The Ghost, in the form of the late King Hamlet of Denmark, appears but will not speak. Act 1, scene 1 On the guards’ platform at Elsinore, Horatio waits with Barnardo and Marcellus to question a ghost that has twice before appeared.Then first Laertes and then Hamlet die, both victims of Laertes’ rapier. At the match, Claudius prepares poisoned wine for Hamlet, which Gertrude unknowingly drinks as she dies, she accuses Claudius, whom Hamlet kills. Hamlet, who has returned safely to confront the king, agrees to a fencing match with Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, who secretly poisons his own rapier. Claudius sends Hamlet away as part of a deadly plot.After Polonius’s death, Ophelia goes mad and later drowns. Hamlet, now free to act, mistakenly kills Polonius, thinking he is Claudius. When the councilor Polonius learns from his daughter, Ophelia, that Hamlet has visited her in an apparently distracted state, Polonius attributes the prince’s condition to lovesickness, and he sets a trap for Hamlet using Ophelia as bait.To confirm Claudius’s guilt, Hamlet arranges for a play that mimics the murder Claudius’s reaction is that of a guilty man. When the king of Denmark, Prince Hamlet’s father, suddenly dies, Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, marries his uncle Claudius, who becomes the new king.A spirit who claims to be the ghost of Hamlet’s father describes his murder at the hands of Claudius and demands that Hamlet avenge the killing. Entire Play Events before the start of Hamlet set the stage for tragedy.
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So by the time the story rolled around and the words “This is really good” came out of the otherwise down-turned lips of my fifth grade teacher, I was well on my way to understanding that a lie on the page was a whole different animal - one that won you prizes and got surly teachers to smile. After lots of brouhaha, it was believed finally that I had indeed penned the poem which went on to win me a Scrabble game and local acclaim. That year, I wrote a story and my teacher said “This is really good.” Before that I had written a poem about Martin Luther King that was, I guess, so good no one believed I wrote it. Of course I got in trouble for lying but I didn’t stop until fifth grade. I loved lying and getting away with it! There was something about telling the lie-story and seeing your friends’ eyes grow wide with wonder. Not “Once upon a time” stories but basically, outright lies. I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories. I chalked stories across sidewalks and penciled tiny tales in notebook margins. (It was not pretty for me when my mother found out.) I wrote on paper bags and my shoes and denim binders. I remember my uncle catching me writing my name in graffiti on the side of a building. I used to say I’d be a teacher or a lawyer or a hairdresser when I grew up but even as I said these things, I knew what made me happiest was writing. Then, when finally, B was ready to break things off with her boyfriend, Ethan, to be officially with Jaime, her dad dies and so she has to leave Alder and Jaime behind. Then, when the two meet in Alder, they couldn’t be together again because B already has a boyfriend who happens to be Jaime’s roommate. Then, when Jaime was available, they can’t be together because Jaime was leaving for Alder college. At first, they can’t be together because Jaime is B’s bff’s boyfriend. Because…what is the whole point of making the twists? If at the end…only one realization is realized?īasically this book is about a couple who can’t seem to be “together” due to certain forces. But as all the twists and turns came about, I was beginning to get annoyed with the story. I loved this book throughout the first few pages. And it is literally their story, and B writes it down as a letter to Jaime for him to know she loves him. This article re-evaluates the scholarship that led to the 'gadfly' translation and argues that the 'spur' translation is correct based on the use elsewhere in Greek literature of M'YΩΨ and other significant words in the passage. Overview Apology presents the speech of self-defence given by Socrates in his trial for impiety and corruption specifically against the charges of corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel. However, this word was generally translated as 'spur' until the 1800s. This article re-evaluates the scholarship that led to the 'gadfly' translation and argues that the 'spur' translation is correct based on the use elsewhere in Greek literature of M'YΩΨ and other significant words in the passage.ĪB - The standard translation of M'YΩΨ in Plato's Apology of Socrates 30e is 'gadfly'. Use details from the text to support your answer. He urged hi s fellow Athenians to examine their own lives, to question their leaders, and to pursue wisdom. Discuss how using context and knowing affixes and root words can help readers understand texts such as the Apology. At the age of 71, Socrates fought at his trial not for his life, but for the truth. However, this word was generally translated as 'spur' until the 1800s. The Apology is Plato’s account of the three speeches that Socrates gave at his trial for false teaching and heresy in 399 B.C.E. N2 - The standard translation of M'YΩΨ in Plato's Apology of Socrates 30e is 'gadfly'. 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