Shakespeares play
Your final essay on Hamlet will have a research element to it. Because you are required to use outside sources, you must give credit to the individuals who wrote the articles you are using. For that reason, you will be required to include MLA formatted in-text citations in the body of your essay along with a Works Cited page at the end. The assignment will be considered incomplete if you do not include these. We will have a brief review or MLA formatting in class.
In the Course Materials section of Blackboard, you will find a folder named Hamlet resources. In it, are seven articles discussing various themes and aspects of the play. You may use them (in accordance with MLA standards) to support your argument. If you find it necessary, you may also use additional outside sources including books or other journal articles. Additionally, the websiteshakespeareonline.com contains several dozen reader-friendly articles dealing with various aspects of the play. Below is the link to the Hamlet page:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamletscenes.html
You will find the articles towards the bottom of the screen in a section labeled More to Explore.
You must quote a minimum of three different outside sources. When quoting from the play, please quote from the graphic novel version of Hamlet weve been working with in class.
Your thesis should come from one of the following prompts.
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he character of Hamlet struggles with both inner and outer conflict. In a thesis driven essay discuss Hamlets inner conflicts and how do they affect how he deals with his external conflicts.
Two prominent themes in Hamlet are death and the afterlife. In a thesis driven essay, discuss the plays variations of these themes taking into account the ways characters die and how the circumstances surrounding the deaths might affect their after lives.
If you would like to write about another aspect of the text, please clear it with me first.
Please do not use sources from general information websites like Wikipedia, About.com, Yahoo answers or anything similar. Also, please do not use study guides like Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or anything similar. Your research must come from actual articles or books.
Death in Hamlet (1)
Hamlet as the Hero (2) (1)
Love in Hamlet
Hamlet as National Hero
Justice in Hamlet (1)
Deception in Shakespeares Hamlet (1)
Hamlet as the Hero
An analysis of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark (1)
preview of the answer
In Shakespeares play Hamlet, death is highlighted as an unwelcomed guest with no intention of leaving. From the opening scene, death is encountered with the ominous ghost to the final scene that is characterized by the bloodbath. Notably, the theme of death goes hand in hand with the plays primary objective of bringing retribution to individuals who do evil
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