Gracielle Ophelia

        We are here to honor the death of poor Ophelia. Wishing she was still living we have to remember Ophelia being at her happiest. Though she went through multiple obstacles in her life she still remained to look at the good. This year has most likely been the hardest fir her by far, dealing with the heartbreak by Hamlet, that played a very big part in her behavior change. Later hearing her father has been killed, I feel like that the breaking point for the poor girl. Ophelia was a very strong, lovely girl. her attitude always brightened up our day, it still seen so unreal, I cannot believe she has passed. Are we wrong to not bring Hamlet into this? She loved him so dearly, why wasn't her there to help the hurting Ophelia? We all knew about the love they had for each other, they did not need to argue, if anything Hamlet could have saved her. It is his fault, Ophelia was hurting, all she needed was his love. I'm sorry, we cannot blame anyone for this. Feeling the need to die shows Ophelia has reached her breaking point, she could have came to anyone of us. Her behavior changed completely before her past, I do not understand why she didn't say anything, why didn't she speak out? Killing herself can show, maybe death is dreaming, is Ophelia dreaming right now? Hopefully, she is not so angry anymore, hopefully the pain has eased and she is happy now. She has saved herself from the emotional pain we deal with in this world. Ophelia must be happy, no girl her age should go through what she went through, we need to come together as one and make sure none of this happens again.
            "The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living," Marcus. that quote reflects on what we need to go for her and each other. Remember how happy Ophelia was her beauty, and her passionate love she shared with everyone. Her anger was only triggered by the heartbreak and death of her father, but he is not the one to blame. I am sure many of us would act in such madness if that happened to any of us. she wanted closure, Ophelia wanted happiness. It is stubborn of us to blame her and think any differently of how she acted these past weeks, and her suicide. As we end this ceremony may we all come together for God's forgiveness on s and Ophelia, but ask for his grace and please Ophelia, she has been through enough. thank you for attending. Remember we all re the same, we are all a family!

Gracielle Richards Dilemma

         To be a man of thought or a man of action, is better depending on the situation, consequences, and surrounding. Sometimes it is very good to take action, but then again you should think about everything you do before you do take the next step. For Hamlet I understand how mad he was, and his plan to kill Claudius but it was not the right time. Hamlet wanted to send his soul directly to the devil, and being that Claudius was praying that would of happened. If you are praying spreading the religious faith it is said that your soul will go straight to heaven. As mad as Hamlet is, waiting is the right choice, he also gets to hear Claudius's true intentions, which are clearly wrong. Hearing the things Claudius confessed to and hearing everything he wanted, is clearly an advantage to Hamlet, he is able to use everything Claudius is saying against him.
          Yes, Hamlet is right for hesitating to kill Claudius, I feel like once he really thought about it, there is no feeling guilt or regret. Even though Claudius committed a very bad sin, his death should still be thought out. Then again what would it be like if Hamlet never heard a confession or anything, consequences would be horrible? Jumping right into things and killing Claudius wouldn't be the right decision, Hamlet killing Polonius is the perfect example. The consequences are different because Hamlet assumed it was Claudius trying to listen, not Polonius. Whatever the situation everyone should think about what they are about to do. There isn't anything wrong with hesitation or being hesitant in this situation.
         Not killing Claudius shows a lot about Hamlet because he waited. I feel like if it was any  other character they would have killed Claudius thee first chance they had. Waiting at least shows some kind of mercy. To me that reveals, Hamlet has at least some kind of heart. Even after he yelled at Ophelia and how cold he acted towards her, he still had mercy by not killing Claudius at that moment. To be a man of thought is the best because you seem way more responsible and able to react to situations differently, maybe more maturely as well.

Gracielle To be or not to be

          To be or not to be speech was said in all of the scenes as it was in the book, but portrayed different emotions and tones throughout the scenes. During the Mel Gibson version was one of the two scenes where there wasn't a dagger involved, where in the book the dagger was used to [show the readers that Hamlet was debating on weather to kill or not. Also, in the Mel Gibson version Hamlet was next to a toumb stone, almost praising the body like the body was actually dreaming. At that moment I felt that the actor really made me believe that when you die its a good thing, praising the tumb stone made the scene peaceful. In the most modern version, the setting was totally different from all of the other versions, and no dagger was used as well.  The part that stuck out to me the most, was when Hamlet stated yelling the cameras focused in on the television that was playing a bad deadly scene in the background. To me that shows anger and not death being so soft, dreamy or pleasant.
          In the Branagh's version is also my favorite version of the movie, I really love how Hamlet is talking straight into the mirror never breaking eye contact with himself. That shows so much confidence and emotion. Also when the dagger is pulled out loud music is being played which shows the speech reaching its highest peek, exaggerating the thought of if he should take action or not. Throughout that version Hamlets voice is a lot more stronger yet it seems like he is talking in a soft voice, close to a whisper. For Oliver's version the scene was very dark and gloomy, being it was on a cliff or roof that was standing high over the ocean, kept me on edge. I was not sure if Hamlet was actually going to jump or not, he was just so close to the edge and made the speech seem ten times more depressing than al of the others. The dagger and music was used in the scene and Hamlets tone didn't really change the whole way through.

Stawicki first blog.

The second version of the film being the most exaggerated happened to explain the act the best. Showing the flashbacks of the of the murder of Hamlet and a quick glimpse of Hamlet's wife, helped explain the actual death of Hamlet. Though the ghost of Hamlet appeared frightening, the viewer's can feel the pain and anger the ghost had through the tone of his voice. Using thr special effects, having the ground shake, the Ghost yelling, & the dark setting helped portray act 1. Different from the other films , Branagh's version on the act stood out the most, and gave the readers a better understanding of the act. If I were to direct this video, my focus would be all on Hamlet's ghost. Having the typical blue eyes and blonde hair, Hamlet would have his voice changed and his tone sound very angry yet very confident to show the viewer's that hurt his wife caused. Flashbacks wouldn't be used but I would make the ghost appear with an extremely stern face and very strong voice when he talks about the murder and wife. Smoke would definitely be used in the background to give the ghost a more exaggerated look, also I would use the smoke when the ghost disappears and have Horatio then yelling for the ghost to speak. Not far from the Branagh's version, my film would focus way more on the ghost than any other character, just to get the readers to understand the scene and feel the anger.