Period 1 Rycharski, Gregory: March 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

McMurphy's Journal

That nurse ain’t gonna know what hit her after I’m through with this bet. First, I must get that ball-cutter back down after sayin’ I was McMurry. McMurry?! Ooh, she’s in for something that even ol’ Uncle Hallahan would be proud of! Prob’ly will do something involvin’ clothing…or lack thereof… I’ll show that Harding…rabbit…and the rest of that lot who’s the real psychopath in this ward!

McMurphy

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Hamlet's Office Supply Store

Gertrude

Scissors (cutting out King Hamlet from her life): "Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she remarried." (Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 153-156)

Post-it notes (announces off-stage events [usually bad]): "One woe doth tread upon another's heel, so fast they follow." (Act 4, Scene 7, Lines 162-163)

Ophelia

Paper clip (emotions easily disturbed and changed): "Oh, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs all from her father's death, and now look at her!" (Act 4, Scene 5, Lines 73-74)

Ruler (measures and judges faithfulness): "There's fennel for you, and columbines." (Act 4, Scene 5, Line 179) (fennel and columbines symbolize adultery)

Laertes

Staple (quickly makes permanent decisions): "I dare damnation. To this point I stand that both the worlds I give negligence to. Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged most thoroughly for my father." (Act 4, Scene 5, Lines 131-134)

Pencil (able to write and change his plans and ideas as he sees fit): "Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Mine and my father's deaths come not on thee, nor thine on thee." (Act 5, Scene 2, lines 330-332)

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Beautiful, thy Name is Flowers

Beautiful, thy Name is Flowers feature bouquets - Hamlet Series

Hamlet: orange Snapdragons (Deception; Hamlet must act mentally insane in order to confirm that Claudius killed his father), yellow Zinnias (daily remembrance; Hamlet constantly has his father on his mind, and how he can avenge him), dead leaves (sadness; Hamlet mourns over the death and murder of his father), dark crimson roses (mourning; Hamlet mourns over the death and murder of his father).

Horatio: white Forget-me-nots (memories; Hamlet tells Horatio to stay alive in order for others to hear what had happened), red Daffodils (respect, unrequited love; Horatio deeply cares and admires Hamlet), white Chrysanthemums (truth; Horatio is the only person left alive to tell the entire story of Hamlet).

Laertes: red Chrysanthemums (Love; Laertes deeply cares and loves his sister Ophelia), orange Lilies (hatred; Laertes swears revenge on Hamlet for Polonius and Ophelia), dark crimson roses (mourning; Laertes mourns the death of his father and sister).

Claudius: Monkshoods (foe is near; Hamlet, his son/nephew, is sworn on avenging his father by killing Claudius), orange Marigolds (cruelty and jealousy; Claudius’s desire for Gertrude leads him to kill his brother), purple Anemones (forsaken; because he killed his brother, Claudius is now unable to pray, unable to ask for forgiveness).

" Flower Colors & Rose Symbolization What does that flower Symbolize or Mean?." Tara Florist St. Joseph & Benton Harbor Order Online 269-983-6533. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://www.taraflorist.com/tarafloristflowersymbolization.aspx>

"The Meaning Behind Your Flowers | WeddingWire: The Blog." Wedding Blog | Wedding Planning Ideas | Real Weddings | WeddingWire Updates | Wedding Blogs. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://blog.weddingwire.com/index.php/weddings/the-meaning-behind-your-flowers/>