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Before you begin this week’s post, sit for a minute and think about what you read and watched this week. We learned a lot about different types of art. Let us talk about iT
Watch the following scene from ‘Citizen Kane,’ which is regarded as one of the best films ever made, and answer the following questions.
Not knowing the whole plot, how do you feel the actors are portraying their characters?
What do you think of the angle of the camera and why it is positioned that way?
Why do you think this would be noted as the greatest film ever made, and why would this be regarded as the best scene in the film?
One of the actors is out of frame for some time during the scene, is there any importance to this? Why?
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Drama & Music this week!
For your initial post (Due by Jan 14 Sunday 11:59p):
After watching the Crash Course videos on Hamlet, do you believe Hamlet was really insane? Or was his actions caused by influence? Did he live a difficult life? Explain.
Why do you believe people are drawn to Hamlet, and the famous ‘To Be or Not To Be’ soliloquy? Can the average everyday person relate to this play? Why or why not? And do you believe this play will still be popular years in the future?
Review the song, ‘Music Is In Everything’ by Ziggy Marley and Lisa Loeb using one of the critical methods mentioned at the beginning of the Week 2 module and include it in your post.
What song best represents you and your attitude to life? Can music alter your behavior or how you dress? Does your music change based on your feelings; say if you’re in love, angry, or excited?
Hamlet
One of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy dramas is Hamlet.
William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April, which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.
Shakespeare was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). Shakespeare’s plays are perhaps his most enduring legacy, but they are not all he wrote. Shakespeare’s poems also remain popular to this day.
Synopsis:
Events before the start of Hamlet set the stage for tragedy. 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. 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. Hamlet, now free to act, mistakenly kills Polonius, thinking he is Claudius. Claudius sends Hamlet away as part of a deadly plot.
After Polonius’s death, Ophelia goes mad and later drowns. 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. At the match, Claudius prepares poisoned wine for Hamlet, which Gertrude unknowingly drinks; as she dies, she accuses Claudius, whom Hamlet kills. Then first Laertes and then Hamlet die, both victims of Laertes’ rapier.
