Read the following and answer the question $-"$To Be Or Not To Be$"$ In "The Belly Of The Whale"; A Reading Of Joseph Campbell's "Modern Hero" Hypothesis In Hamlet On Film." After reading your chosen essay of literary criticism, respond to the following questions:

$1)$ What was your author's thesis?

$2)$ Did she provide convincing evidence to support her thesis? If yes, then provide an example and explain why it was convincing. If no$,$ then provide an example and explain why it wasn't convincing.

$3)$ Using one example, identify how the author used a direct quotation:

Is the quotation from a primary or secondary source?

Is the quotation used to illustrate a point, provide clarification, or just to identify a part of the play?

Does the author use an entire sentence, or just part of the sentence?

Is the quotation incorporated into one of the author's sentences?

How do the parenthetical citations for Hamlet differ from those of the secondary sources?

$4)$ Was there anything confusing in the essay that you feel you would need additional information to understand? If so$,$ what?

$5)$ Identify at least two key ideas or terms from either archetypal or feminist literary criticism your author used.

$6)$ What did this particular perspective add to your understanding of Hamlet?

$7)$ Did you notice anything about the way in which this essay was written that seems to contradict essay $“$rules$”$ you have been taught in the past? If so$,$ explain

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The authors thesis revolves around the contemplation of the nature of existence and the human condition particularly the struggle between the desire t... View the full answer