Spencer’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2016)

Spencer’s comments from the Ms. A's Advanced English Book Discussions group.

I agree with you nate in saying that the characters are very similar. Scar and Simba show it the most because of their adventures they have to go through. Revenge is a big theme in both of the play and movie. They both did take time to plan their revenge, but in the end, they both did end up killing their uncles.

I believe that the Lion King and Hamlet can be very similar. The characters are a great representation of how similar the two can be. The main characters in the Lion King are very similar between the two. Simba and Scar are the same as Hamlet and Claudius. You can easily tell how thier characters are the similar. Even some of the side characters are the same as in Hamlet. Each character can represent someone from Hamelt in some way.
The storyline in the Lion King can be the same as Hamlet. Both have a son that is trying to take over the king. Both have the father of the son dead from a family member. That family member then takes over the place. The son then has to try to do what's right and take over the king. They both go through challenges as they're trying to take over. They both end with the king dying and peace being restored in some way.

In response to Brad: I agree with you when you said it's something we haven't done before. It was a different challenge that we had to do. I agree in saying that Shakespeare is harder to learn and perform now than it was back then. We aren't used to how they talked during thier time. Esepically since we only had to learn 16 lines, I can't imagine how they learned a whole play.

I feel like I did a decent job. I think that I did good on my lines. From when I first began saying them, it was very hard for me to remember any of the lines. I had one pause in it, but I eventually remembered them. I think a challenge for me was to remember all of the lines. I have trouble remembering things for anything.

I feel like it would be hard for most if not all people to remember and act out Shakespeare. The language that Shakespeare uses can be very difficult to master. During his time, it would be easier to act and perform because they would be used to the language and how they talked. It's harder now because we aren't accustomed to how they talked. It makes me think about how hard it is to do a play. It seems a lot harder than I thought it would be.

I think that the last version of the Hamlet soliloquy best represents the meaning of the message. The setting I think best fits what they are trying to say. Having them in a burial place shows helps show that they are talking about death. He is talking to the dead people in a way and it makes the audience know more about what he's trying to get across.
The other two versions I felt like didn't portray the way it was supposed to be acted out. The Mel Gibson verson acted it out how I thought it should be. The setting wasn't what I thought it would be, but I think that it was a great choice. Also it had more emotions in it when he was saying the soliloquy. The other two versions were just whispering and didn't show to much emotion.

Hunter wrote: "Cassidy wrote: "Did William Shakespeare really write the works he is attributed to? What is your opinion? Why does it matter?"
I do not believe that William Shakespeare wrote all the works he was a..."

I think it's interesting that you talk about his handwriting. I think that someone with bad handwriting could still write great work. However, I do agree with you in saying he didn't write his work. Like you said, all of the reasons that people have found on why he didn't write his work is to great to believe that he did.

Liz wrote: "I believe that he did write the plays and should still be given credit for his work. If he had help, he still wrote it. I can see where people are coming from when they say that he did not have eno..."

I do see where you say that some geniuses now did drop out of high school. That's something to take into considersation. I feel like even if he didn't write his work, just knowing that "somoene" wrote all of the work and knowing that the work is very good is a reason why we still read them today.

Brockj wrote: "I think he was a real person, but I do not believe the William Shakespeare wrote all of these works. Although all of the articles we read gave sufficient evidence, the fact that stood out the most ..."

I agree with you in saying that shakespeare was a real person, but he didn't write his own work. We don't know much about him like you said. Also he didn't have a great education and dropped out at a young age. He would need some sort of education if he were to write all of his work.

I don't believe that Shakespeare wrote his works. After researching some of the things that people said to say he didn't write his work, I think that their is to many factors to say that he did. I do believe that he was a real person though. There is evidence that he was a actor though. They never did find any books that he owned. Also they never found many signatures of his, and three of the ones he found were on his will. Also in his will, he never mentions his writing at all. He would have to be fluent in many different languages to be able to write all of his work.