing someone receive simply because of they’re skin colour. This shows that Dill could have been living in his own reality where the world around him is perfect and everyone lives a happy life. He then realises the racism around him and how even the small things such as words can have big impacts. There is proof of how Dill felt when he says “that old Mr Gilmer doin’ him thataway, talking so hateful to him” is an example that he realised the racism around him.
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