Essay Plan

The examiner is looking for you to show that you not only understand the theme of suicide and how it effects the characters but also that you understand how suicide is dealt with.

You MUST pay attention to and analyse the specific scenes mentioned.

Plan

1 – Introduction

What are you going to do?

You are going to explore the theme of suicide throughout the play.

You are going to consider how suicide effects characters and how it is dealt with in the play.

2 – Suicide as a theme

Select examples were suicide is prominent as a theme in the play E.g Ophelia

3 - How is Suicide dealt with?

Consider the two named scenes how is suicide dealt with?

Hamlet believes that people choose NOT to commit suicide.

Why is this important in the play?

Analyse how the two scenes deal with suicide. Do they show it to be immoral?

If so what impact does this have on characters.

4 – Conclusion

Come to a firm conclusion how is suicide dealt with?

What does the play tell us about suicide?

Why is this theme important?

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