ASSIGNMENT I: PERSONAL RESPONSE TO TEXTS
Suggested time: approximately 45 to 60 minutes
You have read and studied William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet in class for the past few weeks. Each of the characters, King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, and Ophelia has a particular approach to facing adversity. Choose one character from the list above to guide your personal response to the question below regarding adversity. [You do NOT have to write about one of these characters, if you do not wish to take an analytical approach — you MAY choose to make them a central character in a story of your own creation OR you MAY choose to take aspects of their character/story and create a character of your own.
The individual facing adversity confronts circumstances or ideas that are both daunting and promising. Much literature examines the ways in which an individual’s response to challenge shapes his or her life.
What are your thoughts about the significance of an individual’s response to adversity? Using any prose form you wish, explore how the way/the ways a character responds to adversity in their life affects the outcome(s).
In your writing, you must
use a prose form
connect the text to your own ideas and impressions
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