Eric
Rooney
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1
Hamlet was one of the most
interesting stories that I have read to date.
Shakespeare’s character developments were remarkable, and the plot
development was extremely captivating.
However, I enjoyed the Hamlet unit for a variety of other reasons aside
from the captivating nature of the story itself.
One of my favorite parts of the unit
was our analysis of the characters. My
classmates and I were able to develop interesting insights on Claudius, the
female characters of the play, Hamlet himself, and many other characters. I found it particularly interesting to hear
the perspectives of my female classmates concerning both Ophelia and Gertrude. Without my classmates, I may never have
realized how the female characters are so dominated by the male characters of
the story, and I may never have realized that Claudius does possess some degree
of “good” personality traits.
I also enjoyed the Hamlet unit
because we read so many criticisms of the play.
It was extremely interesting to hear how various individuals not only
interpret the characters of the play but the actual play itself. At times, the criticisms seemed a little
bizarre, but they provided us with a chance to look at the play from a new perspective,
which I found to be rather enlightening.
These criticisms often produced heated debate, but I believe that this
heated debate was beneficial to the class because our discussions allowed us to
see how the same literary work can be interpreted so differently and with such
passion.
The Hamlet unit was my favorite to
date, and I believe that this can be credited to the fact that the unit
combined a great story with interesting and varying analysis. I loved exploring the idea of literary
criticism because each criticism was revealed something about the story that I
had never really thought about. I hope
that when I am in college my English class will revisit the story of Hamlet,
and one day I may even write my own criticism of the story.
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