Please choose two questions from ACT V to respond to in at least a 150 word post. Please state the scene and the question. (ex. ACT IV Scene 2 - Why does Hamlet tell Horatio everything at the start of this scene?) Be sure you provide textual evidence to support your claims. You must respond to two of your peers as well. DUE by midnight 1/4/17
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Jenny Smith
1/2/2017 12:06:48 pm
Question 4, scene 1
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Jordan Zeigler
1/8/2017 09:12:26 am
In response to your 2nd question, Hamlet's display of pride against Laertes does in fact help establish him as a tragic hero. Hamlet's hubris would become his downfall, as seen with several classic examples of heroes. The play of Hamlet plays into several archetypes seen in tragedy, and the tragic hero proves that Hamlet follows the same principles of other tragedies. Overweening pride, once again, is revealed through a tragedy as a fatal characteristic to have, one that killed not only Hamlet but several tragic characters throughout the genre.
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Holmes
1/11/2017 12:31:37 pm
Nicely stated to both you and Jordan. It is not only his foolish pride, but his allowing fate to decide. He knew this fencing display was some sort of set up by Claudius and rather than follow intuition and sense, he follows through. Hence being the doomed tragic hero.
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Kenya Jones
1/5/2017 06:56:09 am
Scene 1, Question 6
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Jenny Smith
1/6/2017 10:34:26 am
I didn't believe the rest was superfluous at all. I feel as if the story would have been cheated if no one was to ever find out the truth of the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius. Now that the truth has been revealed, why not let the truth be told. It also gives closure to Hamlet after being defeated.
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Jordan Zeigler
1/8/2017 08:53:24 am
Responding to your first question, I think it is very odd that Hamlet has been revealed, near the end of the play, to be 30. Hamlet's character throughout the play seems immature, and I completely would have expected him to be between 18 and his mid-twenties. This also makes me wonder how old the other nephews of the play, Laertes and Fortinbras, really are, and if there is some drastic age difference between Hamlet and Ophelia. Hamlet being 30 is quite a surprise that really contradicts what I had expected.
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Holmes
1/11/2017 12:37:15 pm
A surprise that is not unfounded at all. As I stated to Kenya, there is much debate over his age, a point we will discuss further in class.
Holmes
1/11/2017 12:35:42 pm
Well done on both accounts. There is debate centered around Hamlet's age. Using the Gravedigger's words, it only seems right that Hamlet would be 30, but why then is he still at school? That is one of the questions that has been posed over time. We will look further into this in class.
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Jordan Zeigler
1/8/2017 09:31:19 am
1. Scene 1, no. 2
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Holmes
1/11/2017 12:42:58 pm
Well said. It is often true that money and status trump rules and customary laws. It is indeed sad to see that this practice is even more vulgarly and regularly practiced.
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