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W.Assignment Hamlet.2021-22shorter

Students are assigned a short essay of no more than 700 words on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, where they must analyze a provided quotation from the play as well as incorporate at least two secondary sources from the course materials in addressing whether Hamlet's quest was ultimately successful or if his death extinguished the tensions of the play. The assignment is due by Thursday, November 11th by uploading to the Virtual Campus and bringing a printed copy to class, and will be worth 25% of the student's final grade.

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W.Assignment Hamlet.2021-22shorter

Students are assigned a short essay of no more than 700 words on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, where they must analyze a provided quotation from the play as well as incorporate at least two secondary sources from the course materials in addressing whether Hamlet's quest was ultimately successful or if his death extinguished the tensions of the play. The assignment is due by Thursday, November 11th by uploading to the Virtual Campus and bringing a printed copy to class, and will be worth 25% of the student's final grade.

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Written assignment

El teatre de Shakespeare
The assignment
• A short essay on Hamlet
• Typed, double-spaced, 700 words maximum, Times
New Roman 12
• You will be expected to quote from the play and the
critical material in the Virtual Campus as part of your
argument
• Deadline: Thursday, 11 November 2021, 23:55h
through Virtual Campus, and bringing a printed coy to
class
• The assignment will weigh 25% of the final mark
The question
Claudius: Now Hamlet, where’s Polonius?
Hamlet: At supper.
Claudius: At supper? Where?
Hamlet: Not where he eats but where he is eaten. […] Your fat king and your lean
beggar is but variable service – two dishes, but to one table. That’s the end.
(Shakespeare, 1994, 4.3.17-25)
 
“[Hamlet]’s death [is] the extinction of his problematic subjectivity” (Coddon, 1994,
p. 399).

Taking the above quotations as a reference, why does Hamlet question


Providentialism, and why is he perceived as a threat? Is Hamlet’s quest finally
successful, or would you agree with Coddon’s suggestion that his death
‘extinguishes’ the challenge and tensions dramatized in the play? In your answer
you should make close reference to the play in question as well as to a minimum of
two secondary sources from the Virtual Campus you may consider relevant.
 
Structuring your essay
• An essay needs to have the following four
parts:
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
4. References
• All parts are essential
• Approximate number of paragraphs?
References
• Indispensable in academic/research writing
• You need to use the primary source (i.e. Hamlet)
• You need to use at least two secondary sources from
the Virtual Campus
• You are encouraged to use other secondary sources if
you wish, making sure they are of academic quality
(serious, rigourous; i.e. Internet notes or two-page
articles are not acceptable as valid sources)
• In order to document your sources correctly, you will
need to follow the APA Style Guide (or MLA Style
Guide) on the Virtual Campus
Introduction
• It briefly explains the topic
• It can describe the state of the question (i.e.
the already existing views on the topic)
• May give a brief background to the main topic
of the essay; the history and/or the context
• Makes a bold statement that the rest of the
essay will fill out and justify (thesis statement)
• It may seek to draw the reader in (ending with
a question?)
Body
• It explains and supports the thesis statement (e.g.
each paragraph discussing one part of the thesis)
• Every paragraph should be linked to the preceeding
one by means of connecting devices
• The writing shows a sense of purpose, as though the
writer knows where s/he is going and is leading the
reader there step by step, with one idea logically
leading to the next
Transition words
Conclusion
• The last paragraph of an essay
• Summarizes the ‘answers’ to the questions
the assignment set out to address, signalled in
the introduction
• Restates the thesis (using different words)
• Gives a sense of ‘an ending’
• It may state why the writer’s view is more
convincing than other, existing views
• A conclusion does not introduce new ideas
Academic conventions
• Make sure you stick to the correct citation conventions:
– Quotes between inverted commas/not in italics
– Quotes are referenced (Author’s last name, year, p.)
– When the quote is longer than 4 lines (or 2 lines for plays) it
needs to be indented in the text (without inverted commas)

• When quoting a work:


– Titles of books, plays, novels, etc. in italics
– Articles and poems between inverted commas
– Hamlet (the play) vs Hamlet (the character)

• Indent the first line of each paragraph


Using quotes
• When using quotes try to comment on them.
Use them to develop your own argument.

• Use an author’s first and last name to refer to


him or her the first time you mention him/her
(afterwards: only the last name).
Examples of plagiarism
• “Tragedy especially exposed the conflicts of
society. […] It could demystify state power and
religion as serving sectional and personal
interests rather than the whole community.
For some in authority, tragedy dangerously
implied there could be alternative, more
radical, even egalitarian relationships in
society”. (Rex Gibson; Shakespearean and
Jacobean Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge UP)
Examples of plagiarism
• Blatant plagiarism:
• Tragedy especially exposed the conflicts of
society. It could demystify state power and
religion as serving sectional and personal
interests rather than the whole community.
For some in authority, tragedy dangerously
implied there could be alternative, more
radical, even egalitarian relationships in
society.
What is academic
• According to Rex Gibson (2000),
Tragedy especially exposed the conflicts of society.
[…] It could demystify state power and religion as
serving sectional and personal interests rather than
the whole community. For some in authority,
tragedy dangerously implied there could be
alternative, more radical, even egalitarian
relationships in society. (p. 36)
• And then you comment on Gibson’s words and include
the reference in the ‘References’ section
What is academic
• According to Rex Gibson, “For some in
authority, tragedy dangerously implied there
could be alternative, more radical, even
egalitarian relationships in society” (2000, p.
36).
• And then you comment on Gibson’s words and
include the reference in the ‘References’
section
What is academic
• Tragedy was especially responsive to its own age,
and was an instrument of criticism. It could
demystify state power and religion as serving
sectional and personal interests rather than the
whole community. For some in authority, tragedy
dangerously implied there could be alternative,
more radical, even egalitarian relationships in
society (Gibson, 2000, p.36).
• And then you include the reference in the
‘References’ section
Submitting the assignment
• Deadline: Thursday, 11 November 2021, both
by bringing a printed copy to class and by
uploading a copy through Virtual Campus
(23:55h)
• E-mail submissions will not be accepted

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