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\n Topic: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet <\/em><\/p>\n Prompt: William Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet<\/em>\u2014like several of our other course texts\u2014begins in medias res, which is Latin for \u201cin the midst of things\u201d and signifies a plot construct in which the immediate events of the story open in the midst of action. Often exposition is bypassed and filled in gradually, either through dialogue, flashbacks, or description of past events. We are introduced to the court at Elsinore Castle and the characters who populate after many of the events that precipitated the narrative\u2019s main conflict(s) have already taken place: Hamlet\u2019s father, the King (Hamlet Sr.) has already died; the deceased king\u2019s brother, Claudius, has married the widowed Queen Gertrude, and (through marriage) assumed the throne and become the new King of Denmark; and Hamlet has been far removed from the court for many years, having been away in Wittenberg immersed in his studies. As the present events of the narrative unfold, we are introduced to three potentially problematic narrative strands, which literary critics refer to as \u201cThe Hamlet Problems\u201d\u2014three important questions that the audience must work to respond to as they experience the story. Your fourth option for a close reading paper is to choose any two of the Hamlet Problems (most likely two in which you can identify a point of intersection), and attempt to solve them. In your consideration of whichever two problems you select, your paper should additionally reflect on how your work with this text might also connect with our course theme. At this point in history, most people had transitioned away from the belief in fate\u2014and even those who held strong Christian beliefs in God acknowledged the role of free will as the dominant (though God-given) force in their lives. We can likely assume that Shakespeare shared this cultural viewpoint. With this final text, we are not really attempting to argue whether fate or free will is the dominant ideology (we already know that free will is), but rather, we are attempting to understand how even those who believe in free will find themselves in situations where they feel they have no choice. The play Hamlet<\/em> centers around characters who are compelled\u2013because of their circumstances\u2014to make choices they otherwise would never have made of their own free will. Is this situational redirection, then, just another version of fate? Are there situations that arise in our own lives that actually prevent us from using our free will? How might your work with the “Hamlet Problems” inform your perspective on the fate versus free will conundrum? <\/p>\n Requirements: Craft a thesis-driven argument in response to this prompt, integrating a primary source supported analysis to “unpack” your thesis (5+ pages). Your paper should include the integration of a minimum of eight direct quotations from the text of Hamlet<\/em> (four relevant to each problem you choose) that you analyze at close proximity and document per MLA standards. Additionally, you should include an MLA formatted Works Cited page as the final page of your document (this does not count towards the required minimum page length). Please use the MLA handouts on General Format, Citing Poetry, and Works Cited available through eCampus as guides (remember: Hamlet <\/i>is a play). 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