Students Rave at Literary Genius of Hamlet!
Upon completion of Shakespeare's Hamlet, students in Mr. Mullins AP English class are in a frenzy of excitement. The literary work brought up several issues which- according to recent films, school discussion and many studies- are very relevant in students lives, such as suicide, depression, sex and, f course, procrastination. These reoccurring ideas in Hamlet, really helped the students be able to relate to the characters. The shallow characters too helped students to picture the story line happening in their very lives. the work proved to be a perfect selection for High school students. It even had an abrupt ending to keep them interested and on their toes while still teaching them valuable lessons, such as the importance of extracting revenge, how patriarchal prevails - the females in the class often felt relieved at the sight of the weak willed Ophelia and Queen, making their own dependence on their significant others or family seem more normal- and obvious all great works must have everyone important in the plot die at the end- plus some. One student remarked,
"At first the confusing language left me a little lost, but so does most AP English grade writing so I took it as a chance to learn a life skill of effectively utilizing all resources at hand (not cheating) by looking it up on Sparknotes. A lot of the words still sounded weird though, like they were made up, but I liked it because it reminded me of Doctor Seuss- it was like being a kid again!"
Overall, Hamlet has proved to be a literary masterpiece and impressed the students a great deal. I'm sure that after reading this, all students will come away with a new respect for Shakespeare.
Upon completion of Shakespeare's Hamlet, students in Mr. Mullins AP English class are in a frenzy of excitement. The literary work brought up several issues which- according to recent films, school discussion and many studies- are very relevant in students lives, such as suicide, depression, sex and, f course, procrastination. These reoccurring ideas in Hamlet, really helped the students be able to relate to the characters. The shallow characters too helped students to picture the story line happening in their very lives. the work proved to be a perfect selection for High school students. It even had an abrupt ending to keep them interested and on their toes while still teaching them valuable lessons, such as the importance of extracting revenge, how patriarchal prevails - the females in the class often felt relieved at the sight of the weak willed Ophelia and Queen, making their own dependence on their significant others or family seem more normal- and obvious all great works must have everyone important in the plot die at the end- plus some. One student remarked,
"At first the confusing language left me a little lost, but so does most AP English grade writing so I took it as a chance to learn a life skill of effectively utilizing all resources at hand (not cheating) by looking it up on Sparknotes. A lot of the words still sounded weird though, like they were made up, but I liked it because it reminded me of Doctor Seuss- it was like being a kid again!"
Overall, Hamlet has proved to be a literary masterpiece and impressed the students a great deal. I'm sure that after reading this, all students will come away with a new respect for Shakespeare.
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