BLog #4

In pride and prejudice, Symbols are not found in objects, but rather in the Characters. Mr. Darcy is a symbol for upper class society, reflected in his estate and manner. Elizabeth reflects the next step down; however, her only dividing factor is money. Thus, money tends to symbolize social status and class, and is reflected in the characters in manner and presence.

#3 setting

Both Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice both share extravagance in the architecture in which the stories take place, but differ in the tone and mood created. Hamlet takes place mostly in a castle and the surrounding city, a dense labyrinth setting a tone and mood for deception. There are always corners to hide around, places to spy on other people, a common theme throughout the plays entirety. The dark castle, a common theme in shakespeare, also reflects hamlets mind, clouded, twisted, and easily lost in. On the other hand, The same extravagance in Pride and Prejudice reflects more on the social status on the individuals. Pemberly's size and amount of rooms highlights the class difference between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. There is also a liveliness in Pemberly that The castle lacks, giving of a happier comedic tone. The setting in both works mean everything, and are significantly utilized to reflect upon the characters ambitions.

Character

For the sake of consistency lets take the male protagonist of both Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet and Mr. Darcy. Both are generally different in mind body and motive, but the do share one common aspect of indecisiveness. Hamlet incapable of making a clear decision on whether to kill king Claudius till the 5th act at the very end of the play. Mr. Darcy takes an entire novel to realize his own hubris, and finally see that Elizabeth who he truly loves. They both share completely different backgrounds and time periods, but both characters appear to link a common factor seen in their stories. It is the indecisiveness in character that also allows for them to be explored in more depth. With each failure of action allows the character to self reflect and question themselves further. The reader gathers more insight into their struggle, and with the advent of their resolutions, the reader feels the same as the character emotionally. Thus, Darcy and Hamlet, could be considered the same person thrown into two different situations.

Plot

Both fiction and drama share the form of rising and falling actions, but their approach in how they convey this structure differs in plot and dialogue. In Hamlet, this structure is elongated, where the rising action is in the very beginning of the play, but reflecting on indecisiveness, the build to a climax and falling action occurs five acts later. In Pride and Prejudice, conflict seems to occur throughout the novel, but there is an underlying story line that is shadowed by side characters and dialogue. Unlike Hamlet, the story line in Pride and Prejudice also tends to flow more fluidly; there is always some action going on that builds up to something greater. Action in Hamlet tends to be polarized, either on or off, but still retains the same structure in plot.

Hamlet Essay response

When I discussed Hamlet's mind, I was trying to look at more of the origin of his speech patters rather than the patterns themselves, thats why it might have appeared otherwise. As for the (s) I should have caught those, but its hard for me sometimes to catch the little things, and is something I need to improve. I think its because I'm looking more at structure rather than grammar.

Poetry Essay

Time is of the essence. That seems to be a issue of utter importance to Robert Herrick in "To the Virgins, Make much of time" and Andrew Marvell in "To His Coy Mistress," but to what means? It would only be love, or perhaps a carnal desire, that would have a force strong enough to fight the perpetuity of time. The poems carry out the same message, Carpe Diem, that time is to short to waste and that what is left must be ceased now. Though this message seems clear to be purely carnal, it is deeply shadowed in metaphor to make it appear otherwise. No matter how much they attempt to hide the fact, both Herrick and Marvell set out to establish a sense of urgency, a need to cease the day and convince those who they desire that the time they have together is quickly withering away.

poetry comparison

Ozymandias depicts the perpetuity of time and how it is capable of deteriorating even the king of kings. His syntax also becomes more fragmented ad the poem progresses, reflecting on its metaphoric meaning. On the other hand, Cummings poem depicts the same perpetuity of time, but has a goal, to convince a girl to bed with him. Both poems share a common theme that time is always chasing behind them and that it is a powerful destructive force, but Ozymandias is more literal, where cummings is more manipulative.