Quotations:
Act 1
“You must know, your father lost a father,/that father lost, lost his… But to persever ‘tis unmanly grief;/ It shows a will most incorrect to heaven, a heart unfortified, a mind impatient, an understanding simple and unschool’d…”
“Revenge his foul and most unnatural murther.”
Act 2
“What a piece of work is man? How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving… in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god - the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!”
Act 3
“... If thou wilt marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them”
“Give me that man. That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him in my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart, as I do thee”
Act 4
“What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.”
“Sith I have cause, and will and strength, and means to do’t...exposing what mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death, and danger dare. How stand I, then taht have a father killed, a mother stained, excitements of my reason and my blood. Go to their graves like beds, My thought be bloody, or be nothing worth!” aka #12 in the packet
“Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand,That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged most thoroughly for my father.”
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds”
Act 5
“Does it not, think thee, stand me now upon—He that hath killed my king and whored my mother, Popp'd in between th' election and my hopes,Thrown out his angle for my proper life, And with such cozenage—isn't not perfect conscience. To quit him with this arm? And is 't notto bedamned To let this canker of our nature come In further evil?”
“O yet defend me, friends. I am but hurt.”
AP prompt: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.
Thesis statement:
In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, it may appear that Hamlet's primary power struggle is to avenge his father’s death and restore order and health to the body of Denmark. However, this obvious struggle is fueled by Hamlet's internal conflict -- negotiating the masculine and feminine sides of his personality. According to Stratos E. Constantinidis, “the function of revenge is a symbolic restitution of patriarchal order, but is also the restitution of Hamlet’s male identity: to be able to kill is to prove oneself as a man, to take back an honor lost with the death of one’s father” (145).
Secondary Sources:
1st Outside Source: In many cases the female players emphasize Hamlet’s masculinity, and the male players [play up] his femininity. pg 145 “Text and Presentation, 2007” edited by Stratos E. Constantinidis
“In Hamlet, the function of revenge is a symbolic restitution of patriarchal order, but is also the restitution of Hamlet’s male identity: to be able to kill is to prove oneself as a man, to take back an honor lost with the death of one’s father” (Constantinidis 145).
file:///C:/Users/hsmap/Downloads/158-154-1-PB.pdf
2nd Outside Source: http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/download/j.css.1923669720090505.011/154
“The other side of the coin shows that it is due to his femininity that Hamlet maintains a tender heart toward his people. Unlike Fortinbras, Laertes and even the Greek hero Pyrrhus who are determined to avenge their fathers, Hamlet is never ready for the revenge since he cannot harden his heart to kill anyone, including his enemies” (Canadian Social Science 4).
The Hamlet Games
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Based on the movie by Nina Jacobson
John Kilik
Written and Produced by Haley Moses
Sierra Longmire
Evie Davis
Hannah Than Win
Cast
Katniss (Evie) Hamlet
Snow (Hannah) Claudius
Peeta (Haley) Ophelia
Gale (Sierra) Gertrude
Game Makers (voice-over) Narrator
Primrose Horatio
Outline
- Starts off with President Snow (Claudius) introducing himself and the games.
- Introduce the thesis by the ghost of Hamlet Sr. or by the narrator
- During the reaping, the ghost of Hamlet will say, “Who wants to avenge my death and prove their worth?” then Hamlet will declare, “I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!”
- Hamlet and Gertrude talk in privacy with each other and Gertrude says that the kingdom just wants a good show and to not let them entice you to kill and seek revenge. And here, we would introduce the complexity of Hamlet’s feminine and masculine side by having Hamlet say that he wants to kill for revenge however he is still very emotional about the death of his father.
- Flash Forward to the start/very short Hunger Games, and then go to the end with Ophelia (le new Peeta) and Hamlet doing the thing with the suicide and the berries, but stupid Ophelia actually eats the berries by accident- tada
- E’rybody is dead at this point that they eat the berries
The Hamlet Games
Haley Moses, Sierra, Evie, Hannah
Ms. Wilson
English IVA
13 December 2015
I have read
and understand the sections in the Student Handbook regarding Mason High
School's Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page
of my paper, I am certifying that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the
process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or
plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the
possible consequences of the act, which could include a "0" on the
paper, as well as an "F" as a final grade in the course.
Script
Start off by introducing actors and their roles…
Snow:
District of Denmark, welcome to 72nd annual Hamlet Games.
Only the strongest will survive.
When you think of power; think of me, Claudius.
Thou will have no time to grieve over losses or deaths.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
Katniss:
*under her breath to Gale*
“What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed?
a beast, no more.”
Gale:
Katniss, why does thou have such anger towards President Snow?
Katniss:
His power is misplaced. The power is not rightfully his.
He took it with greed and envy- sins and loath.
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds. “
I will have no bounds.
Gale:
I beg of thee to not
I have lost already my beloved,
and now this bloody game is means to lose another
*Scene turns to President Snow picking a name out of a jar*
President Snow:
And the chosen one from district 12 is Primrose
*Hamlet Sr. (the ghost) says faintly in background*
King Hamlet:
Who wants to avenge my death and prove their worth, power, and masculinity?
*Katniss looks frightened and runs through the crowd*
Katniss: *screams*
“He that hath kill'd my king and whored my mother...
bedamned to let this canker of our nature come in further evil. “
I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!
*Gale shouts to Katniss as she is being dragged away*
Gale: Katniss they only want to see a good show, do not fall into the traps of emotion and get yourself killed. Revenge is not the answer
*Katniss replies to herself as she is being dragged*
Katniss: I cannot come to terms with myself. I need to kill Snow to avenge the death my great father but I cannot overcome to emotions that travel with me everyday since the day of his death. Why thus I must possess these emotional qualities?
END SCENE TO KATNISS BEING IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE GAME
*Katniss shows off her skills*
Game Makers: In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, it may appear that Hamlet's primary power struggle is to avenge his father’s death and restore order and health to the body of Denmark. However, this obvious struggle is fueled by Hamlet's internal conflict -- negotiating the masculine and feminine sides of his personality. According to Stratos E. Constantinidis, “the function of revenge is a symbolic restitution of patriarchal order, but is also the restitution of Hamlet’s male identity: to be able to kill is to prove oneself as a man, to take back an honor lost with the death of one’s father” (145).
Katniss
From my sheath, I draw my arrows
and aim at the hearts of those responsible for the stolen power
Hear what I say
The time will come when I avenge the deaths
of those previously forced into this blasphemous state
I hereby challenge Snow to a game for the gods
Snow
Her talents are mighty and her determination is great,
But her feminist qualities will be her own death. “[She] must know, [her] father lost a father,/that father lost, lost his… But to persever ‘tis unmanly grief.”
Narrator (Game Makers)
Within the government, President Snow takes advantage of the power that is given to him based upon his leadership roles, which is parallel to Claudius taking advantage of Gertrude’s grief and marrying her quickly after her husband’s death. Katniss takes it upon herself to overcome what she believes is unjust within the districts to level the power just as Hamlet tries to overcome the power and deceit of his uncle who becomes the new king even though the throne rightfully belongs to Hamlet. The urge that Katniss gets to take a stand to fight for her district is the similar to the masculinity that Hamlet experiences when he decides to avenge his father’s death.
*Action of hunger games*
*Peeta and Katniss left alive as final two*
Peeta:
Katniss I am in love with you and I will not let you die. I will eat these poison berries as a token of my love, and an end to my life to keep you alive.
Katniss:
Peeta, no!!! We will both act as though to eat them, commit suicide and have no winner. “Exposing what mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death and danger dare.” The capital will never allow it, Peeta.
“My thought be bloody, or be nothing worth!”
Flashback scene:
Katniss:
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep
*starts to act to eat berries and Peeta actually does*
*Peeta collapses*
Peeta:
Katniss, before I pass I want to say, “ If thou wilt marry, marry a fool;” You can do this Katniss, don’t be the fool.
Katniss:
If I will not avenge the death of only my father, let me avenge the death of my father and my now lost love, Peeta. But courage does not lie within me; lend me your strength.
Sir Hamlet:
Katniss, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murther”. I need not remind you again. Do this for me. For for power, for love and to prove yourself.
Game Makers:
Death is a common theme within Hamlet and The Hunger Games. Peeta who is represented of Ophelia, in troubling times, commits suicide. In Hamlet, the topic of suicide was quite controversial because it is seen as a sin. The unnatural deaths described include death by the hand of another and suicide. Just as Ophelia unexpectedly met her end, so did Peeta. His demise, too, remains unclear if the guilt of the games had driven him to take his own life or if his instincts took over from the sweet taste of berries. Food is also a common theme between the two because in The Hunger Games, the food provided by the government corresponds with death and decay, the berries that Peeta eats, while in Hamlet, food is a symbol to represent the decay that is figuratively occurring within the power struggles in the government and literal decay of human lives. When the opportunity of avenging the death of his father is handed to Hamlet, a feminine side is revealed. “Due to [his] femininity, [Hamlet] maintains a tender heart toward his people. Unlike [other enemies] who are determined to avenge their father's, [Hamlet] is [hesitant] to kill anyone, including [his] enemies” (Canadian Social Science 4). Hamlet cowards on gaining the head of the throne and at first rejects the idea of murder which is seen as weak, a feminine quality during the time. In comparison, in The Hunger Games, Katniss expresses her care for others in her district.
Gale:
Katniss, how do you fair?
Katniss:
Flee this place if you wish not to witness the act of revenge. “So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear.”
*Mumbles to self: I must remember father’s words: “Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive
Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven”
*Katniss sneakily runs toward Snow when his back is turned
*Katniss stabs Snow
Snow:
“O yet defend me, friends. I am but hurt.”
*Katniss takes the leftover berries that she did not eat and shoves them in Snow’s mouth*
Snow:
My very own niece. My daughter.
Katniss:
My work is done. A dead man can no longer have undeserving power. But what shall I do now that I have lost everyone in my life…
*Eats last berry*
THE END
Works Cited
Shakespeare, William, and Harold Jenkins. Hamlet. London: Methuen, 1982. Print.
"Hamlet's Feminity." Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Cultur, 31 Oct. 2009. Web.
Constantinidis, Stratos E. Text and Presentation. Jefferson: McFarland &, Incorporated, 2006. Print.
"Hunger Games Trailer 1." The Hunger Games Official Trailer #1 - Movie (2012) HD. Movieclips Trailers, n.d. Web.
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