Worksheet 7: Essay topics
Passage-based Tasks
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Act 1 Scene 2 lines 129-159: "Oh that this too too sullied flesh....hold my tongue"
Use this passage as a starting point for a discussion of corruption in Hamlet.
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Act 3 Scene 3 lines 36-end of scene: "O, my offence is rank...."
Discuss the presentation of Claudius in Hamlet, using this passage as a starting point.
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Act 3 Scene 4 lines 139 - 181 "This is the very coinage of your brain...worse remains behind".
To what extent is the mood of Hamlet in this passage typical of his disposition in the play as a whole?
Open Questions
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"Hamlet is an exploration of a corrupt world."
Discuss, supporting your views with detailed evidence from the play.
- "The most rotten aspect of Denmark is that one can never rely on appearances". Discuss the way in which deception is a key theme in Hamlet.
- How far are female characters presented as victims in the court of Elsinore in Hamlet?
Published on: 08 Dec 2010
