Notes on Hamlet

This one is a little late, I kinda forgot about this one. This is for Hamlet Act 3, even though we've already gotten more than half way through act 4. Not much has changed about the characters since they were first introduced in my opinion. Every character wants to take the blame for anything that goes wrong, then tries to correct it making things get worse. All the characters are very self-centered, and it does get a little annoying to hear each character talk about how bad everything is.

I see a lot of death in the near future. As soon as one character dies, there will be a chain reaction and a lot more deaths. This will be bloody and violent.

Oh, and in case you didn't see the video, Here it is. The Collaborative Hamlet Remix that I was involved in.

Who was Shakespeare?

I just went to Google, typed in William Shakespeare, clicked on the first site, and I got THIS. William Shakespeare was a poet, an author, an actor,and most importantly, a real person. We know he wrote a lot of poems, sonnets, and plays. The site acknowledges the fact that a lot of people don't believe in Shakespeare, it points out a lot of different conspiracies, and shrugs them off. This site is a great source for Shakespeare, and to post everything I learned from this site would be a waste of time to write down, because there is a lot of information there. Check it out.

To Facebook or not to Facebook?

Privacy is the main issue given in this article, but what I think is misunderstood is what the information is used for: advertising. I could be completely wrong, in which case I would feel quite stupid, but Facebook isn't selling your 11-year-old's information to serial killers that enjoy killing children simply because they know where the child lives and likes Snickers candy bars. People need to calm down and realize what the term "personal information" actually means. I understand that building a brand name into a child's mind may be considered morally wrong, but it's just advertising.

One of the other huge issues about Facebook is bullying. Cyber bullying can cause a lot of problems in the development of a child as a human being. Hold on, so does NON-cyber bullying. Only difference? Online. This has some upsides and some downsides to it. Bullying done online has a larger audience, so it may be more embarrassing for the victim. On the plus side, the evidence is always there, an authority can catch a bully much quicker, and they can be punished and stopped. On the playground, bullies are sometimes never caught, because the victims fear what will happen if the bully finds out.

When I started Facebook, I thought it would be a fun way to be with friends in a way and never be out of touch. I don't get on often enough to make full use of this, but I do use Facebook to plan social events, where I can interact with my friends. I think people in general are just too quick to overreact to the "evils" of Facebook.