Symbol

Symbols are very important in poetry. In both To His Coy Mistress and To the Virgins to Make Much of Time time is a very important symbol. It represents a entity that has bounds. Time is essential to both poems because this symbol is telling in the former a woman to sleep with him and in the latter for women to marry as soon as possible. The symbol of time is quintessential in both poems and truly encapsulates how important symbols are in poems. Symbols define the soul of the poem and can truly dictate how to poem will go and how it will flow.

Setting

The setting is quintessential in every play. Fiction or drama the setting completes the picture because then the reader gets a great feel to the story. The reader will seem as if he/she is in the play itself. The play will feel real to the reader. The setting also creates an ambience that provides the reader insight. The setting can also foreshadow the storyline and whether jovial or gloomy the play tends to flan out in that discourse. In Hamlet, the setting of the ghost scene is perfect because the dark and gloominess really show the true character of the ghost. The setting is putting the ghost right at home and so the ghost does not seem out of place. The setting is very important to the play and can either make or break it.

Characters

Ophelia and Caroline Bingley play huge roles in the molding of the main characters of Hamlet in Hamlet  and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Both women want the two men; however, they are both unable achieve love. Hamlet is distracted by the revenge of his dad to meddle with the love of Ophelia and Mr. Darcy is too infatuated by Elizabeth to pay any heed to Caroline. Hamlet and Mr. Darcy both show no sense of compassion towards Ophelia and Caroline because they have their eyes set on a more wondrous object. For the former it is revenge and the later it is true love with Elizabeth. Hamlet shows more love towards Ophelia because he is actually in love with Ophelia, but he just is not able to show his compassion. On the other hand, Mr. Darcy has no feeling for Caroline whatsoever and only wants Elizabeth. Therefore both men disregard Ophelia and Caroline for things far more important to them but ultimately Hamlet actually did love Ophelia and Mr. Darcy never loved Caroline.

Blog #1

Austen and Shakespeare both employ the use of following two major characters through their journeys. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen has Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bingley be the two lovers that go through a love journey to finally end up in love. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet goes through a journey to obtain revenge. Mr. Darcy starts out by showing no interest in being with Elizabeth; however, as the story goes on he becomes infatuated by Elizabeth and falls in love with her. Elizabeth is not quite sure if she is even into Mr. Darcy because he insulted her in the beginning. Hamlet is very torn because he is very indecisive and he needs to kill King Claudius. Hamlet is not able to kill King Claudius until the end because he can not make up his mind. Elizabeth and Hamlet both need to make decisions, the former about love and the later regarding revenge. Both Elizabeth and Hamlet take the whole book and a full venture to make up their minds for Elizabeth to finally elope with Mr. Darcy and Hamlet to finally kill his uncle. The difference in both novels is the type of journey both characters take but the similarities is that both major characters need to make a life altering decision. Although both very unable to pick, they both end up doing what they wanted.

Essay

Overall I feel that I did very well on my essay. I need to work on further analysis of my quotes and more quotes. The one thing I am missing in my essay is that I do not have enough quotes; ergo, I will add more quotes and really analyzing each quote in detail. I also need to narrow my topics down adn really relate back to the thesis because the thesis is the most important part of any essay. In conclusion with my newfound knowledge I will definately do much better on my next essay.

Introduction

Time is the essence of life. It is quintessential for prosperity or poverty. Each second that ticks by controls life and death. Time is used to express a limited entity and something that needs to be fully used and not wasted. Both To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick underscore the importance of time and that everyone needs to seize time. In To His Coy Mistress Marvell suggests that time is constantly slashing away at life and that everybody needs to take a hold of time and use the best of it. Because once we die we can never relive our life. Marvell employs carpe diem because everyone needs to seize the day. Furthermore, In To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Herrick demonstrates that time is limited and women need marry and not spend time being shy and not asserting themselves. Carpe diem is also used because the women need to seize the day and marry in order to fully use time. Both poems are very similar and through the use of different examples ultimately encapsulates the central idea of seizing the day.

2 poems

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Robert Herrick is saying for people to grasp ahold of time and use the most of it. He says that one spend his life just wandering around and not doing anything, people need to take initiative. He says that time is limited and needs to be used to "marry" and procreate because if one misses up on the chance then the fertility is lost and birth of a child is no longer possible.
Goodbye, Goldeneye
All things come and go. There is an end to everyting in life, good or bad. Life revolves around the pleasures and sorrows, there is no perfect life without flaw. Everything has an ending time, which is equally as beautiful as the beginning. Time is both kills and gives birth to all things of nature. Time is the start and the finish of everything.

Ozymandias vs Ponder these busted statues

Ozymandias is referring to how time is still and there is not much time in the world. Time is not moving and is essentially still. Time is a frame that does not move. Time is an unwavering object of life, Time is not moving fast or slow but is stuck in a picture and not moving. Ponder these busted statues is the opposite and refers to time as carpe diem. He wants to seize the moment and be with as many women as possible. He wants to take a hold of time and not waste any of his life because everything goes by very fast and seems as a blur. He needs to be as sexually active as possible in order to use every bit of time and not be wasteful because time is a very precious entity and needs to be used to its fullest.

Performance choices

I chose to perform Hamlet with a dash of enthusiasm at first that transcends into depression and later an accusational tone. Hamlet is first met by Rozsencrantz and Guildenstern so he is very happy to see his long lost friends. Hamlet then gets sad because he brings about how Denmark is a prison. Then Hamlet becomes suspicious and thinks that his friends were sent by the king to spy on him, which they were. I played Hamlet as described above because that is how I saw him as a character. I do not see an alternative, I feel like this is how anyone else would have interpreted Hamlet's diction.

Appearance vs Reality

Hamlet epitomizes appearance vs. reality. Hamlet is in reality not crazy and is planning to kill Claudius; however, he appears as a mad man. Hamlet seems to have shaped into a crazy man. Hamlet is constantly acting insane and saying crazy things. Hamlet always rants on and is always speaking nonsense. Everyone then assumes that Hamlet is crazy. In reality, Hamlet is acting and he is not truly crazy and insane. Hamlet is putting on a show to get closer to killing Claudius. Hamlet's ultimate goal is to kill Claudius. Hamlet is set out to kill and throughout the whole play he is taking a baby's step towards killing Claudius. Nonetheless, Hamlet seems to have intertwined between both appearance and reality. Hamlet seems to be really crazy and looks as if he has strayed from his path to kill Claudius. Hamlet became a philosopher and would always just ask questions instead of just doing something.