Research Essay :
The essay has to make a critical argument about Hamlet It drawing on one of the theoretical lenses discussed during the course (see assignment). The essay has to demonstrate critical insights, close-reading skills, and judicious use of secondary sources.
Assignment:
Analyse how Hamlet explores questions of mourning and remembrance. Questions you could address in your essay include:
- How do different characters mourn and remember the dead?
- Does the society imagined in the play have shared mourning rituals, or a shared understanding of what it means to mourn or remember, or of what obligations the living have to the dead?
- How does the play explore the politics of memory, and the interplay between private and public or communal memory?
