Review: #7

Oedipus the King

Who said: “Say, am I vile?Am I not utterly

unclean, a wretchDoomed to be

banished, and in banishment

Forgo the sight of all my dearest ones,

…”

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Hamlet - The Hero’s Journey

A. Is there “atonement” for the hero with his father figure --reunited?

Debatable – he speaks with the ghost and dies…does he “go” to be with his father? If so, the “united in death” occurs right at the end of the play. B. Does Hamlet “enter the belly of the whale” at any point?

The ship at sea could be seen as “the belly of the whale” as he confronts an attempt to murder him.

C. Does Hamlet have an “apotheosis” moment? [ AP ]OTHEOSIS – character is revered, becomes godlike or is worshipped]

Yes. Horatio speaks to the dying Hamlet: “Now cracks a noble prince. Good night sweet Prince and flights of

angels sing thee to thy rest” (5.2.344-345).

Which of my Hamlet characters said…

"The lady doth protest too much,

methinks" (Act III, Scene II).

Queen Gertrude – she feels the queen in the play

she is watching is insincere. It is unclear if

she sees the parallel to herself, as this queen

remarries, also, despite saying she loved her previous husband.

Literary Terms for Analysis

Identify the type of literary device being used: "This world...an unweeded garden, that grows to seed; things

rank and gross in nature possess it merely” -the weed was Claudius.

In Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy, Hamlet wonders

whether it is worth facing all his problems ("slings and arrows of outrageous fortune") or to commit suicide ("and by opposing them, end them.")

Hamlet compares the problems of his life to "slings and arrows“ and by opposing [dying] the “arrows/problems” he ends all his

problems…. A permanent solution to a temporary problem! These are metaphors

Hamlet

Identify plots which are “in play” in ACT 2:

1. Polonius sends a spy to watch his son, Laertes.2. King Claudius and Polonius use Ophelia to spy

on Hamlet to observe his behavior.3. King Claudius and Queen Gertrude set

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to monitor Hamlet.

4. Hamlet decides to use the play see if he can “catch the conscience of the King” to reveal guilt

The Kite Runner

Summarize the whole “kite flying / kite running” part of the story for these two – Amir and Hassan.

• What was important to Amir?• What was important to Hassan?• What was important to Baba?- Chapter

Compare it to the “kite flying / kite running” at the very end of the tale.

• What was important to Sohrab?• What was important to Amir