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Update

HW:
1. Post the following information to your blog:

• What you've done so far;
• What you still need to accomplish in the two weeks we have left;
• How your work will benefit you and others.

So far I have established a blog for UCSB. It is pretty bare right now. I need to add more information on the college and get more pictures posted. I also need to link things such as the college app and housing guides so that it is easy for students interested in UCSB to have direct access from my blog. This work will benefit any student interested in UCSB and the college periscope as whole will benefit any student interested in pursuing college.

College blog

My plan is to do a college blog based on UCSB. I want to make it primarily photo based so I have photos I took of the campus and of all my registration packets and such.
My plan is to
1. Collect photos
2. Collect college info
3. Blog my experiences with applying to college and applying for housing
4. Connect my blog to the main college blog to the main college blog portal we plan to make
I want it to be like people viewing my blog are taking the journey with me.

Ap update

Today in class we had a study group and I realized how little we really know our lit. terms. Sure, we are all great at reviewing the 30 the night before the quiz in order to get an A, but we are not really learning the words. So I personally realized that I need a new study system for my literary terms. I'm going to actually start applying the terms in class and other studies. That is the only way I will truly learn these terms.

Ap Practice

I decided to start with the 2004 exam at the top of the page. The exam was reading entries and answering multiple. I was surprised to find how difficult multiple choice questions can be. All the questions that related to vocabulary and lit. terms were easy because of our extensive amount of vocab quizzes and recent lit. term quizzes. The questions pertaining to the text were the ones the I found difficult. This is because these questions were abstract with multiple answers that sounded right. So, I guess I need to learn how to decipher which answer is the best. Otherwise I feel like this test wasn't too intimidating.

Macbeth Essay Questions

1.1979 Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of
recognizedliterary merit who might, on the basis of the character’s actions alone,
beconsidered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and
whythe full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more
sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary.

This would be a great question since Macbeth is entirely based around Macbeth letting his evil side take over his decision making.

2. 1972 In retrospect the reader often discovers that the first chapter of a novel
or the opening scene of a drama introduces some of the major themes of the
work. Write an essay about the opening scene of a drama or the first
chapter of a novel in which you explain how it functions in this way. In
your essay do not merely summarize the plot of the work you are
discussing.
3.1983 From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who
is avillain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character s
villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not summarize plot.

Study Plan

I am more of an independent studier. Therefore, I plan to do the practice exams that are available on the blog over the next couple of weeks. I would however, like to form a small group in class with which I can review my answers. So for me, it will be test at home then review in class, up until the day of the ap test.

Here are some more practice tests and tips I've found

www.mymaxscore.com/images/.../MMS_EnglishLit_PracTest.pdf

http://www.shmoop.com/ap-english-literature/

Macbeth Lecture Notes

Day One
-There is no immediate them
-First acts show Macbeth's rise to power (rising Action)        
-Last acts are all about his fall (falling action)       
-Macbeth doesn't speak to his audience, it is harder to see into his mind
-Tragic Hero
-Beginning of play uses indirect characterization: noble, honorable, etc.
-Everything in the play is the function of Macbeth's own decisions
-He knows his actions will lead to his own demise 
-Lady MacBeth is the agent of evil in the beginning (masculine personality)     
-Lady Macbeth fueled Macbeth's evil side   
-Macbeth continues to kill becaue that is his only solution to the problem

Day 2
-Lady Macbeth represents pure force
-because both lady Macbeth and Macbeth have their own motivations, their marriage becomes strained        
-Macbeth has a guilty conscience so he still knows right from wrong
-loses his humanity by committing his murders
-becomes stoic        
-The Three Witches plant the ideas in Macbeth's mind, they taunt him

Macbeth Soliloquy

"Collaboration is NOT Cheating"

So today in zero period a group of sophomores eagerly asked Mariah and I if we could recite our Macbeth Soliloquy on video. And how could we resist such eager students yearning to learn? Mariah and I decided to say the poem together, alternating lines since "collaboration is not cheating." And even better then that the sophomores got extra credit for taping us. So we all essentially collaborated together to get a positive outcome on all ends of the spectrum.

Macbeth Test

1.Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by

A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.

Act 1 Scene 2

2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him

B. the Thane of Cawdor him.

Act 1 Scene 2

3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
A. I and II
Act 1 Scene 3

4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. his titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
Act 1 Scene 3

5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to

A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.

Act 1 Scene 4

6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of

C. personification.

Act 1 Scene 4

7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being

B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
Act 1 Scene 5

8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?

"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
A. I and III
Act 1 scene 7

9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he

B. is concerned over the succession to the throne.
Act 1 Scene 7

 

10. As part of the plan to kill the king, Lady Macbeth would

A. get the chamberlains drunk.
Act 1 Scene 7

11. Trace Macbeth's transformation from a good man to an evil man.
Initially Macbeth does not want anything to do with killing for power but as the play progresses Macbeth finds it easier to kill without second thoughts.

12. What motivates Macbeth to take the evil path he chooses?

Lady Macbeth motivates Macbeth to take the evil path.

13. What influence do the witches have on Macbeth?

Macbeth doesn't really rely on what the witches have said until more prophecies start coming true.

14. Contrast Macbeth's response to the witches' predictions with Banquo's.

Macbeth questions the predictions whereas Banquo worries the predictions are all too real.

15. Describe the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Trace how it changes over the course of the play.

At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth seems to "wear the pants". However as the play progresses and Macbeth's evil increases, his reliance on Lady Macbeth decreases.

 

1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the

A. ghost of Banquo.

Act 3 Scene 4.

2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that

A. she couldn't gain easy access to his bedchamber

Act 3 Scene 3

3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to

C. provide comic relief.

Act 2 Scene 3

4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder

A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.

Act 2 Scene 3

5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that

A. Banquo had thwarted their careers.

Act 3 Scene 1

 

6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by

A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo

Act 3 Scene 4

7. The Witches threw into the cauldron

"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)

"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)

"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)

A. I and II

Act 4 Scene 1

 

8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were

An armed head. (I)

A child with a crown. (II)

A bloody child (III)

C. I, II, and III

Act 4 Scene 1

9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he

B. suspects a trick.

Act 4 Scene 3

 

10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when

A. the witches rendezvous with Macbeth.

B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.

C. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to stand and fight.

11. What is the significance of the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I, i, 10)?

12. How does Macbeth function as a morality play?

13. How does Shakespeare use the technique of dramatic irony in Macbeth?

14. How does Lady Macbeth overcome her husband's resistance to the idea of killing King Duncan?

15. Contrast Macduff's response to the news of his wife's and children's deaths with Macbeth's response to being told Lady Macbeth is dead

Macbeth Notes

Plot:
-play begins with appearance of witches
-Macbeth and Banquo two separate invading armies,one from Ireland, led by the rebel Macdonwald, and one from Norway
- Macbeth and Banquo run into the witches and they prophesizethat Macbeth will be made thane  of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland
-The previous thane of crawdor committed by fighting for the Norwegians

-Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to murder Duncan in order to become king
-Macbeth stabs Duncan in his sleep and kills the chamberlains 

-Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance so they can't take his
-Banquo is killed but not Fleance his son
-Banquo’s ghost visits Macbeth, this causes Macbeth to become frazzled and goes to visit the witches
- he is told he must beware of Macduff
-Macbeth orders Macduff's family to be executed
-Malcom and Macduff join forces to enact revenge amongst
-Lady Macbeth kills herself
-Since Macduff was not of woman born he is able to kill and behaed Macbeth

Characters:
Macbeth - Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis

Lady Macbeth - Macbeth’s wife

The Three Witches -plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies

Banquo - He is a General

King Duncan - The good King of Scotland

Macduff - A Scottish nobleman

Malcolm - The son of Duncan

Hecate - The goddess of witchcraft.

Fleance - Banquo’s son

The Crucible

Main Characters:
-Abigail Williams -  Reverend Parris’s niece, once the servant for the Proctor household, Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor 
          Traits: smart, a good liar, and vindictive 
-John Proctor -  Elizabeth Proctor’s husband, has an affair with Abigail 
         Traits: Stern, sharp tongued 
-Reverend John Hale -  young minister and an expert on witchcraft, comes to Salem to help stop the supposed witchcraft, he doesn't fall victim to the hysteria of this witchcraft
         Traits: Critical, intelligent
-Reverend Parris -   minister of Salem’s church, he has no problem pointing the finger at who he thinks the witches are
        Traits: Power Hungry
Plot Summary:
    After being caught dancing mysteriously in the woods by Reverend Parris, one of the girls, Betty falls ill. Immediately rumors of witchcraft flood the town. Everyone starts pointing fingers at Abigail and the rest of the girls claiming they're witches. The town falls into a state of hysteria. People start getting called out left and right for being witches and are sentenced to death. To test if people are witches they tie them down and throw them in the lake, if they float they are witches, if they drown and die, they are not.

Macbeth

Site 2,3,4,5
-Brutal and cynical story
-Both Macbeth and Mrs. Macbeth are murderers
-Shakespeare got this story from Holinshed's Chronicles
-"Macbeth"="Son of life" (ironic name seeing as how Macbeth murders people)\
-Macbeth's father Findeach was ruler of Moray
-Macbeth's mother was said to be the daughter of King Kenneth 2
-Mrs. Macbeth was the daughter of Biote
-Duncans son was Malcom and reigned as malcom 3
-The three witches in the story represent "weird", "destiny" and "fate"

The Real Macbeth
-Macbeth was written for King James
-1040 Macbeth Killed Duncan in battle
-Macbeth ended up being killed by Malcom, Duncan's son

-This story was set in the dark ages
-Macbeth was a psychological study for Shakespeare
-The changes Shakespeare made to Macbeth's story was to suck up to King James
-Sources that contributed to Macbeth include Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft and King James' Daemonolgie

Top 3 Blogs

Katie's video did a good job of summarizing the characters and theme in the limited amount of time.
http://kerhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

Mari's artistic skills are very good, and drawing each slide in this video must have taken a lot of time and effort. I also enjoyed the soothing music.
http://mjkrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

I like how Candace's video was composed of a bunch of pictures that represented the story.
http://crrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

Bless Me, Ultima

Mind Map

Literary Analysis Notes: Little Women

-Quote: "I’ll try and be what he loves to call me, “a little woman,” and not be rough and wild; but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else."
-Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
-Jo-outspoken
-Meg-materialistic
-Amy-values her materials
-Beth-down to earth
-The author quickly makes the distinction that although these girls are sisters, they aren't at all similar
-Stepping from childhood to adulthood in their own ways
-quote-“It’s nice to have accomplishments, and be elegant; but not to show off.”
-The girls must work for their successes and cannot be idle
-These girls are not conforming to the typical roles of women in this age
-They are having to learn to accept defeats in life
-quote-"Money is a needful and precious thing,—and, when well used, a noble thing,—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I’d rather see you poor men’s wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self- respect and peace"
-Tone-sympathetic
-Symbol-Umbrella
-Theme- Women struggling with who they are expected to be, and who they truly want to be (Gender roles)

Poetry Remix

These photo collages I put together represent the dramtic situation, theme and tone of the poems.

When You Are Old

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Remix

Here is my Remix

Bless Me, Ultima

1. Antonio is a young boy struggling with his cultural identity, when his grandma Ultima comes to live with him. Antonio's mother, being devoutly Catholic, doesn't enjoy the presence of Ultima and her healing powers. Antonio, however, takes a liking to Ultima and her remedies. Antonio finds himself in a struggle between following the path of faith, or following the path of land and nature like his grandma. He spends much of his time with Ultima learning the ways of the land. Antonio learns that his grandma has a spirit animal attached to her; an owl. When Ultima's owl is shot, Antonio realizes his grandma will too die. Knowing this, he buries the owl in the earth so that his grandma will always be a part of the land.
2. The theme in Bless Me, Ultima is the influence of culture on your decisions and your identity.
3. The tone in Bless Me, Ultima is seriousness.

-"They will burn sulfur instead of holy incense."

-"I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things" 
- "'Hell, Andy,' Gene said softly, 'we can't build our lives on their dreams. We're men, Andy, we're not boys any longer. We can't be tied down to old dreams-'" 
4. Magical Realism, Foreshadow, Symbols, Imagery and Similes are all literary devices used in Bless Me, Ultima.
-Magical Realism: Bless Me, Ultima is an example of magical realism. It contains evidence of the supernatural with witchcraft, and the owl representing Ultima's soul.
-Foreshadow: All of Antonio's dreams are examples of foreshadow. 
-Symbols: Ultima's owl is a symbol of her soul. The Golden Carp represents an alternative religion for Antonio.
"The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and grandeur of the great fish. Out of the corners of my eyes I saw Cico hold his hand to his breast as the golden carp glided by. Then with a switch of his powerful tail the golden carp disappeared into the shadowy water under the thicket."
Imagery: "The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood."
"There in the land of the dancing plains and rolling hills, there in the land which is the eagle's by day and the owl's by night is innocence. There where the lonely wind of the llano sang to the lovers' feat of your birth, there in those hills is your innocence"
Similes: "There are so many dreams to be fulfilled, but Ultima says a Man's destiny must unfold itself like a flower, with only the sun ad earth and water making it blossom, and no one else meddling in it."

Poem Analysis: Lines

Lines

Martha Collins

Draw a line. Write a line. There.
Stay in line, hold the line, a glance
between the lines is fine but don't
turn corners, cross, cut in, go over
or out, between two points of no
return's a line of flight, between
two points of view's a line of vision.
But a line of thought is rarely
straight, an open line's no party
line, however fine your point.
A line of fire communicates, but drop
your weapons and drop your line,
consider the shortest distance from x
to y, let x be me, let y be you.

1. Define the dramatic situation
- This poem isn't about lines, it seems to be about have to always do things perfectly in a relationship and having to abide by the rules of a "line".

2. Structure
-Repitition with the constant use of the word line. This poem is one stanza with no rhyme scheme.

3. Theme
- Just be in love and don't worry about all the little intricacies

4. Grammar and Meaning
- The entire poem is a metaphor for love, and the word line does not mean the dictionary definition of "line" in this poem, but rather would represent love.

5. Important Images
- "A line of fire communicates, but drop your weapons and drop your line,consider the shortest distance from x to y, let x be me, let y be you." I feel like this line sums up the entire poem and message.

6. Important Single Words
-LINE. This poem is based around the word line and its multiple meanings.

7. Tone
-The tone is persuasive making the reader rethink their view of not only the word line, but also relationships and expectations of those relationships.

8. Literary Devices
-The most evident literary device used in this poem is metaphor. The entire poem is a metaphor for love.

9. Flow
-The continuous use of the word "line" connects the poem together and makes it flow.

Gresham College Lectures

Tale of Two Cities
-Manchester-third city involved
-1857 Dickens assisted in writing The Frozen Deep; Dickens played Richard in this play; was to be played in Manchester
-Dickens fell in love with Ellen Turner, who played Lucy in The Frozen Deep, which is referenced in The Tale of Two Cities with the character Lucie
-Parallelism between The Frozen Deep and A Tale of Two Cities
-1858 Dickens started public readings of A Tale of Two Cities; became "The greatest reader, of the greatest writer, of this age."
-Dickens lived in London as a young child, "an extensive and peculiar knowledge of the city"
-This inspired his writing in A Tale of Two Cities
-Dickens first visited Paris in 1844
-London and Paris are the Two Cities
-Dickens visited Paris at least 15 times; span a time of political change
-"Wherever I turn a see some astonishing new works, doing or being done."
-Written around the time of the French Revolution
-was not a fan of Revolution, yet confronts it in this novel
-Novel was sent out in parts, like a series; episodes
-Wrote as he went along
-The events of the Revolution constitute one layer of the novel




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Study Questions

Questions

1.How did Pip gain such a name?

2.Why does the convict, whom jumped out of the bushes at Pip, request a file?

3.How is the scene with the policeman bursting through Pip's door ironic?

4.What advice does Joe give to Pip after he learns that Pip has lied about his experience at the Satis House?

5.Why does Pip decide to focus more on his schooling and even take on an extra class?

6.What does Pip hope to get out of visiting with Miss Havisham and Estella?

7.To Pip's dissappointment, what title does he earn?

8.How did Orlick frighten Pip as a child?

9.What tragic accident occurs to Mrs Joes?

10.What unruly trait does Pip develop as he learns he will soon inherit a fortune and become a gentleman?

Answers

1.Pip, really named Philip Pirrip, was unable to pronounce his own name as a child and thus decided to call himself Pip.

2.The convict plans to use the file to saw away his leg irons, or shackles.

3.This scene is ironic because the reader expects Pip to be in trouble because he helped covicts escape, but surprisingly and unexpectedly, the policemen end up recruiting Joe and Pip to help them capture these escaped convicts.

4.Joe tells Pip to keep company with his own class for the present and that he can succeed someday only if he takes an honest path.

5.He realizes he doesn't want to be seen as just a "common" person to people like Estella.

6.Pip hopes Miss Havisham will raise him from his low social standing and give him a gentleman’s fortune.

7.Pip earns the title of apprentice rather than gentleman.

8.When Pip was younger, Orlick convinced him that the devil lived inside the Forge.

9.Mrs. Joe is attacked and shot, leaving her unable to speak.

10.Pip becomes a snob.

Great Expectations Explication

During the first chapters of Great Expectations the plot is set and the characters are introduced. The most important character is Pip, both the narrator and main character. As a writer, Dickens’s had to focus on the development of Pip. This is do to the fact that Pip is a child and must appear as a child, but being the narrator, his words must also be able to fully articulate the story.

Pip, as many children would do, decides to help a man who needs help, although this man is a convict. Pip is worried about his own safety when he decides to help the convict, but still proceeds. This shows a positive side to Pip, but in the introduction of this novel we also see his flaws. Throughout the introduction, Dickens continues to show Pip's negative qualities; his dishonesty and his guilt. Relations in both Pip and Dickens can be seen in this introduction, because both Pip and Dickens didn't have the best upbringings.

In the introduction one of the most important characters is the convict. Although Pip thinks he will never see him again, this may not be the case. The convictions introduction is just that, an introduction. It seems that he will more than likely be a big part of the unraveling story.

Lit. Analysis

Jane Eyre

The Title Great Expectations

The novel Great Expectations, is all about a boy with great expectations. Unfortunately not all these expectations are reached. Pip's main goal is to become a gentleman, and he is able to achieve it in a way that wasn't expected. His great expectation was to earn the title through working for Miss. Havisham. However, he gains money that allows him to be a gentleman, from a criminal. These great expectations may not always be what you expected.

A Serial Killer

Serial Killer essay

Abstract

1. Background of a Serial Killer

-Serial killer: An individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Serial killers are not the same as mass murderers or spree killers. The majority of serial killers are white males in their late twenties to early thirties. Many Serial Killers often faced hardships in their childhood.

-First Serial Killer: One of the first documented serial killers was Herman Webster Mudgett, or H. H. Holmes. His killings occurred in 1893 in Chicago.

2. Need for this study

By studying serial killers, and the social, psycological and environmental factors that lead to the development of a serial killer, it may be possible to diminish the number of serial killers in society. If we can deduce what makes a serial killer, we can stop the process in which a serial killer is produced.

3. Purpose of my study

The purpose of my study is to understand how a serial killer comes to be. I am trying to learn whether it is just a mental dysfunction or whether it is other factors that create a serial killer.

4. Organization of the study

Knowledge of serial killers would be necessary to answer my question. I feel it will take many comparisons between vast majorities of killers in order to conclude what leads to the development of a serial killer. Of course I would visit libraries in order to find some information on serial killers. If possible it would be a great help to contact someone who has dealt first hand with serial killers such as FBI agents.

The Open Question

            In reading many novels I have found that it is rare that I make a true connection with any of the characters. They tend to appear static and just names on pages in my eyes. Hamlet however seemed to be a true person. He had flaws, and made mistakes and that’s what made him relatable. I felt compassion towards Hamlet because I could see myself in him.

            In no way was Hamlet flawless. He made mistakes and bad choices like most teenagers. One of the main things that make Hamlet so appealing to a reader is the fact that he is constantly toying over thoughts in his own head. He is essentially at odds with his own thoughts and feelings. I feel like I found I deep compassion with Hamlet, because of this fact alone. Being a teenager, I am constantly fighting with my own thoughts and having to make tough decisions. The entire plot of Hamlet was fueled by the thoughts that entered his head. He had to deal with his feelings for Ophelia, although he didn’t understand them half the time. He also had to deal with secrets of his father’s death that he probably would’ve rather not known about.  Hamlet is like most teenagers were they don’t even understand why they feel the way they feel or act the way they do.

            Shakespeare’s use of self-overhearing really is key to Hamlet’s success as a character. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t mulled over his or her thoughts aloud in order to come up with a concise decision in life. Hamlet as a character would be quite dull if we didn’t get to see his thought process. Seeing his thought process and having him speak of it aloud makes him admirable because the readers realize that they aren’t alone with some of the thoughts that constantly consume them.

            Many would view Hamlet’s actions as condemnable, and sure he didn’t always choose the right path, but I don’t think he should be condemned for any of his actions. Just as any normal person would, Hamlet made mistakes. Shakespeare’s development of Hamlet only caused me to admire him more. By delving into the mind of Hamlet he became a dynamic character; someone you could picture living in real life; someone who wasn’t perfect, but was entirely real.

            Overall Hamlet was one of many characters I have read about throughout my life. However I developed a strong admiration for Hamlet because he was just a normal teenager living with the torment of having to deal with teenager’s thoughts. He had to make decisions about love and family just like any teenager would. Even though Hamlet was written years ago, being a teenager hasn’t changed much. We all still have to deal with the craziness inside our own heads just as Hamlet did.

            

The Open Question

  "By their deeds shall ye know them." Without actions, characters are nothing to a reader but words on a page. Through characters actions readers develop an admiration or hatred towards the character; they make connections with the characters. Characters can be misunderstood, loved, and admired all at the same time, like Hamlet. The development of Hamlet's character was such a complex development, but it was successful because of Shakespeare's use of performative utterance, imagery, and foreshadowing.
  Hamlet is, in a lot of ways, a typical teenager. He is moody, indecisive, and even a little bit annoying. However, we see Hamlet develop into a man through performative utterance. We see him initially whining about how bad his life is, then changing into a person who ways the pros and cons of a situation. Shakespeare showed the growth of Hamlet. Performative utterance is what made Hamlet share his thoughts and feelings with the audience. We were right there with him as Hamlet grew from a boy to a man, someone all readers could respect.
    Shakespeare's use of imagery along with foreshadowing also helped the development of the play. Right off the bat the play opens with an eerie clock striking midnight. This lets the reader know that this will most likely be an ominous play. The dark night also adds to the mystery of both the story and Hamlet. The imagery in a sense not only described the world around Hamlet, but also described Hamlet himself. Shakespeare also foreshadowed death in the play which made the reader want to continuously turn the page. Not only did the reader want to know the outcome of the story, but this use of foreshadowing made the reader want to know how Hamlet would handle all of this. Hamlet was able to handle this unfortunate future gracefully and led me to gain respect for his character.
  Shakespeare's use of performative utterance, imagery, and foreshadowing made Hamlet the respected character known today. I never really doubted or disliked Hamlet, but throughout the story I grew to like him even more. Many other reader's would probably find Hamlet a disgrace at first, but because of Shakespeare's successful use of literary techniques Hamlet is a character that has gained respect.