Answering Hamlet exam questions

[Ziggsy]

Hi everyone,

I'm doing past papers for practice and had some issues with the 2014 Hamlet question about the last scene on Fortinbras.
Did anyone do this question and if so, how did you construct your thesis?

I found an article that gives you a sample band 6 introduction and shows you how to address that 2014 question - it's pretty detailed: https://sleightofpen.com/2016/07/04/how-to-write-a-band-6-thesis-statement-hsc-module-b-hamlet/

It sounds really good but I wouldn't know how to extend the themes mentioned in the introduction into my body paragraphs.

Hopefully they don't ask for a specific scene again this year. 

[Ziggsy]

Also, if anyone has ideas on what the difference between 'nobility' and 'glory' as mentioned in that introduction ( link here: https://sleightofpen.com/2016/07/04/how-to-write-a-band-6-thesis-statement-hsc-module-b-hamlet/is), please share. Or would you just discuss morality as one theme, and then nobility and glory as another?

Thanks everyone!

[jamonwindeyer]

Also, if anyone has ideas on what the difference between 'nobility' and 'glory' as mentioned in that introduction ( link here: https://sleightofpen.com/2016/07/04/how-to-write-a-band-6-thesis-statement-hsc-module-b-hamlet/is), please share. Or would you just discuss morality as one theme, and then nobility and glory as another?

Thanks everyone!

Hey Ziggsy! I read that as three separate themes, so three paragraphs. In terms of a difference, it would be up to you as the writer to make the distinction, but also if you choose the definitions cleverly, you could do:

noble - having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles.
glory - high renown or honour won by notable achievements.

So, you could separate them in terms of the fact that one is kind of born, one is bred? One is earned through action? The choice is actually yours, it depends on how you want to organise your ideas, you clarify in each paragraph 

In terms of expanding the ideas into body paragraphs, anything in particular you struggle with? There is a sample Hamlet essay and other resources available on our site!