ENG4U
Hamlet Assignment
The following task can be completed as we read through Shakespeare’s
PART 1 – Graphic Organizer
Complete the following chart using evidence from the text. Your evidence should be lines from the play
that can be analyzed using each literary theory. Your evidence can be 3-10+ lines from the play from any
point. Ensure you include the act and scene number. The analysis can be written in point form.
Literary Theory
Formalistic Approach
Evidence from the Text
(include act and scene number)
Analysis
a) What tone and mood is created in this
piece of evidence and how is it created?
b) Describe a literary device that can be
found in the evidence and how it relates
to themes in the play.
Feminist Approach
a) How are the female characters portrayed
in the play?
b) How do the images of women reflect
patriarchal social forces that have
impeded women’s efforts to achieve full
equality with men?
Psychological
Approach
a) Do any of the characters correspond to
the parts of the tripartite self? (id, ego,
superego)
b) What do the characters’ emotions and
behaviors reveal about their psychological
states?
Reader Response
Approach
a) Which of your personal experiences or
memories is affecting your perceptions of
the story?
b) What was the work’s original intended
audience? To what extend are you similar
or different from that audience?
I can identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts
I can make and explain inferences with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the text
I can locate and select information to fully and effectively support ideas for writing