Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1

1.) Interest is created in this opening scene by having the king's ghost appear. This causes confusion and fear among the sentinels and castle.

2.) We are told that this ghost has appeared before. He looks just like the king and is dressed in armor as if ready for war. When they ask him questions he does not answer. The king also disappears and comes back many times causing much confusion and keeping people on their toes.

3.) Marcellus tries to strike the ghost but it disappears again. They realize that the ghost could be trying to warn them of something so they decide to tell Hamlet.

4.) The mood of the scene is eerie.

5.) The sentries are apprehensive because the ghost looks like the king. The ghost also disappears and appears out of no where.

6.) Horatio thinks the ghost came to secretly warn of the countries fate or to come back for treasure they left upon the earth.

7.) Barnardo, Francisco, Horatio, Marcellus, and the King's Ghost

8.) Horatio says the old King defeated old King Fortinbras.

9.) Young Fortinbras is the prince of Norway and the son of Old King Fortinbras.

10.) He says Rome had people coming out of their tombs, comets had fiery tails and dews of blood, there was portents in the sun, and the moon was almost eclipsed.

11.) Horatio knows a lot more about the history of things and is a scholar, like Hamlet.

12.) Horatio is in scene 1 to give us back ground information and to set up the story.

13.) We are told that Denmark and Norway are enemies and have been for a long time.

Fit 4

1.) When Gawain comes upon Bertilak's castle it is like he is crossing over into heaven. He is very much alive and confident when he first leaves king Arthur's kingdom and is living in the present. When he arrives at Bertilak's castle it is like he is crossing into heaven. When he gets there they play games, drink, and are merry. When he leaves the castle things turn to worse for him and he becomes very disappointed in himself.
2.) Gawain is reborn physically because his life is spared during the beheading contest with the Green Knight. He is reborn spiritually because he learns not to put his faith in objects but rather in God. In the beheading contest rather than chopping his head off the first time he swing three times and never fully cuts off his head he only gets a cut on his neck. He is very disappointed in himself when he puts his faith in the green girdle that the Lady gave him because he thought it could save his life but really he is going to be mad at himself for the rest of his time thinking he failed.
3.) I agree with the Green Knights point of Gawain. The Green Knight knows that Gawain failed but he focuses more on the accomplishments rather than the negative things he did. He helps Gawain know that he did more good than bad and he should be proud of himself.
4.) I think Gawain will be mad at himself for the rest of his life but I think it will help him as a knight. Him being mad will help encourage him to do better and make a better name for himself.
5.) I believe Morgan La Fey is the one that is in control of the book. She is one that is making every one play the game to test Gawain. She took the power of Merlyn making her very powerful. She controls the Green Knight and the Lady which are the ones that are influencing Gawain.

fit 3

2.) Gawain's faith is tested in fit three. He is still obsessed with being perfect and does not want to do anything that will ruin his relationship with god or the king. He still has honor because he never dishonored the king or lady. He never slept with the King's wife. He did not dishonor the lady in the long run because in the end he accepts the green girdle as a gift to save his life and he also hid it from the king, just as she asked.

3.) The climax is when Gawain find the Green Chapel and encounters the Green Knight. When the Green Knight tries to cut Gawain with the axe three times and it barely harms him.

4.) I think the green girdle is a symbol of Gawain's fate because it saves his life and it was all part of the plan for the Lady to give it to him once she realized she could not go any further with Gawain.

5.) Gawain makes the sign of the Cross, as if by prayer to escape the Lady knowing that she has entered his room once again to try to seduce him. When Gawain resists the Lady he says he will be her knight and that God would reward her. He probably says this so that she knows something greater than him will come being rewarded by God and having great value.

Gawain questions fit 3 #1

In fit three there are three hunting scenes and three bedroom senses. Every time they go out to hunt it becomes harder for them to catch and kill their prey. Every time the lady tries to seduce Gawain it becomes harder for him to resist her temptation. The hunting symbolize the Lady hunting Sir Gawain.

When Bertilak and his men go out hunting for the first day it is a game to them. They watched the male deer run by and then when the female deers passed they easily shot them down and killed them. This hunt was a very loud hunt with much yelling and dogs sounding. After killing the deer they tear them apart and keep what ever they want of the deer and leave the rest for what ever animal needs it. In the first scene in the bedroom the lady traps Gawain and sneaks up on him like they snuck up on the deer. The idea of the hunters picking apart the deer symbolizes how the Lady traps Gawain with her words and picks him apart to get what she needs out of him and to see if he will easily cave into her temptation. She talks him up trying to make him seem great and to make it seem like she actually adores him. She leaves him with a kiss and tells him he is not as great as he was talked up to be because he refused her.

In the second hunt the men use the dogs to trap and find the boar. Unlike the deer the boar threatens the hunters and fights back in a way. They shoot the boar with bow and arrows but this tactic does not work the same way it did with the deer, what was thrown at the boar didn't even hurt or affect him. Bertilak chases this beast into the dark and it is turned into a day long hunt. They trapped him again and no one was brave enough to defeat him so Bertilak goes at him with a sword and kills him letting the dogs eat the dead boar and takes what he wants. Like the boar Gawain starts to fight back but allows the Lady to do much more with him and manipulate him.

The third animal they hunt is a fox who is very hard to catch due to its size and speed. The fox runs as far as he can before he realizes he can not run any further and is found by the hounds. The Lady still tries to trap Gawain with words and make him feel in denial for not sleeping with her. She then gives him the green girdle which he did not want to accept from her until he learned it could save his life.