Development Unit: Hamlet
When we read a text, should we interpret it the way the author intended? Or, do our personal experiences, including the period in which we live, affect our interpretations of a text? In this unit, we will read Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet and explore the following question: How many ways can the same text be read? We will analyze the play through four literary lenses: archetypal, political, psychological, and feminist, each offering a different way of interpreting the play.
To demonstrate our understanding of the meaning of the play, we will construct a literary analysis, responding to a piece of literary criticism of Hamlet.