Alas, It Was Not To Be...

As is evident by the time shown at the bottom of your screen I have once again forgotten to blog. I have therefore decided that after forgetting so many times, it was not to be. I was not meant to write blog posts. But that is beside the fact because here I am writing a blog post late yet again. Oh well, better late than never I guess. To start off class today I received a recap of what has happened in the play since Act 3 (and boy did I miss a lot: Polonius dead, Ophelia mad, and Hamlet off to England, what?). We then read Act 4 Scene 6 even though that was actually for homework, but there was a misunderstanding for no one did it…thankfully is was only a page. After we read Scene 7 as well which was a rather lengthy scene involving much deliberations between Laertes and Claudius. We finished off with a discussion about “The Hamlet Question” and like so many before us were not able to figure it out either. Sometimes I wonder is Shakespeare could see us now if he’d just laugh and be like “Ha! I don’t even know what’s up with Hamlet; I was just having some fun!” I feel like this might be a common occurrence in literature, people writing plays and books just to confuse those who study it in the future. Awesome. Anyways, if you’re still up and don’t know the homework it’s to do the in-class writing and discussion activity about picking and analysing three phrases. Oh, and there’s an Act 4 quotes quiz on Tuesday.