Lies+&+Deceit_Plot



Modernized Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4: Enter **Polonius** and **Gertrude** Hamlet is coming straight here. Make sure you are very direct with him. Don’t forget to tell him all the trouble his pranks have caused and that you’ve taken a lot of heat for his mistakes. // (Outside of the room) // Mom! Mom! I hear him coming Polonius, I’ll do what you want but for now, hide! Enter **Hamlet** So what’s the huge deal about, Mom? You have offended your father. No, //YOU// have offended my father. Stop it Hamlet! You’re answering me rudely! So? You’re questioning me with a rude tone of voice. What? Why, Hamlet. Holy, //now// what’s the problem? Do you know who you’re talking to? Of course I do. You are the First Lady, the //former//-Presidents wife, but now his brother’s wife and above all, my mother. Though I wish you weren’t. Well then I guess I’ll call someone else who wants to actually talk to me. No, sit down. You won’t move until you see yourself in this mirror, maybe now you will see who you really are. What are you doing Hamlet? You’re not going to kill me, are you?! HELP! // (From inside the closet) // What? Help, help! Who’s in there, a robber?! He’s a dead robber now! // (Hamlet reaches under the bed where he hides his gun and shoots inside the closet multiple times, killing **Polonius**) // // (From inside the closet) // *Moans from the pain of the gunshot* I’m dying! Oh my god Hamlet! What have you done?! I don’t know, is it the President? Oh no! What a bloody mess this is! A “bloody mess”? Almost as big of a mess as killing the President and marrying his brother? Killing the President? Yes Mom, that’s what I said. // (Hamlet opens the closet door and **Polonius’s** body falls to the ground) //
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I chose this scene because it shows deception in the play as Polonius deceives Hamlet when he hides behind the arras (or closet in my script) to spy on his conversation with Gertrude. I tried making it modern by using words that we use today in the 21st century. Also, instead of a King I used the President so it could reflect modern times. By: Billal YariACT TWO SCENE 1 Polonius comes in with his assistant Reynaldo Polonius: Provide my son with this sum of money and notes, Renaldo Reynaldo: Of course my kind sir Polonius: Ask around about his actions before you give these items to him Reynaldo: I thought you would never ask Polonius: Be sure to observe who, what, where and why Danish people are in Paris. If anyone asks you about Laertes tell them "I'm an companion of his beloved father and I don’t personally know him myself." Is this clear for you or should I make it clear? Reynaldo: Yes, you make it very clear sir. Polonius: Also talk about how Laertes is a party freak and he loves. You get the point make some stuff up, but not too bad that makes his reputation look bad. Reynaldo: Should I say that he has a gambling addiction? Polonius: Yes, even talk about how he drinks, he gets in fights often, having sex with prostitutes, and so on. Reynaldo: I think it will make Laertes look bad and I will be the one to blame for Polonius: As long as you say it the right way nothing will happen. Just don’t over exaggerate these stories you tell to people. Reynaldo: I disagree sir Polonius: You know you should do this because when someone talks about my son that he has done a wrong offense, you can see their priceless reaction. If that person saw my son doing wrong it will be normal for him to have the same opinion as you. Reynaldo: You are right my sir. Polonius: If the person agrees with you, he will most likely say that " I know Laertes, I have recently seen him." Always make sure that the lies will give out the truth. We have to be very discrete and smart about our surroundings. Now do you get me? Reynaldo: Of course my kind sir. Polonius: Off you go, may god be with you. Reynaldo: Thank you my beloved sir. Polonius: Remember that you have to spy on him before you give him the items! Reynaldo: I will not forget. Polonius: Hopefully he is still practicing music like I told him to. Reynaldo: Do not worry my kind sir. //Exit Reynaldo// //Enter Ophelia// Ophelia: Father I am very frightened! Polonius: What in God's name happened? Ophelia: Hamlet came into my room looking like a mess with his shirt opened up, his pants were dirty, and he was as white as snow. He looked like he just got up from the grave. He came close to me. Polonius: Does he love you? Ophelia: I think he does, but I am not sure. Polonius: Did he say anything? Ophelia: He held me very tight by my wrist and stared blank into my eyes. He did not say a word for a good minute. After he moved his hands and head, he gave a sign of relief. He quickly exited my room, while his eye were stilling on mine. Polonius: Let us go right now and go talk to his father. Love is only a sexual passion that he has for you, nothing else. Did you say anything to him? Ophelia: I did not say a word, only sent his letters back to him and didn’t visit him like you have told me to do. Polonius: I think that is what has made Hamlet insane. I think I have misjudged him and didn't pay more attention to him. It is frequent that old people like myself think we know more than younger people. We have to talk about this matter before it escalates. //Both of them exit//

This passage is written how us teenagers would have talked. Reynaldo would be talking to someone who is much older than him and with much respect. I believe that this is how modern novels are written these days. || By: Afnan Iqbal
 * Hamlet Graphic Novella
 * Hamlet Graphic Novella
 * Hamlet Graphic Novella

Part #1: http://bitstrips.com/r/HS1DQ

Part #2: http://bitstrips.com/r/271DQ


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 * Western Genre Act 3: Scene 4 By: Liban Jama
 * Western Genre Act 3: Scene 4 By: Liban Jama

__Characters:__


 * Claudius**: Sherriff of the town.


 * Hamlet**: A crazy cowboy that lives in the town.


 * Rosencrantz**: An officer who works for Claudius

The scene was thick. Horses, straps, guns, cattle, horses, everything you can imagine. Sherriff Claudius had his bowler hat paired with his bright white yoke. He was out in towns square.


 * Claudius**: Bounty, Bounty! Who is brave enough to bring young Hamlet alive to me? I’ve sent men to find him already, who will bring him first?

//Rosencrantz approaches//


 * Rosencrantz**: //Spits on the floor// We can’t get him to give us the body, but we have him alive—

//Claudius interrupts//


 * Claudius**: Enough, where is Hamlet.


 * Rosencrantz**: We left him behind the shops; he’s safe and comfortable. I will go get him.


 * Claudius**: Just ‘cause trouble comes along, doesn’t mean you have to offer it a place to sit.

//Hamlet enters//


 * Claudius**: Hamlet, where is Polonius? His f—

//Hamlet interrupts//


 * Hamlet**: Oh Sherriff what could you possibly want from me..?


 * Claudius**: //*To himself* Hamlet is one crazy sidebuster. He’s always been like that. But he’s a very good liar. It don’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.//

Where is Polonius Hamlet? Answer me now.


 * Hamlet**: //Spits tobacco.// That tobacco will soon join Polonius under the ground. He was a good man. He rode well too. But you know what they say, it is not enough for a man to know how to ride, he must learn how to fall as well. Literally!


 * Claudius**: This is a sick joke Hamlet! Tell me, where he is!


 * Hamlet**: He is above the skies, in heaven. Look Sherriff, you ain’t learnin’ nothing when your mouth’s A-jawin. Have some tobacco.


 * Claudius**: Men, go look for Polonius! As for you Hamlet, for your own safety, I’m putting you in county jail. Come with me, now.


 * Hamlet**: Jail? That sounds wonderful! Chain me up Sherriff. Goodbye mother!


 * Claudius**: Of course, Hamlet. Take off your boots. Those spurs are sharp enough to cut me wide open.

//Hamlet exits//


 * Claudius**: Follow him with these horses. These are the best horses in town if he ends up escaping. Don’t waste a second. Be careful.


 * Rosencrantz**: As careful as a naked man climbing a fence with barbed wire, Sherriff. You can count on me.

//Everyone exits except Claudius//


 * Claudius**: //*Writing note* Dear Sherriff of Nottingham, please do not ignore my favours. Your men need to square off against Hamlet. I need that boy dead. Don’t judge every cowboy by his relatives… Until it is done, I will remain unhappy. Goodluck.//

__Story:__ This takes place in Act 4: Scene 3. I show how crazy Hamlet is by incorporating cowboy jokes within his lines. He is in a serious matter with the Sherriff in town, but he is taking it lightly. It seems Hamlet is happy when going to jail, as if it was pure sarcasm, similar to the play when he was happy about going to England. ||
 * Comparing The Lion King to Hamlet by Charlotte Merry==== (Just as a refresher, a synopsis of both the scenes) ====

==== In this scene Horatio and Marcellus have brought Hamlet to see what they believe to be his father’s ghost. Hamlet waits outside the castling for his father to appear, when the apparition appears it signals Hamlet to follow him into the darkness. Once alone the ghost explains that he was murdered by his own brother so that he, Claudius, could gain the throne and his beloved wife. The king convinces Hamlet to seek revenge on his uncle but to leave Gertrude alone. As dawn breaks the ghost departs, leaving Hamlet who has promised to obey the ghost’s wishes. As the scene closes Hamlet remarks “The time is out of joint: O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right!”. ====

==== In this scene Rafiki, the baboon, has provoked Simba into following him to a small section of forest. He promises to show Simba his father who he says is alive. Rafiki shows Simba a small pond where Simba is able to see his reflection. Rafiki shows Simba that although his father has passed Simba can still carry him with him. A gust of wind blows and Simba’s name is spoken by his father’s apparition; the apparition asks Simba to remember who he is and to remember his father’s spirit. It tells him that he is not living up to what he is truly meant to do and that he must return to his home and take his rightful place as king. ====

Explanation of the parallel:
==== In both of the scenes there is a minor character who helps guide the main character to apparition; in Hamlet it is Hamlet’s friends, Horatio and Marcellus who lead him to the ghost of his father and in the Lion King Simba is chased by Rafiki who then leads him to his father who speaks to him from the heavens. Both main characters are grief-stricken and are in need of encouragement to find their true destinies. In Hamlet, his father tells him the truth behind his death and explains that he must seek revenge for his father’s death and to save his mother from a loveless marriage. The King inspires him and pulls him out of his depression so that he can honour his father’s wishes. In the Lion King, Mufasa tells Simba he is not living up to who is meant to be, that he is “more than what he has become”, that he must return to his birth place and take what is rightfully his. These scenes inspire the main characters to take action after the deaths of their fathers and to honour them in their actions. In Hamlet this scene informs us that the death of King Hamlet was a deliberate murder by his own brother, Claudius, and that he committed the sin to giant he throne. In the Lion King Scar has done the exact thing to Mufasa and has also attempted to murder the second in line, Simba. Scar wants so desperately to be king that he has killed his own family to rule the Pride Lands, just as Claudius has done to King Hamlet. Both deaths come at a price to the kingdoms they are leaving behind as the new rulers are not fit for the jobs. The apparitions appear and attempt to urge the main characters to fix what has been broken. These scenes jumpstart the movie, in Hamlet this scene powers the main plot and starts the play off with a bang, Hamlet’s journey from then on is to trick Claudius and then to murder his. And in the Lion King this scene brings the climax to the movie; Simba returns to his home to fight to save the starving pride, to take the throne from Scar (Mufasa’s brother), and to reunite with his family. Both Simba and Hamlet lost sight of who they were when their fathers passed; Simba banished himself from the pride lands and grew up away from his family and Hamlet became depressed and dressed only in black after his father’s death. When the main characters see their fathers a new light is shed on their situations and they are inspired to take action and do what must be done for their kingdoms. Both characters must save their kingdoms from the new leaders, rescuing them from lives of poverty and war. Simba returns to find that his pride has been under the control of Scar and hyenas who have caused them all to begin to starve. Scar is cruel to Simba’s mother, Sarabi, and ignores her suggestions. In Hamlet, Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, has quickly been remarried to Claudius. Gertrude has enter a loveless and unkind marriage to the very man who killed Hamlet’s father. Both characters must fight to save their kingdoms fates and to avenge their father’s deaths. ====

Here is a link to the scene from the Lion King: __[]__ ||

ACT TWO SCENE 1 Polonius comes in with his assistant Reynaldo Polonius: Provide my son with this sum of money and notes, Renaldo Reynaldo: Of course my kind sir Polonius: Ask around about his actions before you give these items to him Reynaldo: I thought you would never ask Polonius: Be sure to observe who, what, where and why Danish people are in Paris. If anyone asks you about Laertes tell them "I'm an companion of his beloved father and I don’t personally know him myself." Is this clear for you or should I make it clear? Reynaldo: Yes, you make it very clear sir. Polonius: Also talk about how Laertes is a party freak and he loves. You get the point make some stuff up, but not too bad that makes his reputation look bad. Reynaldo: Should I say that he has a gambling addiction? Polonius: Yes, even talk about how he drinks, he gets in fights often, having sex with prostitutes, and so on. Reynaldo: I think it will make Laertes look bad and I will be the one to blame for Polonius: As long as you say it the right way nothing will happen. Just don’t over exagerate these stories you tell to people. Reynaldo: I disagree sir Polonius: You know you should do this because when someone talks about my son that he has done a wrong offence, you can see their priceless reaction. If that person saw my son doing wrong it will be normal for him to have the same opinion as you. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Reynaldo: You are right my sir. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: If the person agrees with you, he will most likely say that " I know Laertes, I have recently seen him." Always make sure that the lies will give out the truth. We have to be very discrete and smart about our surroundings. Now do you get me? <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Reynaldo: Of course my kind sir. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Off you go, may god be with you. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Reynaldo: Thank you my beloved sir. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Remember that you have to spy on him before you give him the items! <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Reynaldo: I will not forget. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Hopefully he is still practicing music like I told him to. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Reynaldo: Do not worry my kind sir. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: right; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">//Exit Reynaldo// <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">//Enter Ophelia// <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Ophelia: Father I am very frightened! <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: What in God's name happened? <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Ophelia: Hamlet came into my room looking like a mess with his shirt opened up, his pants were dirty, and he was as white as snow. He looked like he just got up from the grave. He came close to me. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Does he love you? <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Ophelia: I think he does, but I am not sure. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Did he say anything? <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Ophelia: He held me very tight by my wrist and stared blank into my eyes. He did not say a word for a good minute. After he moved his hands and head, he gave a sign of relief. He quickly exited my room, while his eye were stilling on mine. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: Let us go right now and go talk to his father. Love is only a sexual passions that he has for you, nothing else. Did you say anything to him? <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Ophelia: I did not say a word, only sent his letters back to him and didn’t visit him like you have told me to do. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">Polonius: I think that is what has made Hamlet insane. I think I have misjudged him and didn't pay more attention to him. It is frequent that old people like myself think we know more than younger people. We have to talk about this matter before it escalates. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: right; top: 331.5px; width: 1px;">//Both of them exit//