Hamlet Act II Help ^.^

[pretear]

Helloz

I got some questions to fill in for class and was wondering if anyone could help me. I am foreign and I dont understand Hamlet to the best of my abilities. T-T I answered most of the questions we got but a few...I was stuck. They might seem easy to some, but im kinda lost.

1. In Act II the reader sees Hamlet as "devoted fan of the theatre, poet, lover,lunatic, actor and private detective. What quotes support Each of the roles? Also I need to explain some of why it supports it. If you know any of them it would help lots.

2. How does hamlet plan to "catch the conscience of the King." Quote why hamlet was so cautious in taking revenge and so thorough in his search for evidence. Is this reason convincing? Explain it.

3. Some Puns from act I and II and explain their double meanings and the relation to the speakers intent.

4. Shakespeare's use of disease, rot, sickness, physical body, and reference to the body parts. What does the presence of the ghost contribute to the setting and atmosphere? to the sickness of Denmark? hamlets motivations for revenge? Hamlets need for caution? Use quotes and details.

If you know ANY small detail...would help lots.

Mucho appreciated.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I know that you can learn all of this and more - by reading the play - and are all cribvirgins foreign? It appears to be a trend. You seem capable of writing English fluently enough, try reading some.

This is a place where people that love reading literature discuss it; to prevent you from reading by doing your homework for you would be criminally removing the chance of you also developing that love.

Try Sparknotes if you must cheat - google it.

[pretear]

I know that you can learn all of this and more - by reading the play - and are all cribvirgins foreign? It appears to be a trend. You seem capable of writing English fluently enough, try reading some.

This is a place where people that love reading literature discuss it; to prevent you from reading by doing your homework for you would be criminally removing the chance of you also developing that love.

Try Sparknotes if you must cheat - google it.

I appreciate you wanting me to learn, but I already read the book if you must know. I am ok at typing this english but I have trouble with Shakespeares period of English. And no thank you for the cheating tip. ^_^ I had these questions left from a lot more and I couldnt answer them.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Here's a hint - all of your questions can be answered by reading Act II only (although a re-reading of the whole play would provide more context. Act II is short - only a single scene, so it shouldn't take long.

1. Read the act, thinking about these aspects of Hamlet's nature - it should be easy to answer.
2. What is Hamlet proposing to do when he utters these lines? Read on a little to Act III, scene 2.
3. I found a couple of examples of puns in a 2 minute skimming of act II. Act I is much longer, so I'd imagine there are many more in there. You do know what a pun is I take it?
4. There is a searchable text of Hamlet in this very forum - put in these words and any similar ones that you can think of and search - the rest is easy.

That's as much as you'll get from me - and probably more than you deserve - go work.

[pretear]

I do know what a pun is and I found one. I didnt say I asked for your help spacifically. No need to reply to my post. Thank you for your "help" anyway.

By the way, you are very stereotypical, im not the type of student that cheats off of people. I did read the chapter twice and I was asking for opinions to back up my information.

-thank you

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Perhaps if you provided your own opinions and not just the questions you have been asked to answer, it would be easier to believe that; and people wouldn't get such an erroneous view of your motives.

Worth remembering in future. Asking "Do you think I'm right in saying ...?" is going to get a lot more favourable responses than, "I need to answer these questions, please give me the answers!" Think about it from our point of view. :D

[Xamonas Chegwe]

PS. It was help, not "help". Good luck with your assignment.

[bluevictim]

What's the etymology of "cribvirgin"?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

What's the etymology of "cribvirgin"?

See the thread, "Unofficial words" under General Literature. Or just use the forum search on Cribvirgin.

Basically, it's someone that commits the forum faux pas of making their first ever post a plea for someone else to do their homework for them. - terribly bad form! :lol:

[bluevictim]

Thanks. The part I was missing is that their first post is a plea for homework answers (hence "virgin", I'm guessing). I suppose the "crib" part is for "crib notes". Am I right to presume the term can be extended to someone who first commits the faux pas in the second (or subsequent) post?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Technically, you can only lose your cribvirginity once. It's polite to post in say, the introductions section, first and maybe join in one or two discussions before making your plea for free essays. I mean, if someone you've never met before approaches you at a bar, you don't expect his first words to be, "It's your round mate.", now do you?:D

[bluevictim]

It's polite to post in say, the introductions section, first and maybe join in one or two discussions before making your plea for free essays.
In that case, how would you compare and contrast Hamlet with Orestes in, say, 1000 words? I was just wondering. Take it easy on me because I have no knowledge of English.

[Amleth]

I got some questions to fill in for class and was wondering if anyone could help me. I am foreign and I dont understand Hamlet to the best of my abilities. ...


I sympathize. Hamlet is difficult to read, even for a native speaker of English who's quite fluent. You've got lots of company in the U.S., and around the world. I'll give you a few hints to help narrow down your search.



1. In Act II the reader sees Hamlet as "devoted fan of the theatre,


For theater fan, look at where Hamlet greets the players who have just arrived.



poet,


Polonius has something Hamlet wrote. Take a look at that. Hint - part of it rhymes.



lover,


Polonius might tell you about that, too.



lunatic,


For that, one place to look would be at what Ophelia says Hamlet did.



actor


Hm. Well, Hamlet isn't a player, so I'm not sure what that is intended to mean.



and private detective.


Hamlet comes up with a plan to get more evidence of Claudius's guilt. You can find that, I'm sure.



2. How does hamlet plan to "catch the conscience of the King."...


Hamlet, himself, tells you that.

[Woops]

I would think the obvious reason he's called an actor is because he does "Act" as if he's gone nuts.

Hello everyone, I'm doing Hamlet too this year (12). I find Hamlet to be extremely relevant and interesting and at the same time an incredible waste of my time ;) (Im sure everyone has felt like that at one time or another).

I am now gonna pop my cribvirgin's cherry also. Although this has nothing to do with the threadstarter's question.
In one of the questions im dealing with, a scene, where Fortinbras enters with his army on his way to poland, is mentioned. I know Fortinbras shows up in the end to claim the throne. Is this the same scene, or is there another version of the play that includes this scene?
If you're wondering, I don't have the book, I've relied soley on the version on this site.

Thanks
Woops

[Amleth]

The earlier scene where Fortinbras appears is Act 4, Scene IV, and it's included in the version here, so that should work for you.

[Woops]

Oh damn. Sorry about that. I must have missed that whole scene. (you're probably going "yeah right"). I saw the movie once and remembered that there was a scene like that.

Thanks alot.