Andrew Scott's version: Nowan talks like thet. You mention Fiennes. I saw Ralph Fiennes in Troilus and Cressida decades ago and the whole cast was brilliant, including Simon Russel Beale as Thersites who looked as if he must stink of wee wee. He was disgusting! The fight scenes were terrifying. But I digress. Unless you are extraordinarily normal you will have rehearsed 'To be' yourself. I imagine myself doing something mundane like the ironing whilst wondering how I am going to deal with this issue. What I do do in this instance is to think of it as I think of most prickly problems; that is to form the idea aloud as the words tumble out. Bite sized chunks are right out. It is not meant to be a set of instructions on how to operate the bean to cup.
I watched each of these, having previously seen none of them, though I have seen other Productions. I didn't like the characterisation in the recent film. I will watch Plummer's production - I have always liked his performances on screen - and I had already planned to see the Branagh film, at long last. Thanks for your essay.
Letters metamorphose into meaning. C, ca, cat, cata, catas, catastro, catastrop, catastrophe. Meaning of phases arises from combination and metamorphosis of the meaning of their words. And so on, through clauses, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books and, maybe, on to libraries / culture.
Andrew Scott's solique is disjointed. Meaning develops by a series of metamorphic combinations each at a different stage. The first word spoken (verbally, letter combination is irrelevant) combines in a phrase with others to create a meaning that's not the sum, but the product of meanings of the words in a phrase or sentence. (Here, freedom of thought arises from the distinction between sum and product).
Understanding what is said continues phrase by phrase / clause by clause / sentence by sentence etc: built on meaning created by the same process and prior further combination of meaning in prior clauses / sentences etc: as foundation. This often complex and mercurial.
How meaning develops and flows is highly sophisticated. Scott nearly got it right- but not quite. Metamorphosis of meaning is central to expression in speech, although the process differs somewhat in written language.
The meaning of a word is not the sum of its letters. The meaning of a phrase is not the sum of meanings of its words, the meaning of a sentence is not the sum of its phrases / clauses (if any), the meaning of a paragraph is not the sum of.... etc:.
Some people speak in landscape, often with long sentences. Others prefer bite sized, almost bullet points. Before the long s departed written English, it was common to see a sentence extend over two or more paragraphs in landscape meaning, a semicolon used to end paragraphs. This calls for some concentration, but the reward can be spectacular. Scott lost his way trying to do what I think Shakespeare intended in a verbal form of landscape meaning.
Andrew Scott's version: Nowan talks like thet. You mention Fiennes. I saw Ralph Fiennes in Troilus and Cressida decades ago and the whole cast was brilliant, including Simon Russel Beale as Thersites who looked as if he must stink of wee wee. He was disgusting! The fight scenes were terrifying. But I digress. Unless you are extraordinarily normal you will have rehearsed 'To be' yourself. I imagine myself doing something mundane like the ironing whilst wondering how I am going to deal with this issue. What I do do in this instance is to think of it as I think of most prickly problems; that is to form the idea aloud as the words tumble out. Bite sized chunks are right out. It is not meant to be a set of instructions on how to operate the bean to cup.
Meaning develops through a rolling process of combination and metamorphosis not in bite sized chunks
I watched each of these, having previously seen none of them, though I have seen other Productions. I didn't like the characterisation in the recent film. I will watch Plummer's production - I have always liked his performances on screen - and I had already planned to see the Branagh film, at long last. Thanks for your essay.
Christopher Plummer’s Hamlet made him the heartthrob of the day and I was one of those who fell irreparably in love with him!
Letters metamorphose into meaning. C, ca, cat, cata, catas, catastro, catastrop, catastrophe. Meaning of phases arises from combination and metamorphosis of the meaning of their words. And so on, through clauses, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books and, maybe, on to libraries / culture.
Andrew Scott's solique is disjointed. Meaning develops by a series of metamorphic combinations each at a different stage. The first word spoken (verbally, letter combination is irrelevant) combines in a phrase with others to create a meaning that's not the sum, but the product of meanings of the words in a phrase or sentence. (Here, freedom of thought arises from the distinction between sum and product).
Understanding what is said continues phrase by phrase / clause by clause / sentence by sentence etc: built on meaning created by the same process and prior further combination of meaning in prior clauses / sentences etc: as foundation. This often complex and mercurial.
How meaning develops and flows is highly sophisticated. Scott nearly got it right- but not quite. Metamorphosis of meaning is central to expression in speech, although the process differs somewhat in written language.
The meaning of a word is not the sum of its letters. The meaning of a phrase is not the sum of meanings of its words, the meaning of a sentence is not the sum of its phrases / clauses (if any), the meaning of a paragraph is not the sum of.... etc:.
Some people speak in landscape, often with long sentences. Others prefer bite sized, almost bullet points. Before the long s departed written English, it was common to see a sentence extend over two or more paragraphs in landscape meaning, a semicolon used to end paragraphs. This calls for some concentration, but the reward can be spectacular. Scott lost his way trying to do what I think Shakespeare intended in a verbal form of landscape meaning.