Sam writes an essay that uses his Sam has used his reading secondary reading to help him position his of criticism about the play own argument. He writes: in order to develop his ideas about its Hamlet can be interpreted as a play that is representation of society. focused on social class and that reinforces He has engaged with this the patriarchal views of its time. Peter reading in order to Sillitoe, for example, argues that the play formulate a new argument. ‘highlights the workings of courtly power He acknowledges the fact and the social challenge of the revenger’ that these sources have (Sillitoe 208). Thompson and Taylor, on the informed his argument by other hand, consider feminist approaches to quoting from them directly the play, which have challenged ‘the and citing them correctly. stereotypes of women depicted in it and the He has also cited them in readiness of earlier critics to accept his Bibliography/Works Hamlet’s view of the Queen and Ophelia’ (Thompson and Taylor 35). What unites Cited page. these interpretations is their attention to No! the play’s social dimensions. This essay argues that Shakespeare’s play explores social structures – both class and gender – in order to critique Elizabethan society. Bibliography Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2010. Print. Sillitoe, Peter. “‘Thy State Is the More Gracious’: Courtly Space and Social Mobility in Hamlet and Early Modern Culture.” Shakespeare 9 (2013): 204-19. Print. Points from the Student Code of Conduct:
Sam writes an essay that uses his secondary reading to help him position his own argument. He writes: Hamlet can be interpreted as a play that is focused on social class and that reinforces the patriarchal views of its time. Peter Sillitoe, for example, argues that the play ‘highlights the workings of courtly power and the social challenge of the revenger’ (Sillitoe 208). Thompson and Taylor, on the other hand, consider feminist approaches to the play, which have challenged ‘the stereotypes of women depicted in it and the readiness of earlier critics to accept Hamlet’s view of the Queen and Ophelia’ (Thompson and Taylor 35). What unites these interpretations is their attention to the play’s social dimensions. This essay argues that Shakespeare’s play explores social structures – both class and gender – in order to critique Elizabethan society. Bibliography Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2010. Print. Sillitoe, Peter. “‘Thy State Is the More Gracious’: Courtly Space and Social Mobility in Hamlet and Early Modern Culture.” Shakespeare 9 (2013): 204-19. Print. No! Sam has used his reading of criticism about the play in order to develop his ideas about its representation of society. He has engaged with this reading in order to formulate a new argument. He acknowledges the fact that these sources have informed his argument by quoting from them directly and citing them correctly. He has also cited them in his Bibliography/Works Cited page. Points from the Student Code of Conduct:
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