Mr. Sullivan, my 12th grade English teacher, made us dress up in Burger King crowns and sword fight with paper towel tubes to make sense of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here at the American School in Guadalajara we are going to use the internet instead. In the posts below, follow us as we seek to understand why this really is the greatest play in the English language.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
III, 3
Have you ever been in a situation of severe indecision? Hamlet reproaches himself constantly for his indecision. Think about all the times he has mentioned it as well as his behavior during the play. Is he being too hard on himself or not?
Though it's not exactly severe... "Do I sleep or not?" When I have too much free time & too many free days off consecutively, my sleeping time drastically shifts to one of a night owl. I love to sleep. More like, I hate waking up. My sleeping time drastically changes because I sleep over 8 hours on my days off. Because I sleep over 8 hours, I sleep even later the next day and it just repeats. Even though I try to wake up after 7 hours or 8 hours of sleep, I simply can't get up. By then, I pretty much sleep when the sun begins to rise. Then comes school in a few days and I have to fix my sleeping time. "Do I sleep or do I not?" It's hard to stay awake when you can just not give a sh!t, give up and go to bed but then the problem simply escales.
Yes, I have had severe indecisions in my life, but the strongest one was about friendship. A friend of mine made a stupid decision that he kept taking it consecutively. This decision would only ruin his life if he did it more often. He turned into a bad influence for me, so I had to make a decision, to leave him or help him. I had to act immediately, so I helped him. That is the most difficult decision i have made in my life.
yes, i have been in a severe indescicion crisis. more like a should i tell "THE SECRET" or not to a rather close friend. i am a kind of person who thinks a lot before acting or speaking, whether its a virtue or a defect it sometimes pushes me away from what i really want. in similarity to Hamlet, making the right descicion sometimes doesn´t depend on the descicion alone, but rather in the consequences that come along your choice. it may not be as drastic as planning on how to revenge your rather but it´s still a situation where you have to trust your gut, your mind, or (mind the cliche) your heart. ... i still have not told the secret....
Yes, I have been in a situation of severe decision. I had to decide whether to do the grad speech, or to go out with my friends. A big party was that same day, so I had to decide either to do the grad speech and miss the party, or to have a great time at the party and turn in the speech late the next day. I decided to do the speech, but I started early on it, so when I finished I was able to go to the party anyways. I didn’t think I was going to be able to do both, but it turned out to be really easy to do the speech, so I turned my homework in at time, and I had a great time at the party also.
Yes. Oh many many times i have been in desicions were i have to problems and i dont now wich one to do. For example is i spend my 50 pesos on some tacos I will stop being hungry but I will lose all my money. But if i dont spend it iI will be starving to death.
A life or death decisions has not been present to me. But I have had some difficult decisions; the most recent one was how to act towards a friend that was getting into my nerves. We have been friends for quite a long time now. You could say she was always in some way in my life. But lately she had been asking too much of me. I needed my space and she had to start making decisions with out my opinion. Then I questioned, how will I tell her? I decided to keep it to my self and deal with it later, but to my surprise some of my other friends had been having the same ideas of her, being over dependent. Thanks to my lack of security and not talking to her about it as normal friends do; I exploded. One day while eating she made the drop that spilled the glass. I told her all of what I felt, but let’s say in not such a courteous way. At the end she got mad, but got the idea, time passed and we are still friends. Lourdes Loera
This susually happens to me often. Like for example, in the weekends i dont kno if i should spend money or save the money. Also like when i go to my training, i find it hard to make the decision of doing my homework or going to sleep. I think that people go through this alot on their life.
I havent have had any severe indecisions but I always come to the same one. "Do I do my homework or no" This happenes on all my sundays, I just wanna have a peacefull time but I always remember I have homework. Most of the times I leave it for the next day in recess or in the morning but it all depends on my mood that day. And I know its the wrong decision but sometimes I cant help it.
Of course I have been in severe indecision. The most recent has been whether I should take AP Spanish or AP Lang next year. On one side, I like writing in Spanish better than writing in English, but if I don´t take AP Lang, the only Ap English course left is AP Lit Mag, which is extremely challenging. Furthermore, I believe Hamlet is being too hard on himself. I`d say he is over-thinking the situation. If I was Hamlet, I´d just send someone to kill Claudius. But of course, that wouldn´t be such a good play.
Ive been in a severe decicion a lot of times. But the most severe one was the fact that if i .broke up with my girlfriend or not, since i loved her a lot but she cheaqted on me, so i was unsure. My friends adviced me about the issue and therefore i was sure about what i had to do, i had to finish her for my own sake, and if i didnt i would look like a dumb and i continued with her and after that i realized what a grave mistake it had been, so the very next day I went to her told her the truth and fixed up everything about it.
i have been in a lot of situations were i have to decide whether to do something or not, when i buy somethi i always thik of it for a long time, i think if i will use it, if it will last or not, and also if its a good inversion or not, and more if its expensive, this hapens all the time, even when i go to the movies, buy a drink, sometimes i prefer to drink water than buy a 3 euro coke .... like in germany Carlos Perez
Yes I have been in severe decisions many times but big decisions that come from time to time don't bother me much, it is small and severe decisions that come very commonly which I have problems dealing with. I value money, perhaps a little bit more than a person should and I am aware of that, so on weekends I have a lot of trouble deciding if I want to spend my money on food, tickets for something, etc... or save that money and use it for something more productive. These are the severe desicions which bother me constantly
Though it's not exactly severe... "Do I sleep or not?" When I have too much free time & too many free days off consecutively, my sleeping time drastically shifts to one of a night owl. I love to sleep. More like, I hate waking up. My sleeping time drastically changes because I sleep over 8 hours on my days off. Because I sleep over 8 hours, I sleep even later the next day and it just repeats. Even though I try to wake up after 7 hours or 8 hours of sleep, I simply can't get up. By then, I pretty much sleep when the sun begins to rise. Then comes school in a few days and I have to fix my sleeping time. "Do I sleep or do I not?" It's hard to stay awake when you can just not give a sh!t, give up and go to bed but then the problem simply escales.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Oon
Yes, I have had severe indecisions in my life, but the strongest one was about friendship. A friend of mine made a stupid decision that he kept taking it consecutively. This decision would only ruin his life if he did it more often. He turned into a bad influence for me, so I had to make a decision, to leave him or help him. I had to act immediately, so I helped him. That is the most difficult decision i have made in my life.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Showaki O.
yes, i have been in a severe indescicion crisis. more like a should i tell "THE SECRET" or not to a rather close friend. i am a kind of person who thinks a lot before acting or speaking, whether its a virtue or a defect it sometimes pushes me away from what i really want. in similarity to Hamlet, making the right descicion sometimes doesn´t depend on the descicion alone, but rather in the consequences that come along your choice. it may not be as drastic as planning on how to revenge your rather but it´s still a situation where you have to trust your gut, your mind, or (mind the cliche) your heart. ... i still have not told the secret....
ReplyDeleteAlejandra Ramirez
Yes, I have been in a situation of severe decision. I had to decide whether to do the grad speech, or to go out with my friends. A big party was that same day, so I had to decide either to do the grad speech and miss the party, or to have a great time at the party and turn in the speech late the next day. I decided to do the speech, but I started early on it, so when I finished I was able to go to the party anyways. I didn’t think I was going to be able to do both, but it turned out to be really easy to do the speech, so I turned my homework in at time, and I had a great time at the party also.
ReplyDeleteNicolas Chemello
Yes. Oh many many times i have been in desicions were i have to problems and i dont now wich one to do. For example is i spend my 50 pesos on some tacos I will stop being hungry but I will lose all my money. But if i dont spend it iI will be starving to death.
ReplyDeleteDiego Leon
A life or death decisions has not been present to me. But I have had some difficult decisions; the most recent one was how to act towards a friend that was getting into my nerves. We have been friends for quite a long time now. You could say she was always in some way in my life. But lately she had been asking too much of me. I needed my space and she had to start making decisions with out my opinion. Then I questioned, how will I tell her? I decided to keep it to my self and deal with it later, but to my surprise some of my other friends had been having the same ideas of her, being over dependent. Thanks to my lack of security and not talking to her about it as normal friends do; I exploded. One day while eating she made the drop that spilled the glass. I told her all of what I felt, but let’s say in not such a courteous way. At the end she got mad, but got the idea, time passed and we are still friends.
ReplyDeleteLourdes Loera
This susually happens to me often. Like for example, in the weekends i dont kno if i should spend money or save the money. Also like when i go to my training, i find it hard to make the decision of doing my homework or going to sleep. I think that people go through this alot on their life.
ReplyDeleteIvan figueroa
I havent have had any severe indecisions but I always come to the same one. "Do I do my homework or no" This happenes on all my sundays, I just wanna have a peacefull time but I always remember I have homework. Most of the times I leave it for the next day in recess or in the morning but it all depends on my mood that day. And I know its the wrong decision but sometimes I cant help it.
ReplyDeleteOscar B.
Of course I have been in severe indecision. The most recent has been whether I should take AP Spanish or AP Lang next year. On one side, I like writing in Spanish better than writing in English, but if I don´t take AP Lang, the only Ap English course left is AP Lit Mag, which is extremely challenging. Furthermore, I believe Hamlet is being too hard on himself. I`d say he is over-thinking the situation. If I was Hamlet, I´d just send someone to kill Claudius. But of course, that wouldn´t be such a good play.
ReplyDeleteAdrian Llamas
ReplyDeleteIve been in a severe decicion a lot of times. But the most severe one was the fact that if i .broke up with my girlfriend or not, since i loved her a lot but she cheaqted on me, so i was unsure. My friends adviced me about the issue and therefore i was sure about what i had to do, i had to finish her for my own sake, and if i didnt i would look like a dumb and i continued with her and after that i realized what a grave mistake it had been, so the very next day I went to her told her the truth and fixed up everything about it.
i have been in a lot of situations were i have to decide whether to do something or not, when i buy somethi i always thik of it for a long time, i think if i will use it, if it will last or not, and also if its a good inversion or not, and more if its expensive, this hapens all the time, even when i go to the movies, buy a drink, sometimes i prefer to drink water than buy a 3 euro coke .... like in germany
ReplyDeleteCarlos Perez
Yes I have been in severe decisions many times but big decisions that come from time to time don't bother me much, it is small and severe decisions that come very commonly which I have problems dealing with. I value money, perhaps a little bit more than a person should and I am aware of that, so on weekends I have a lot of trouble deciding if I want to spend my money on food, tickets for something, etc... or save that money and use it for something more productive. These are the severe desicions which bother me constantly
ReplyDeleteJ.P. Vallejo
Closed at 8am. Not sure why all of these people posted this afternoon.
ReplyDelete-Mr. Paul