Shakespeares Hamlet
Compare and contrast Hamlets and Ophelias characters. How is their experience of madness similar and/or different? What do these similarities or differences suggest about the gendered ways madness is imagined?
Formate
12 pt font
Double spacing
One-inch margins
MLA style citations, works cited page, headers, and first page. Other citation styles such as APA or Chicago style are acceptable.
Length: 5-8 pages, double-spaced. Page numbers do not include the final works cited page.
External Sources
External sources besides Hamlet itself are permitted but not required. You can use external sources to provide support for your argument, but your thesis itself should be original.
A Successful Paper Will
Argue for a single, focused, debatable thesis that answers one of the guiding questions
Be organized into three sections: an introduction that states the thesis, a body that proves the thesis, and a conclusion that reflects on why the thesis matters
Use textual citations to support all claims about Hamlet. Citations include quotations and paraphrase (putting the meaning in your own words and sentence structure)
Comment on all citations, interpreting the textual evidence
Be built on strong paragraphs that (1) support the thesis, (2) have clear topic sentences, (3) include textual evidence and interpretation of that evidence.
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