Dysfunctional Families

Wikipedia:

-Child abuse and neglect
-Child like parents (Mr. Bennet and Gertrude) allow the dominant parent (Claudius and Mrs. Bennet)
-Parents are often selfish

Hamlet Direction - Zach & Danny

Act III, Scene II : Lines 63-83

At the beginning of the scene Ophelia should be turned away from Hamlet showing her rejection of his romance. Hamlet is alluding to his sexual desires for Ophelia in slow advanced as not to turn her away, his movements should be slow and encroaching upon her. The 2nd line should be like the movement. On line 66 Ophelia will look up from her feet abruptly, but walk away from without looking at him slowly and ghostly, a light escape. He is frustrated that he can't get access to the sanctuary in line 67 and is being extremely blunt. As it continues his getting extremely frustrated, while he still remains seductive and Hamlet encroaches further upon Ophelia, and even she is not looking at Hamlet she reacts to his movement uncomfortably and moves again quickly away from him. In line 71 Hamlet is suggesting that Ophelia has the same intimate thoughts that he has and suggests increasingly dirty diplomacy. He is trying to get her to think less logically and more carelessly, telling her to think of the pleasure the orgasm will bring to her. Because she is a virgin the newly minted action will be useful to her, a re-birth. Secretly he is trying to bring her into sin.

Same Words Different Interpretations

Polonius is a stereotypical brown noser towards Claudius the king. I believe that knows of Claudius' possible evil and does his bindings for safety! Here Polonius is reporting to Claudius after he asked Polomius to spy on Hamlet. If I were to direct Polonius I would have him be extremely exaggerative and have him use hand motions and have him pronounce every word with extreme passion.

Dear Dr. Forman: Hamlet Paper

Dear Dr. Forman,
              I really enjoyed having so many video options! It really helped me cement an idea for the paper. I had initially wanted to write on lighting and costumes but after seeing how different each scene was I chose to write on spacing. I think that most of my bet ideas came as I was writing the paper; I hardly went back to my video notes. I think I proofread my paper like ten times! I can get a little paranoid so I made sure nothing was wrong. I hope the end result came out as I think it did and hat you enjoy the paper!

Sincerely,

Daniel Domínguez