Discuss how the constraints of rank and public life limit Hamlet’s actions and expressions.

1. Discuss how the constraints of rank and public life limit Hamlet’s actions and expressions. What tools does Hamlet use to navigate this difficult terrain in order to pursue his purpose? Option: in discussing this, you may wish to consider how Hamlet compares to the other two characters who seek revenge. Do their methods of negotiating public expectations shed any light on hamlet?

2. How does the play use diction and imagery of physical sickness, decay, and death to speak on moral decay? Start by developing a claim about what the play seems to suggestabout moral decay and its effects. Then analyze the diction and imagery that develop this idea.