Nelson Mandela

Derek Bradley

B. Delmaine

12/6/13

Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. This quote is a very powerful one, but it can mean volumes of different things in my eyes. There are the traditional senses of education in which a teacher in the front of students would present a lecture in which they would give students the tools to advance their knowledge and give them the ability to do great things with this knowledge, but education can also be used for war and evil. These tools are a lot different when entities such as the Green Berets become involved in a situation. The Green Berets talk to a local population and teach them the skills required to help them in their mission whether it be to kill the enemy population in an area or help them fight for our nation. They teach them how to read, write, count, and communicate through various ways as would a teacher, but the tools that they give the population are much different, so to draw my thoughts to a close education can change the world, but it’s the intent of the teacher that changes the world not just the knowledge gained. 

Hamlet Act IV Scene I

1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell the king of what has occurred and the king is worried about the consequences that will occur to him and not what will happen to Hamlet.

6. I had an issue with the selfishness of Claudius. In this act after the death of one of his most precious advisors had dies and he is worried about how this would affect him. It's just not something I like that's all.

7. I am Claudius. I am just worried about what is going to happen to me. I need to cover this up as soon as possible. I don't need this to backfire on me.

Hamlet Act III Scene IV

5. I had an issue with Polonius being so nosey. He deserved what happened to him because he shouldn't have been eavesdropping. You know what they say "SNITCHES GET STITCHES!"

6. Polonius says "He'll come right away. Make sure you lay into him. Tell him his pranks have caused too much trouble, and that Your Highness has taken a lot of heat for them. I'll be right here, silent. Please be blunt with him." this shows the extent of how much Polonius was a kiss-ass he was in the presence of the royal hierarchy.

7. I am Ghost in this scene. In my mind I am like "Don't you hurt yo' mama boy!" as said with a southern drawl of course. I want him to stop, but I don't want his mom to know what he's done wrong.

Hamlet Act III Scene III

1. The act starts with the King talking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about a trip that they are going on with Hamlet that will hopefully prevent a catastrophe. Then Polonius the rat that he is hides behind the tapestry on the wall to eavesdrop on the conversation that Hamlet is going to have with his mother. Then Claudius starts to pray for the bad things that he has done and asks for forgiveness, but while this is going on Hamlet walks in and contemplates killing him right then and there. Hamlet ultimately decides that he is spared...for now (ominous laughter)!

2. Claudius says "It has the mark of Cain on it, a brother's murder!". I enjoy sentence because the biblical reference because at this time in the United Kingdom there was a big deal between catholics and the protestants, so the bible at this time was very relevant when this was written. Another reason I enjoy this is because it shows the guilt of Claudius and how remorseful he is for what he has done.

5. I don't see why Hamlet did not kill Claudius right then and there. I would have because it would have cleared my conscience. I would have known by that point that he truly killed the king and I would not be harming my mother, so the ghost of my father would not be angry. That's just my thought process though.

Hamlet Act III Scene II

1. The play starts and it is designed to convict the guilty King for his crimes against the kingdom. The play is stopped and Claudius is really disturbed by what had happened. When the king is upset the queen is upset, so Hamlet is sent to go talk to his mother about what had happened.

4. In the end of the act I like the bit about the clouds where Hamlet goes through different shapes that it could be and Polonius is like yep.mhm.sure.agreed. and is wasting his time. I enjoy it because Polonius is a royal suck up and no one likes a brown noser, so you need to mess with these sorts of people.

7. In this scene I am Hamlet. Looking into what Hamlet is thinking. I've created a way to try my step-father-king thing for the death of my father and he has no way of even knowing. Once the play has started I start making these sexual innuendos to make me seem nonchalant about the whole situations, but when Claudius finally snaps I would be thinking I've got him. Then when Polonius starts to talk to me I would just want to mess with him because it is a pretty enjoyable pass time. That is what would be going through my mind if I was Hamlet.

Hamlet Act III Scene I

2. Rosencrantz said "He didn't ask questions, but answered ours at length." This says to me that when he is comfortable with other people he acts in a completely different way. Without this line the play would lose this little subtle play into the mind of Hamlet. 

4. Claudius says "How right he is! His words whip up my guilty feelings. The whore's pockmarked cheek made pretty with make-up is just like the ugly actions I'm disguising with fine words. What a terrible guilt I feel!" I enjoy this little mental note that Claudius makes because it shows something genuine from him and it gives the audience a better barometer of his character from himself and not just the talk of the others. 

6. Ophelia says "My lord, I have some mementos of yours that I've been meaning to give back to you for a long time now. Please take them." This shows Hamlet has shown his affection for Ophelia in not just a verbal way, but with a tangible item, but when Hamlet is confronted he says "No, it wasn't me. I never gave you anything." because he is trying to hide what he truly feels about her because he is behind a facade of being insane. 

Hamlet Act II Scene II

1. The is about how Hamlet has gone crazy and they are trying to figure out the root of the problem. Polonius has been called ludicrous names such as a fishmonger, so he believes Hamlet is truly crazy. His friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go to see Hamlet, so a surprised Hamlet lets them in on the secret that he is not really crazy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring in an acting troupe, so starts the Inception (cliché) of a play within a play and Hamlet comes up with a dastardly plan to find out if Cladius really killed King Hamlet.

3. If I was Hamlet I would be very curious as to his all of a sudden popularity about the castle. People from a foreign land come to seem him. They're friends, but still it's a little suspicious. Along with Polonius a person of high nobility who kisses up to the king, why is he there? Why is everyone coming up to me? Have I really convinced this many people that I am truly crazy?

5. In this act everyone is just over encumbered by the sentiment that Hamlet has truly lost it. They are frantically trying to figure out the source of it. Some of them think that's it's his father's death. Others think that he is in love, so he has truly gone crazy, but I just don't see myself falling for this tom-foolery. It just seems a little weird to me that's all.