Act 1 Scene i,ii

Act I starts off with Bernardo and Marcellus telling Horatio about the ghost they saw two days ago and fully explained to him that the ghost they saw looked exactly like their late king, King Hamlet. As they talked more to Horatio about the ghost they saw, he bagan to not believe them and thought they were joking with him, until the ghost entered. Once Horatio saw the ghost he believed Bernardo and Marcellus and wanted to show Prince Hamlet right away. Horatio figured since the ghost was his father he would want to stay to talk to his son, however the ghost exits without any difficulty. After Marcellus is shocked that the ghost dissapeared. He says (scene I line 145 page 8) "We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery". At this point in time Prince Hamlet is very curious of his father's ghost's whereabouts and hopes he comes back to speak to him. Claudius thanks people for helping him with his brothers funeral and also with his own marriage. Claudius just married Gertrude and I can understand why Prince Hamlet is having an extremely hard time coping to all of this. He is still mourning the death of his father while Claudius and Gertrude are pushing him to stop. (scene II line 150 - 159 page 16) "O God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer - married with my uncle; My father's brother, but no more like my father Then I to Hercules. Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, Shes married. O,most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, not it cannot come to good. But break my heart, for I must hold my tounge"! I feel like Prince Hamlet was just letting some of his feelings out of the whole situation that's occurring. He is suprised that his own mother isn't mourning with him. She remarried with no problem while Prince Hamlet is falling apart. He feels like everything is just happening to quickly and he's becoming overwhelmed with everything and was thinking about suicide when Horatio enters his room. Horatio helps Prince Hamlet get over his upset feelings by starting to bring up the apparition. Prince Hamlet aggrees with Horatio and Marcellus to stay up and watch out for the ghost.

I believe that Kubla Khan is based on pure imagionation. Coleridge talks about and explains in depth on all different aspects of nature. Coleridge explains how strong one part of nature could be on one self. Such as a sacred river and how it could enable one's feeling. I feel as though this poem could be related to one's life. It could relate to someone's life who has a fast moving life. One's life whos always on the go, however it could also relate to someones life who is laid back. One's life who doesnt mind sitting back and watching whats going on around them. Coleridge brings out the gardens bright with sinuous rills, blossomed many incense-bearing trees and forests ancient as the hills enfolding sunny spots of greenery. That specific part to me makes me think of the good parts in life. With all the exciting and explanitory vocabulary used in those couple of lines can be broken down into much more. To either a fast life or a slow life the bottom line to me is never to indulge to much as once. Never to grab it all and not have any left for seconds because seconds might not be there when you go back for them. Coleridge cautions readers of the indulgement of one's imagionation. I believe this written to all people of different lives, because two different people can come together and be imagionative or adventerous but not to take in too much at once.

Shelley's Ozymandias begins with the three characters. The traveler, the narriator and Ozymandias. What I thought of when I read this is that the narriator is trying to get across to the reader that the traveler, who comes from a different and older land talks highly of something great. The traveler talks amazingly of a king. That king is said to be Ozymandias. It makes me think that Ozymandias is a higher power. Possibly an idol or a religious figure who is especially important to the traveler. The narriator could of experienced this in reality. He could of met a stranger and that stranger spoke greatly of a character who he made to look like such a amazing figure of a higher power then all of us. The narriator could be explaining his view of his experience to the reader.