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A level English Lit. "Hamlet" - essay plans (A* student)

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10 detailed essay plans written by an A* student covering different questions ranging from theme to character-based questions. Written in a three point format and covering, "Point/Evidence/Analysis/Context/Critic" These essay plans will provide a perfect launchpad for writing an essay for revision

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Hamlet Essay Plans


1. How does Shakespeare explore corruption in Hamlet

1 2 3
Point Claudius as the corrupt Corruption of Hamlet’s Corruption is explored
leader is the most signifi- mind through the portrayal
cant showing of corruption It is arguably the cata- of Denmark as decay-
in Hamlet. lyst for creating the ing but also seen
Reference to the idea of a Shakespearian tragedy through the apparition
corrupted fountain – of the ghost
Duchess of Malfi - Web-
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Evidence Claudius upsets the status- Hamlet’s mind is often Entrance of the ghost
quo of the court through associated with mental = foreboding atmos-
his fratricide and the de- instability phere – “This bodes
struction of the Divine Gertrude calls him some strange eruption
Right of Kings “mad” when he sees to our state”
Hamlet to Rosencrantz and ghost - bedchamber “something is rotten
Guildenstern, “you would Ghost tells Hamlet to, in the state of Den-
play upon me” “taint not thy mind” mark”

Analysis Clauduis’ corrupt actions at Hamlet’s “tainted This decaying state
the head of the fountain mind” could show the represents the corrupt
has tainted the rest of the significance of the bur- Elizabethan court –
court den of revenge or how rotten etc shows its in-
Allowing espionage to excess love = madness effectiveness
breed throughout
Context Espionage rife in Eliza- Revenge becoming out- Plague – theatres were
bethan society lawed – Elizabethan closed large problem/
Francis Walsingham – court Seneca
idolised by many – foiling Madness – Bedlam – “Agamemnon” /
plots – Babington etc sick not treated well Laveter’s “of ghosts
and spirits”
Critic Richard Vardy A.C.Bradley Richard Vardy
“In Denmark’s corrupt Shakespearean tragedy “Denmark is rotten”
world, spying is endemic” focuses on the downfall
of a high-ranking char-
acter

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