scene 1.1

1) The intrest starts off when the ghost of old hamlet appears, their old king. Who when he shows up he is full armor gear which draws intrest because that was not his normal atire. Giving the question to those who see him. What is going on? What is about to happen? When the guards attempt to ask him questions he does not reply.
2) Given the fact that when they find out he is their dead king, he is in full armor which arises the question of why and what is going to happen. The guards tend to question what is going on and when they look at other nations and what has happened to them after the death of their kings.
3) When the ghost reappears the guards try to do anything they can to get his attention or to stay since he will not talk to any of them. They ask the ghost to meet Hamlet, which builds greater intrest.
4) Well being that a ghosts shows up and that he will not speak. No one knowing why he is there i would say the mood is Confused.
5) One reason is that the ghost is that of their dead king and being that he is in his armor that no good is too come. Second, is the fact that he wont talk and keeps showing up and know one knows why.
6) That he is there to warn them. That their current king will have no good to come from him.
7)guards: Horatio, Marcellus, Barnardo. and then the ghost of old hamlet.
8) He mentions that Old King Hamlet and King Fortinbras were enemies and that they once had a battle.
9) the son of old king fortinbras
10) That once Julius Cesar died that Rome had a similar thing happed to them. That they saw the ghost of Julius and later Rome fell. Causing them to think that their fate may be the same.
11) Horatio does not believe the ghost is real, but Barnardo and Marcellus do.
12) because they thought it would take someone who was smart to be able to talk to the ghost of old king hamlet and Horatio is a scholar. However they were wrong.
13) That the relationship with Denmark and Norway is similar to old king hamlet and king fortinbras.

new vocab

Apparition-noun
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
- I thought I saw an apparition learking around my yard, it turns out it was a regular person.
Calumnious-adjective
of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory
K.C. got busted using calumnious language this morning and will be getting detention.

theme

One theme in Hrolf Kraki is that of the revenge between King Helgi and Queen Olof. As King Helgi discovers he would like to marry Queen Olof and as he goes to marry her he ends up getting far too drunk and makes himself look stupid and he is shaved, tarred and feathered while everyone laughs. He is then stuffed into a sack and sent back home. He then sent back out to her. He dressed as a beggar and asked her to follow him into the woods to find and claim some tressure. Where he then raped her and went back home. She ended up having his child, a daughter named Yrsa. However King Helgi never knew he had a daughter nor did he ever see her. time passed. King Helgi again went to see Queen Olof, where she then tricked him by dressing her seductively and she got his a attention and she happily went back with King Helgi where they then had a kid of there own. Fueled with rage, Queen Olof went to King Helgi's place and told Yrsa of that he was actually her father and she returned back with Queen Olof. Which plessed her greatly that she finaly got back him and that he was now alone.

characters

Halfdan - King of Denmark gets killed by Frodi and has two sons who grow up to be great.
Frodi - king at the beginning of the book, Takes away Denmark from his brother
Helgi - son of Halfdan, hides for the first part of his life, then becomes a king and sleeps with Olof who wants revenge and so gets him to marry his daughter. Then after that he has a kid with an elf and doesn’t hold up to his end of the bargain so may be cursed.
Hroar - son of Halfdan, hides with Vifil, then hides with Jarl Saevil and Signy, kills Frodi, marries Ogn, gets ring from Helgi, cuts off Hrok's feet after he throws the ring, killed by Hrok.
Signy - The wife of Jarl Saevil, recognizes Helgi and Hroar
Regin - Hides Hroar and Helgi and helps them burn the man trying to kill them.
Vifil - Warlock who hides Helgi and Hroar and helps them escape.
Olof - Queen of Saxland, she tricks Helgi and gets revenge for him pretty much raping her.
Yrsa - Hroar’s daughter who he marries and hads a kid with.
Hrok - son of Saevil and Signy, wants the ring from Helgi, tries to get the ring from Hroar but he can’t have it so he throws it into the ocean.
Adils - King of Sweden who kills Helgi and marries Yrsa
Skuld - Helgi's half-elf daughter, she is slightly evil.
Svipdag - Great warrior who joins Hrolf after being kind of betrayed by Helgi.
Svip - father of Svipdag, Beygad, and Hvitserk, has a dream and sends the brothers to help Svipdag.
Bjalki - one of Hrolf's men.
Bera - Falls for Bjorn and has three kids with him. They all have animal parts but they are fierce warriors.
Bjorn - son of Hring, falls for Bera and gets turned into a bear by an evil sorcerer Hvitt. Killed by some men after getting Bera pregnant.
Bodvar Bjarki - Normal looking son of Bera
Drifa - daughter of Hrolf.
Elk-Frodi - Half Elk doesn’t like his inheritance so he leaves his family and becomes an outlaw.
Hjalti/ Hott- once was the weakling of group until he supposedly kills the dragon.
Hjorvard - marries Skuld.
Hring - King of Norway, father of Bjorn, marries Hvit.
Hvit - Forced to marry Hring but is not happy about that. So she tries to tempt Bjorn but he rejects her and she turns him into a bear.
Skuld - Helgi's half-elf daughter, she is slightly evil.
Yrsa - Hroar’s daughter who he marries and hads a kid with.

part 3 Q's

1) no, because part of being a good king is setting up his army and letting them do their job. but in the end he is more concerned about giving his last battle that he doesn't let them do there job or at least give them a chance. second, you can tell by how his army ran off that he isn't a good king. third, because once again when he is dying that he mainlt just wants his story to go on.
2) Beowulf last battle, because it shows him for who he really is.
3) The rise and fall of Beowulf and how he comes to be. how with great power comes great responsibility and how if you cannot handle what your downfall could be.
4) Beowulf's last battle and his inability to actually be a king.

vocab words 2

Obsolete–adjective
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
Philistine–adjective

lacking in or hostile to culture.

Meticulous–adjective
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
Officious–adjective 1. objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice;
Peruse–verb

to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.

Mitigate–verb

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.

Perfidy–noun
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery
Morose –adjective
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

vocab sentences 2

Most of the food and/or drink at the market is obsolete.
There are starving kids in third world countries where food is paucity, leaving them starving.
Mickey tends to be philistine towards the refs and/or players.
While disabling bombs, the LAPD bomb squad tends to be very meticulous.
The officious women insisted that she did my job and that i don't do it right.
The lawyer was highly peruse when signing his clients plea bargain.
The ladies panthers could have used some mitigate yesterday in their game.
The priest perfidy by going out to the bar.
The womens ping pong team was morose when they lost the title match between their rival team, the childrens ping pong team.