Hamlet Act 5 scene 2

Review of essay

Rating: 3 star(s)

Response to the question

Though it it clear from the candidates introduction that they plan to discuss Act 5 scene 2, this piece of writing has no title, which is a little confusing, you should alway give a title to your work and you should clearly state in your introduction what you plan to discuss, this makes the premise of your essay clear to the reader. Furthermore, without a title is unclear weather or not the candidate has provided enough detail to give an explicit response.

Level of analysis

The candidate has chosen fairly suitable quotations from the play to add into their essay however for the most part they use these to simply retell the story. When discussing a play you should use quotations to back up your ideas and thoughts, you should be discussing the characters, what are they going through? What are thinking/feeling? How does the quotation you have picked show this? This helps to demonstrate your understanding of the play. Furthermore the candidate has not written a conclusion. You should alway conclude your essay, as this is your opportunity to leave the reader with a good impression of your work. Therefore you should summarise your key points and ideas, you should make sure that your answer your initial question if given one and you should try to give a personal response, your teacher/examiner is interested in what you have to say.

Quality of writing

The candidate does make a point of discussing the tension and drama within the final scene, however they do not mention the various ways in which Shakespeare uses language to add to this affect, for example the use of short sentences, explanation marks and syntax (the use of questions). Without the discussion of appropriate technical terms the candidate cannot achieve higher than a grade C for this piece of work. In addition to this there are a few spelling errors which could have been avoided had the candidate taken the time to throughly proof read thier work.