The Glencoe Literature Library Study Guide for Hamlet - Hamlet: A
Hamlet final
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Name: Date: Hamlet Essay (Unit Test) Przybysz Overview: For this task, you will use your knowledge of Hamlet to write a response based on the task below. Task: Your task for this essay will be to explore any aspect of Hamlet that you find compelling. You will: 1. Find at least 2-3 articles on JSTOR; read the articles and complete an annotated bibliography on Noodlebib. 2. Then, choose one article to use in your essay. Read thoroughly and annotate this article. 3. Create a solid thesis, and defend your thesis using textual evidence from Hamlet and your annotated article. Below you will find some topic suggestions: - Close-reading of characters/character development o Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: there must be more to these guys; Gertrude: what do you make of her at the end of the play? Hamlet vs. Fortinbras… etc. etc. etc… - Symbols and motifs (what is mentioned a lot/repeated in the play?) o Decay/Death/Skulls… Yorick’s skull significant? Why all the disease imagery repeated throughout? o Ears—and hearing are mentioned a LOT if you look for it - Themes o Action vs. inaction throughout the play o Death o Deception/ Lies/ Betrayal - Gender roles o Lack of decent mother figures? o Misogyny (men hating women) o Patriarchy (men/fathers as head of society) o Ophelia as strong female by end? - Modern Takes…
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Name: Date:Hamlet Essay (Unit Test) Przybysz
Overview: For this task, you will use your knowledge of Hamlet to write a response based on the task below.
Task: Your task for this essay will be to explore any aspect of Hamlet that you find compelling. You will:
1. Find at least 2-3 articles on JSTOR; read the articles and complete an annotated bibliography on Noodlebib.
2. Then, choose one article to use in your essay. Read thoroughly and annotate this article.
3. Create a solid thesis, and defend your thesis using textual evidence from Hamlet and your annotated article.
Below you will find some topic suggestions:
- Close-reading of characters/character developmento Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: there must be more to these guys; Gertrude:
what do you make of her at the end of the play? Hamlet vs. Fortinbras… etc. etc. etc…
- Symbols and motifs (what is mentioned a lot/repeated in the play?)o Decay/Death/Skulls… Yorick’s skull significant? Why all the disease imagery
repeated throughout?o Ears—and hearing are mentioned a LOT if you look for it
- Themeso Action vs. inaction throughout the play
o Death
o Deception/ Lies/ Betrayal
- Gender roleso Lack of decent mother figures?
o Misogyny (men hating women)
o Patriarchy (men/fathers as head of society)
o Ophelia as strong female by end?
- Modern Takes…o Modern allusions to Ophelia/drowning in literature
o Modern productions of Hamlet—specific study?
o Hamlet as a modern day _____(fill in the blank with a person you can compare
him to…)?
Guidelines:
- Development: Make sure your argument is fully developed. - Use specific details and quotes to strengthen your argument—both from the TEXT
and from your chosen annotated article.- In your conclusion, connect and discuss the examples listed in your thesis statement. - Organize your ideas in a logical, coherent manner.- Use language that communicates ideas effectively.- Follow the conventions of standard written English.- Your response must be typed in standard, MLA style (that means use in-text
citations correctly. Visit our class website for links that will help).- Your response should be a minimum of 2 typed, double-spaced pages.
Due dates:
Wednesday, 5/28: Annotated Bibliography of 2-3 articles submitted on Noodlebib. Choose one of your articles to focus on/use in your essay by this date
Thursday, 6/5: Article(s) annotated, you are prepared to write your essay (have textual evidence ready) Essay writing in-class; essay due by end of block.
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Brainstorming:
1. Write down at least 3 QUESTIONS you still have after finishing Hamlet:
2. Write down at least 3 IDEAS you have for your research. What are some of the topics/characters you might be interested in taking a closer look at?
JSTOR NOTES:
