Language for Act Dos of Hamlet

From the beginning of the second act of Hamlet to the end Shakespeare barrages the reader with his all to advanced vocabulary, which has the reader constantly consulting the opposite page, looking for word meanings and references of events obscure people or events that us as high school students wouldn't otherwise know about, unless you're Joe.

1. Gyve (Pg.79 a2 s1) a shackle. Gyve adds to the context of Hamlet's previous states, his father died, then his mother remarried to his uncle of all people, while all his happened he was gyved down and away from Denmark, unable to intervene in these events, instead he returned from being away to learn of what atrocities occurred.   

2. Arras (Pg.93 a2 s2) A hanging screen of a rich tapestry or fabric. The arras that King Cladius and Polonius hide behind is a symbol to every one else in the play but Hamlet, at this point everyone else is in celebration for the richness and prominence of their home county in Denmark, while all of this is happening Hamlet is still sulking about, trying to figure out what to with the newly found information that his father didn't just die, he was murdered.

3. Lenten (Pg.107 a2 s2) Meager, Just Enough, Lacking in Fullness or Richness. Lenten adds to the a tone of Hamlet's being, he's just there, he's not anything more or anything less, he's just there.

4. Buzz, Buzz (Pg.107 a2 s2) a rude response. this adds on Hamlets distaste for most the people that surround him, showing this rude response to Polonius, and how he just want to be left alone after his father's death.

5.  Milch (Pg. 115 a2 s2) Wet with tears, milky. This is significant because the player playing this part from Aeneas' Tale played it with such emotion that his eyes were milch, this to stuck hamlet because he could connect with enduring such a sadness that the player just played through.  

-Spencer