The theme our group is portraying in our performance is the typical high school couple (quarterback/ Hamlet with the head cheerleader/ Ophelia) with a typical break up and the female has two protective brothers (Polonius and King Claudius).
In this particular scene Hamlet is portraying that he is not all that interested in Ophelia which can be interpreted as an act he is trying to pull, so that Claudius does not think he has any idea that he really killed the original king, Hamlet’s father. Hamlet wants Claudius to think that he is just crazy and that he is breaking off his fling with Ophelia because he is going crazy. In our particular theme, in high school the typical jock cares what his friends think about their love interests and Hamlet …show more content…
Hamlet and Ophelia meetup in the hallway and an argument breaks out because Hamlet wants to break up with her. Polonius and the King Claudius are listening in on the conversation to hear how Hamlet acts toward Ophelia because they as her “older brothers” do not think Hamlet is good for her and want them to break up. Once Hamlet and Ophelia break up and Hamlet leaves her standing in the hallway to tend to her own thoughts, the “older brothers” come in to kind of tell Ophelia they were right and Hamlet is no …show more content…
Our topic relates to different settings discussed, different themes such as love and dramatic emotion, and even Freytag’s pyramid. Freytag’s pyramid relates not only to the whole Shakespearean play, but to the scene itself as well, the exposition being when Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia are talking about her going to talk to Hamlet, the rising action is when Hamlet and Ophelia are arguing, the climax is the moment Hamlet calls Ophelia a whore “Get thee to a nunnery” and all events in this argument have been leading up to this moment in the argument where things change and Hamlet lets on what he really thinks of Ophelia’s actions. The falling action is when Ophelia is reflecting on the situation that just happened with Hamlet and what it all means, she is in a way sad about it. Conclusion in this scene is when Polonius and Claudius are consoling Ophelia and telling her that all their suspicions are correct and Hamlet is going out of
In this particular scene Hamlet is portraying that he is not all that interested in Ophelia which can be interpreted as an act he is trying to pull, so that Claudius does not think he has any idea that he really killed the original king, Hamlet’s father. Hamlet wants Claudius to think that he is just crazy and that he is breaking off his fling with Ophelia because he is going crazy. In our particular theme, in high school the typical jock cares what his friends think about their love interests and Hamlet …show more content…
Hamlet and Ophelia meetup in the hallway and an argument breaks out because Hamlet wants to break up with her. Polonius and the King Claudius are listening in on the conversation to hear how Hamlet acts toward Ophelia because they as her “older brothers” do not think Hamlet is good for her and want them to break up. Once Hamlet and Ophelia break up and Hamlet leaves her standing in the hallway to tend to her own thoughts, the “older brothers” come in to kind of tell Ophelia they were right and Hamlet is no …show more content…
Our topic relates to different settings discussed, different themes such as love and dramatic emotion, and even Freytag’s pyramid. Freytag’s pyramid relates not only to the whole Shakespearean play, but to the scene itself as well, the exposition being when Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia are talking about her going to talk to Hamlet, the rising action is when Hamlet and Ophelia are arguing, the climax is the moment Hamlet calls Ophelia a whore “Get thee to a nunnery” and all events in this argument have been leading up to this moment in the argument where things change and Hamlet lets on what he really thinks of Ophelia’s actions. The falling action is when Ophelia is reflecting on the situation that just happened with Hamlet and what it all means, she is in a way sad about it. Conclusion in this scene is when Polonius and Claudius are consoling Ophelia and telling her that all their suspicions are correct and Hamlet is going out of