Nateb6’s Comments (group member since Jan 11, 2016)

Nateb6’s comments from the Ms. A's Advanced English Book Discussions group.

Brock, I agree with you about everything that you said. We both talked about how the characters were the same and the fact that revenge was sought out by each son. I think the point you made about the "good" being returned was very interesting. I never really thought about it in that light until you put it that way. You made a lot of points that really showed the similarities in the two stories.

I think that Lion King is a very direct representation of Hamlet. The most obvious of the direct correlations is the characters of Scar and Simba. Scar would be King Claudius and Simba would be Hamlet. These characters are the most obvious choices because they follow the same exact paths that the characters in the story do too. Besides those two, another main example is the fact that the king is slain in each story by his brother. This is the foundation for both stories and this event ties both of them together. Another main thing that correlates the two stories is the fact that both main characters were banished for their actions and returned to help those around them escape peril. Lastly, the reason why these two stories are alike is because of the fact that revenge is sought after time by each character. Each character had a lot of time to know what they were going to do and they succeeded in killing their uncles.

I would have to agree with Carter. The actors and actresses do a lot of hard work to remember all of this because it's almost like studying a whole new language and reciting it. I am glad that I don't have to do that as a job because I would never be able to remember anything. I have a lot more respect for our acting citizens because it was hard enough just to do 16 lines, let alone a whole piece of work.

In my opinion, I did decent but I could've done a lot better. I feel like it was a lot easier when it was just myself running it through my head than when I had to say everything out loud. I stumbled more than once talking and I know that I messed up multiple times. One thing I did well was remembering every word. I had to take a couple breaks, but I came back and finished it. One thing that was hard for me was to keep it fresh in my head. I had to constantly think about it the whole time, otherwise it was going to leave and I wouldn't remember.

Back in the day, I think that it would've been very difficult for anyone to perform Shakespeare. Not only because the words were hard and they had deeper meaning, but because of the fact that everyone had such high regards for the plays. You had to be a great actor/actress because everyone expected so much from a Shakespeare product. I think that people who perform Shakespeare today deserve an award because it is so hard to get into it and understand it. After this I feel like the play makes a little more sense because I know that there is a lot deeper meaning in the play.

I think that the most accurate representation of the soliloquy was the one performed by Mel Gibson. This version did the best job of capturing the theme and the mood that Shakespeare intended for it. Mel Gibson did a great job of portraying the attitude of a heartbroken man who had just lost his father and found out his uncle wasn't a very good brother. You could see real emotion and real angst, and for these reasons and many more Mel Gibson did the best job of portraying Hamlet.

BradR5595 wrote: "Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"
I don't think that Shakespeare did write the plays. I think that he wa..."

It is interesting that the sea thing came up because almost every single author that writes about sea has never gone. And it is interesting to think that the signature has drawn so much because almost every time someone signs their name it's different, and that's even to today.

Brockj wrote: "I think he was a real person, but I do not believe the William Shakespeare wrote all of these works. Although all of the articles we read gave sufficient evidence, the fact that stood out the most ..."

There is hardly any evidence, but that can also help to prove that he could've wrote these books. We don't know where he was during this time. He might not have been in school, but he also could've been learning from others at the time. I think that William Shakespeare didn't take the traditional route to the top but he still ended up there.

Jadync4 wrote: "Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"

I do not believe William Shakespeare really wrote all of the plays. I..."
I think that you made some great points, but it would be hard to look back at who actually wrote all the plays now. You'd just have to leave it as it is because we don't have enough information about the situation.

Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"

I think that Shakespeare did write the plays. Everyone's main argument is that there was all this time that no one knew what Shakespeare was doing, but why couldn't he have received an education? Shakespeare had a poor family and was a poor man, but he still was very wise and knew a lot of people that could have helped him. It would be easy to say that, but how could one man give another credit for some of the most popular plays in the history of the world? Shakespeare has almost 37 plays to his name. It's just hard to fathom that one man couldn't do a big part of the work for that many plays and over 150 sonnets! Walt Disney dropped out of school also. Does this mean that since he didn't finish school his works can't possibly be his own. No, we know that because Disney is the most popular movie company in the world and Shakespeare is the most popular author of all time.