Reading Log

Act 1
Scenes 1-5
A. Vocabulary
Word
1. Comart

2. Countenance3. Imminent
4. Clepe
5. Arrant
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Line
1.1 line 105
Bargain
Had he been vanquisher, as, by the same comart
1.2 line 247
n. Face; expression
A countenance more in sorrow than in anger
1.3 line 46
adj. Ready to happen; inevitable
Contagious blastments are most imminent.
1.4 line 21
Call
They clepe us drunkards and with swinish phrase.
1.5 line 138
Complete
But hes an arrant knave

B. Summary
King Hamlet is dead, and Prince Hamlet has returned to Denmark, only to
discover that Queen Gertrude, his mother, has married his Uncle Claudius. Hamlet is
informed that what is apparently the ghost of his dead father has appeared to the
palace guards. When he later confronts the ghost, Hamlet learns that Claudius
murdered his father.
C. Reaction
I could say that Shakespeare is really fascinating by the way he puts up his
words and their meanings. It takes time for an ordinary person to apprehend his
plays. I have downloaded different versions of the book just to understand it. I notice
that when the sentence is translated, the value of the meaning differs. Its like, from
sublime to cute. The character of Claudius is common, someone who would kill and
betray people even his relatives for the sake of power and lust. As for the Queen, I
dont like what she did; it was like betraying his husband though King Hamlet was
already dead.