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[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzham7_4 deceit/deception play a large role throughout, but here we see how it goes wrong as Hamlet believes Claudius is hiding behind the tapestry, when it's actually Polonius. deceit is also evident through rosencrantz & guildensterns actions, spying on their old friend.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzham7_5 In typical Shakespearean fashion, this play ended with a lot of bloodshed. I found it particularly ironic that in act 5 sc 1, Hamlet and Laertes fight in a grave, only to both die in the following scene.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzham7_5 scene 1 of this act and most of the beginning of the play parallel to convey the contrast between life and death and the concept of mortality. First, we see a ghost of Hamlet's dead father, and then in this scene, we see a graveyard, showing this contrast & concept.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzham7_3 This act clearly shows Hamlet's possible mental instability. His fake madness appears to be real insanity, as shown w his confrontation w Ophelia and his "to be or not to be" monologue has suicidal references, forcing us to wonder what effect that will have later on.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@Jessica18505625 #falzham7_3 I agree w you that his "madness" seems to be real. At first, I thought the madness that Polonius & Claudius saw as his love for Ophelia was j him faking, but then Hamlet's confrontation with Ophelia in this act confused me. If he was faking his madness, why fight her?

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzham7_3 I found it ironic that Claudius seeks forgiveness but is refusing to give up what he earned as a result of his sins (his station and marriage). We already know a lot about his character from his previous actions, but I feel this reveals a lot about him too.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@ChrisCody345 #falzforetold207 I personally don't think so. The passage I analyzed for the journal was the scene where the narrator was talking w Angela to try to get some info & he says that it's believed she was protecting someone else who she loved and just randomly chose Santiago to blame.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@VictorEsteche4 #falzforetold207 I agree. Even his friend, the narrator, suspects that Santiago and Angela would never have crossed paths, for they "belonged to two completely different worlds" so it's probable that she made it up

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzforetold207 I noticed a lot throughout the story that a major theme is the effect of responsibility and how many of the people in the town felt as if it wasn't their responsibility to step in and warn Santiago, so they did nothing.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@sofiasafi11 #falzfences207 I agree. The way each character spoke also allowed for us as readers to understand the play a little easier. It reflects the time period of the story as well as the level of education and class that the characters had, making reader-comprehension much easier.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@ChrisCody345 @JustinK86096767 #falzfences207 I also found Troy's baseball metaphors interesting, especially when he was talking to Rose about his affair. It seemed as if he continually tried to make sense of his life and everything he experienced via baseball, from his father-son issues to his infidelity.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@LizzieFarrell15 @NickScaperdas #falzfences207 I agree with what the both of you said. I feel for Troy and all that he's been through, but while trying to prevent his children from struggling through what he did, he just projected his life & his fears onto their's- causing him to seem controlling & overbearing

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzfences207 By Cory attending his father's funeral, it doesn't show complacency or that he's still obeying his father's demands. It shows that he's finally able to do what he wants- be there for his mother and sister- & it shows what kind of father he'll be (opposite of his).

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[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

this made me tear up... so moving

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[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@AnnabelCarifa #falzyw7 this disconnect in communication is also symbolized with the husband not allowing his wife to write. he's causing a lack of communication in his relationship by removing her means of communicating, as a result of gender roles of men having to be more intelligent.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@kerry_broderick #falzyw7 not only is the wallpaper itself symbolic of entrapment, but the whols house is, with the bars on the windows, as well as her husband not allowing her to leave the house. its as if everything in the house, the wallpaper, windows, and even the people are keeping her in.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@kerry_broderick #falzyw7 we found it interesting and somewhat unsettling that none of these conflicts were ever resolved in the story and that the narrator just continued on facing these conflicts

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

@LizzieFarrell15 #falzyw7 We noticed this too and how it was symbolic of the stereotypical women gender roles of the time and how they often felt trapped and oppressed by society, just like the woman who was trapped in the wallpaper.

[ryan frank @ryanfra89089949]

#falzyw7
what are prevalent symbols in the story