Hamlet Essay: follow the pink criteria sheet I handed out at the beginning of the unit
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Length 1200 to 1500 words
1. Focus on your analysis of a few key scens or a particular motif so that your essay is unique ni detail and insight.
2. Edit the first draft stylistically: punctuation, diction, clarity, transitions, sentence type variety, sentence beginning and length variety, strong concluding sentences.
3. Always take time in each paragraph to refer to the overall thesis of the essay to help you and the reader stay on track.
Hamlet Test tomorrow. See yesterday's blog for the outline.
Next Tuesday is Shakespeare's birthday: Thanks to the PEP folks for organizing a rip-roaring event. The new issue of The Claremont Review is out! Yay.
