Write an interpretative response which examines Shakespeare’s portrayal of human conscience and decision making based on Hamlet’s philosophical meditations throughout the play.

Essay 3: Drama : Shakespeare’s HAMLET
Due Apr 24 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting a file upload File Types doc, docx, rtf, and pdf Available until May 1 at 11:59pm
Directions: Chose one (1) essay prompt from the following topics. Write a maximum 2 ½ to 3 pages response to topic using nothing but the text as evidence and your own argumentation.

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Hamlet and the Mind
Write an interpretative response which examines Shakespeare’s portrayal of human conscience and decision making based on Hamlet’s philosophical meditations throughout the play.

Some questions to consider answering in your thesis: [Pick and choose wisely]

Consider interpreting key phrases / images from the four soliloquies
What does Shakespeare want to say about the act of hesitation?
How does Shakespeare conceive the interior life of the mind for human beings?
Hamlet and Revenge
Write an interpretive response which specifically compares the meta-commentary of Pyrrhus’ revenge narrated in Act II Scene II with Hamlet’s own pursuit of revenge.

Some questions to consider answering in your thesis: [Pick and choose wisely]

What does Shakespeare want to say about revenge? Its true definition? Its limits?
What parallels / key difference are there between Pyrrhus / Hamlet and Hecuba / Gertrude?
How does this example of revenge differ / parallel other people’s pursuit of revenge in the play?
Hamlet and Ophelia
Write an interpretative response which examines Hamlet’s relationships with his peers, specifically Ophelia and Horatio.

Some questions to consider answering in your thesis: [Pick and choose wisely]

What are important elements of gender ideology in Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship?
What is Shakespeare’s trying to say about men and women through Ophelia’s suicide?
What comparisons are there between Hamlet and Horatio’s friendship and Ophelia’s?

Write a an essay that analyzes 1 poem from the Poetry Unit.

Write an essay that analyzes 1 poem from the Poetry Unit. Before you begin writing the essay, carefully read the below guidelines for developing your paper topic and review the Poetry Essay Grading Rubric to see how your submission will be graded. Gather all of your information, plan the direction of your essay, and organize your ideas by developing a 1-page thesis statement and outline for your essay as you did for your Fiction Essay.

In this essay, you will determine what the problem is that needs to be solved, and you will analyze the causes and effects of this problem.

Essay Criteria: In this essay, you will determine what the problem is that needs to be solved, and you will analyze the causes and effects of this problem. The thought process and how you organize your ideas and support them are very important in this essay.

Write an essay in which you explain why you think this particular performer/ musician can be considered an icon of your generation’s dreams, fears, aspirations, goals, concerns, or values and analyze the ways in which his/her music resonates with your generation.

Choose a specific band or musician whose music you think is the best representation of your generation. Write an essay in which you explain why you think this particular performer/ musician can be considered an icon of your generation’s dreams, fears, aspirations, goals, concerns, or values and analyze the ways in which his/her music resonates with your generation.

Write an essay investigating the causes or effects of a current trend, event, or phenomenon.

Write an essay investigating the causes or effects of a current trend, event, or phenomenon. You might, for example, seek to explain the popularity of superhero movie franchises, or the continued relevance of a particular work, such as Little Women; alternatively, you might consider the effects of social media use on mental health; or the effects of the declining number of honeybees; you might examine the causes of mass shootings, or of the opioid epidemic, or the effects of marijuana legalization. Whatever topic you select, your essay should strive to push beyond the obvious, revealing new insights.

Write an argumentative essay that analyzes both Herodotus and Sima Qian’s writings in the book Herodotus and Sima Qian The First Great Historians of Greece and China.

Write and upload in doc. or docx. a four-page argumentative essay that analyzes both Herodotus and Sima Qian’s writings in the book Herodotus and Sima Qian The First Great Historians of Greece and China. Please note that a four-page paper means more than three and have pages. This paper should be full four pages. And the paper may respond to the following prompts.
(I am NOT expecting the paper to respond to the following questions with correct answers. The prompts below are there to help you develop your thesis. Feel free to develop your own thesis that is not relevant to the prompts, if you think your thesis is more original and persuasive.)

• How do Herodotus and Sima Qian discuss “others” and their ways of life? Compare and contrast their discussions of “others” and how such discussions lead to identifications of their selves. Who were the “others” and why?

• How does morality matter to Herodotus and Sima Qian in their descriptions of historical events? Are there similarities and/or differences between the two? Why or why not?

• What is a role of a historian according to Herodotus and Sima Qian? Why do they think it is important to record activities and encounters of a certain human beings of the past and the present?
Guideline for Essays
Your papers will be graded for depth, clarity, and style. The successful paper contains an original and innovative thesis. The argues this thesis in an effective manner, supporting all parts of the argument with ample textual evidence. The prose is clear, direct, and eloquent, and is unmarred by grammatical, syntactical, or typographical errors. The arguments are not only unified and coherent, but also complex and nuanced. The paper persuades the reader that the argument being made is of fundamental importance to an understanding of the text or texts under discussion.

Read and re-read your essay for content as well as form — is it persuasive? Is it interesting? If you are writing a comparative paper, have you shown why this particular comparison is illuminating to both texts?