Essay

Essay

1. The American novelist, John Irving, says said about his work The World
According to Garp, that it is “a life-redeeming work in which everybody
dies. Comment on the extent to which the same might be said of
Hamlet.

2. Locate a copy of Tragedy and Philosophy by Walter Kaufmann. Read
the relevant sections of the text (Chapter 9) and decide which of the
philosopher’s views comes closest to your own regarding Hamlet.

3. One of the inevitable and time-honoured questions asked about Hamlet
focuses on the question of his insanity, whether he has put on an “antic
disposition” or whether he is truly insane. Discuss whether you believe
Hamlet is putting on an “antic disposition” or whether you believe he is
truly insane. Consider the following questions in preparing your
response, but do not answer them specifically.

a. What is sanity or insanity?

b. How people know whether they are sane or insane?

c. If an individual lives entirely on his or her own, how can that person
determine whether she or he is insane or sane?

d. Does one have to be insane to take another person’s life? To
commit murder?

e. ls Hamlet sane or insane during this act of the play?

4. While many have discussed Shakespeare’s work in Freudian analyses,
C.G. Jung, one of Freud’s younger colleagues also interests many
readers. Click on the link below, which contains an essay by Dr. C.
George Boeree on Jungian personality theory. Read the short sections,
lntroversion” and “Extraversion” and “The Functions.” The second link,
The Personality Theory of Carl Jung,” provides similar information in a
different format. Read the articles, then decide and argue (in proper
essay format) how Jung‘s theories might be applied to three major
characters in the play.

ij Carl Jung Personality Theories
t-jj The Personality Theory of Carl Jung

You have collected evidence, created a Mind Map, had feedback on your thesis,
and have revised your first draft of your essay. Are you ready to hand your essay
in for evaluation?

Once it is evaluated, import it into your ePortfoIio and add it to your Hamlet
Collection.

Length: 4-5 pages or 1000-1250 words double-spaced

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/jung.html

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