Pastoral Blog/Rural Living

I don't mind living in a rural area but sometimes it gets pretty boring. The benefits are that it's pretty safe here and that you know many people. People are friendly here. The drawbacks are that there isn't much to do and people know everything about you. Rumors are easily spread in a rural area. I don't plan to live in a rural area later on in life because I think that there is so much out there to do and to visit. I want to see what is outside of O'Neill, Nebraska.

Hamlet/Macbeth Comparison Contrast

1. Power

Hamlet-Claudius is power hungry so he kills King Hamlet. Claudius becomes king. Claudius doesn't confess until the play that Hamlet puts on. When the killing scene comes up Claudius wants the lights turned on and he walks out. Claudius eventually feels guilty for the crime that he committed and ends up getting killed.

Macbeth-Macbeth wants power so much that he is willing to kill his cousin to become King. Macbeth feels guilty right away. Macbeth thinks being king is to much work. Power is a very powerful thing and it gets to be to much. Macbeth gets killed and Malcom comes to reign.

2. Ophelia/Lady Macbeth

Hamlet-In Hamlet Ophelia is a motherly figure. She is always singing however she goes crazy due to her father's death. She is picking flowers done by a river and falls into the water and drowns, all the while she is singing.

Macbeth-In Macbeth Lady Macbeth is a motherly figure. She sings and has also gone crazy due to deaths. She ends up committing suicide by jumping off the castle.

3. Psychiatric Problems

Hamlet-Their family had a tendency to be crazy and dramatic. Examples include Hamlet, Ophelia. Hamlet was dramatic because he started to believe he was seeing his father's ghost. Ophelia was crazy because there was speculations on whether is killed herself or just drowned.

Macbeth-Lady Macbeth went crazy after the events of Duncan's murder because she had nightmares and she sleepwalked. She thought that she has blood all over her hands.

Macbeth Predisscusion Questions

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Circle either agree or disagree for each statement. There are no right or wrong answers, and you will not be graded on which one you choose.

Agree/Disagree 1. Our fate is predetermined.

Agree/Disagree 2. It is natural for humans to strive for power.

Agree/Disagree 3. When in power, humans will do anything to maintain it.

Agree/Disagree 4. An accomplice is just as guilty as the person who commits a crime.

Agree/Disagree 5. If you kill, you should be killed in return (“an eye for an eye”).


2. I think that it is natural for humans to strive for power. Humans want to be the best and have control over everything that they can. However, some people care less about have a certain degree of power.
5. I don't think that a person should be killed if they have killed someone. I don't think that's right. I do think that they should be put in jail for the rest of their life though.

Hamlet Act 3 Journal

1. I agree to not overreacting in the play. The queen player is my favorite because she is honest.
2. Yea he is a little bit rude toward his mother and Ophelia. Hamlet can be rude and sometimes pretty dramatic so I don't care for him as a character. It makes him a good character for this story.
3. He feels guilty because he feels bad about it. I think that he could be redeemed.
4. In a lot of the movies there are characters that a self-fish and think to highly of themselves and something happens and they become more humble. I don't know if Hamlet will overcome his flaws or not.
5. I don't think it was in the room; Hamlet might have imagined it.

Hamlet Act 2 Journal

1. I think that Polonius likes to make plans and to secretive.
2. Hamlet thinks that the world is like a prison, and it's unfair. I am an optimist because I try to look for the good in the world.
3. Yes, because he thinks he can get more info about Hamlet.
4. I think that Hamlet is just pretending to be crazy because when he is by himself he is more calm and relaxed and not showing off.
5. I think he likes it because acting isn't reality. He uses it because it's not to risky. Yes, because he should have just listened to him.
6. No I don't think they are wrong for spying on him because they are trying to help and they were sent by the King and Queen. He problem feels bad that they had to send people to spy on him.

Hamlet Act 1 Journal

1. Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy, And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us. Therefore I have entreated him along With us to watch the minutes of this night, That if again this apparition come He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
It's saying that Horatio doesn't believe in the ghost and that it is fake, but if they see it again then he might believe if it speaks.
2. I am a Horatio because I don't believe in ghosts.
3. Hamlet: What they say/think:Line 67 It shows that Hamlet doesn't like his step-dad.
What they do: Scene 4 line 9 It shows that Hamlet is going to talk to the ghost.
How they are described: Scene 5 line 139 It shows that he is caring about other peoples opinions.
How others view them: line 149 It shows respect towards them.
He is a good character.
4.I would be shocked and curious. I would need more evidence. I wouldn't tell the secret.

Hamlet Predisscusion ?'s

1. I don't think that revenge is the way to go in dealing with someone because they will probably try to take revenge on you after that.
2. I think that it is better to think before you act because you can regret acting before thinking if you say something you shouldn't have.
3. I think that we create our own realities because there are so many opinions everywhere you go that, those opinions become your own reality.
4. The qualities of a good friendship are trust, communication, honesty, and being there for that person through the good and the bad. I don't think that it's ok to spy on a person but it is ok to check on them and make sure they are safe.
5. I do think that parents should let children make their own mistakes but the parent can guide them to help them make good choices; because parents aren't always going to be there when the kid goes off to college.
6. Yes, I do think that the child should be supportive of the parent because if the parent is happy then that's good and the child should try to help the parent.
7. Yes, I think there is a time when it goes to far, because you have to move on at sometime. It is ok to grieve though.