Ghost Dance

In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Laertes is a character foil to Hamlet, is the son of Polonius, and brother of Ophelia.Throughout the play Laertes is not really mentioned because he spends most of his time away in college. He returns back to Denmark when hearing about his father death. Overall I will describe Laertes as a character who acts furiously due to his temper issues. The significance of Laertes in the play is he causes tension with and Hamlet and at the end of the book is the one…

The two terms/concepts are voice-over and diegetic sound in the film’s LA Confidential, Match Point, American Beauty, and Zero Dark Thirty. Diegetic sound within the cinematic film domain include tracks of various sounds that are in synchronization with the film and additional sound narrative that includes voice-over. Earning two wins and seven Academy Award nominations, L.A. Confidential director, Curtis Hanson depicts the crime/drama/mystery/thriller genre film that fades-in to an extreme…

Hamlet is a tale in which the elements of betrayal, murder and fate play a big role, but this tragedy has many layers to it. In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet’s circumstances is reflected on his grief and his inability to act. The conflict, (person vs self) is on one wanting to avenge his father, yet not wanting to taint himself. Throughout the play, Hamlet becomes increasingly aware of the sinfulness of humans and even criticizes his mother, although he does not blame her specifically for her…

The three questions short story is about a king who one day got a thought, he asked asked himself 3 questions. Which were “what is the right time to start something?”, “ which people should he listen to?” and “what is the most important thing for him to do?” So the king sent out a message throughout the whole kingdom, promising them money if they could answer the 3 questions. Many smart men came to visit the king to hopefully answer the questions correctly, every single one of them answered the…

He informs Hamlet that is was his own brother who poisoned him, took his throne and his wife. Upon hearing his father’s speech, Hamlet personality changes into vengeance and hatred. As soon as the ghost leaves, Hamlet speaks to himself about what he thinks about the whole situation. Hamlet growled, “Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, all saws of books, all forms, all pressures past that youth and…

His lover Ophelia has been told that she can’t talk to Hamlet anymore and his dad's ghost has told him that his dad has been murdered not bit by a snake. His dad’s ghost has told him to get revenge on Claudius the guy that killed him, but Hamlet is stuck and doesn’t know if the ghost is his dad or something else telling him to kill Claudius. “...Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player…

Relationship With Death (Discussing Hamlet's relationship with death in act 5) In act five of Hamlet we see the final relationship that Hamlet the actor has with death. Throughout the play we saw that no matter how are Hamlet tried he was going to end up in a bad way. Hes actions didn’t help with better his ending when his time came. Through the play we read about how many people were killed or took their own life the only question was when Hamlets time would come. In act five we are introduced…

Shakespeare characterises Hamlet as a man who is intellectually tortured by the impossible task to avenge his father’s “foul and most unnatural murder”. It is in this task that Hamlet discovers the conflict between Renaissance Humanism and the traditional Christian values which ultimately reflect the philosophical concerns of the play as he is tormented into a state of madness as a result of his inability to mediate between the two values. In Hamlet’s 4th soliloquy (Act 3 Scene3) the competing…

Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows aught, what is’t to leave betimes? Let be”. Hamlet ponders both the spiritual aftermath of death, since his encounter with his father’s ghost, and the physical remainders of the dead. In the graveyard scene, Hamlet’s constant struggle with death and humanity comes to a halt as he picks up the unearthed skull of Yorick, a court jester Hamlet knew and admired as a young boy, “Alas, poor Yorick…

While all of these writings are different in style, theme, and plot, they do contain a very similar aspect of failure and destiny. “The Beast in the Jungle” is a story of a missed opportunity on the part of Marcher. Marcher seems to suffer from feelings of inadequacy. He lacks passion, the ability to live life fully. His life is routine, rather dull, offering him no surprises. He is more of a spectator of life, including his own. This makes him almost entirely passive. He does not shape his own…