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Kyle Gloudemans Mr. Ballard Avid 11 November 30, 2012 Renaissance man Essay The Renaissance Man movie is about an advertisement executive named Bill Rago who gets fired from his job and goes to the unemployment agency, where they give him a job as a English teacher in army basic training. Since he is unprepared for the life as a solider, it causes him to experience a lot of drastic changes in the way he looks at life. He is put in charge of a group of soldiers called the Double D’s which stands for Dumb as Dog Shit. At first he runs into a bunch of problems trying to control the soldiers but later he learns how to control and teach them by relating some of their interest to what they are reading. So he has the Double D’s read Shakespeare’s Hamlet because they are able to take interest in it. Reading Shakespeare helps the Double D’s become better soldiers in learning how to comprehend their tasks and teaches them discipline and responsibility as a solider. Reading Hamlet helped make the Double D’s better soldiers by teaching them how to comprehend any task at hand. They learn how to look over and look deeper into their life decisions from Hamlet. This shows that Hamlet teaches the Double D’s how to look at their life and life decisions, which helps them get through any problem. One character starts to turn his life around from being a drug dealer after reading Hamlet. This is another example of how reading Hamlet was essential in teaching these soldiers how to comprehend any task at hand and that they are able to do something with their lives. These are ways Hamlet helped the soldiers with any task that they have to face. Hamlet also teaches the Double D’s the meaning of discipline and the benefit of hard work. For example, they have to learn how to review every night to be prepared for the next day. This shows that by reading Hamlet the soldiers have to work hard and use discipline to read the book every single night. There is a final exam that they do not have to take, but they all do after reading Hamlet. This is an example of how since they read Hamlet they have the discipline and work ethic to study for and take the final exam. Hamlet teaches the soldiers disciple and hard work that will end out helping them in the long run. Once the Double D’s read Hamlet they find a newfound sense of responsibility that they are able to apply to their lives. For example, the troops have enough responsibility to study hard enough for Mr. Rago’s exam in which they all passed. This is an example of through reading Hamlet they learned enough responsibility to accomplish the task of passing the exam. His students also show a sense of responsibility when they all started to show up on time because of their interest in Hamlet, and they even show up on the day of the exam when none of them were expected to. Showing up to class on time showed that the Double D’s have gained a sense of responsibility and punctuality through their interest in Hamlet. This is proof that responsibility is yet another lesson that these soldiers are able to learn through Hamlet. Hamlet helps the Double D’s learn how to comprehend the task at hand through discipline, hard work, and responsibility. Without these lessons the soldiers may have never had the necessary tools to lead them in the right direction through there army training and their life. I like this movie because overall this movie had a positive message which was always work hard and never give up on your goals.