Hamlet

For my English course, I had an assignment to make a poster/collage signifying the characters, mood, and themes of Hamlet Act 1.

We could us some sort of photo manipulating program, but I don't think I have one... or really know how to use one for that matter.

So I took advantage of the "hand made and scanned or photographed" option.

I drew this picture with pen, and a bit of red marker.

And since I do not have a scanner(yes, I am definitely behind the times over here...)

I took a photo of my picture, and then uploaded it.

The snake represents Claudius, who is described by the ghost of the dead King to be a "serpent". The red of the snakes eyes signifies Claudius blood lust, and the red blood on the fangs represents the murder of his brother, the late King Hamlet.

The dead tree represents the dead King, and the owl sitting in the dark branches represents his ghost(who comes out at night to tell Hamlet the truth of his demise).

The red of the owl siginfies his longing for revenge.

The crown behind the serpants head represents the Kinghood Claudius stole from his brother, and the web represents the tangle of lies that Denmark is resting in.

The torn bottom edge represents Gurtudes seemingly complete emotion removal from her dead husband, and also the war that is going on in Denmark.

The top right corner is burnt to represent the dangerous thoughts and emotions that Hamlet is allowing to simmer and burn dangerously inside of him.

All in all, I am quite pleased with the outcome of this project.

I have gotten many great responces and comments from my virtual class-mates.

I think I was the only person who actually hand crafted anything for this assignment....