Worth 20 points
Be sure to write two substantive and thoughtful posts:
- Answer one of the questions below (in your post, indicate which one you're addressing). Do not copy your whole essay (that was due Tuesday) in with documentation included, but summarize your opinion and give brief reasoning for your position.
- Reply to another student's post. (Not just a reply to what someone said to you.)
Topics
- Hamlet is often thought of as a cautious, contemplative person. To what extent does Shakespeare's use of language in the soliloquies confirm or disprove this opinion?
- 'Frailty, thy name is woman.' How accurately may this description be applied to Gertrude and Ophelia?
- How has Hamlet changed, if at all, upon his return from England?
- One critic has written of Claudius that he is "a good king, but a bad man." Is this true in your opinion?
- Are the king's agents, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Polonius, villains themselves?
- As he dies, Laertes says that he is "justly killed." Do you agree with this opinion?
- What does your reading of the play lead you to think about revenge? Account for your opinions carefully.
