   recent readers of Hamlet - please help
  I know this is against GDnet rules but I really need a thesis for my Hamlet essay so I am hoping you will forgive me this once. My Essay is supposed to be about "injustices in Hamlet" and I am simply stuck.I got a terrible thesis - something along the lines of "Hamlet''s procrastination caused the injustices"The problem is that my thesis is exteremly obvoius. I want something more contoversial - something there are two sides to.Thank you very much, any help is greatly appreciated. 
  Hamlet''s got plenty of opportunities for controversial theses. Whether stuff was his fault is semi-controversial, but too opinion-driven to be worth an essay. How about analysing the degree to which Hamlet consciously created or abetted various injustices? Or arguing some degree to which he posessed the moral right, or to which he believed he posessed it, or to which some other character (Gertrude? Ophelia? Laertes?) believed he posessed it?   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke ;  Injustices in Hamlet?How about his father being poisoned by his uncle and his uncle getting away without even being suspected? Or his mother shamelessly sleeping with her brother-in-law? ;  Promit: thanks, but that is an example of an injustice not a thesis.Sneftel: thanks your helping greatlyquote:Original post by Sneftel  How about analysing the degree to which Hamlet consciously created or abetted various injustices? That sounds like a great thesis, however I don't see how hamlet consciously creates any of the injustices - can you give me a few examples where I would be able to argue so?quote:Or arguing some degree to which he posessed the moral right, or to which he believed he posessed it, or to which some other character (Gertrude? Ophelia? Laertes?) believed he posessed it?   he possesed the moral right for what?Thanks again, [edited by - jakarta on February 4, 2004 10:54:26 PM];  I gave you ideas for injustices.I'm not going to write your thesis for you, and frankly I think this thread is going to be closed before anyone does. Nothing personal, but you have to do your own homework.It's not that hard to come up with a thesis when you have ideas, and there are way more than enough sites online to help you if you're honestly stuck. [edited by - Promit on February 4, 2004 10:59:33 PM];quote:Original post by Promit  I gave you ideas for injustices.I''m not going to write your thesis for you, and frankly I think this thread is going to be closed before anyone does. Nothing personal, but you have to do your own homework. If it was up to me, this thread would already be closed.It''s not that hard to come up with a thesis when you have ideas, and there are way more than enough sites online to help you if you''re honestly stuck.   [edited by - Promit on February 4, 2004 10:53:18 PM]I''m honestly stuck - I have a list of the injustices (what you said  is included) however I cant come up with a thesis I am really sorry for posting this but it''s a one time thing and Im sure its not much of a problem. can you point me to any site (preferably with an active forum) that can help me with this. thanks,Im really desparate. ;Don't you just love Google...[EDIT] Owl, about half way down the Google search, is an excellent page.   [edited by - Promit on February 4, 2004 11:00:59 PM];quote:Original post by Jakarta  That sounds like a great thesis, however I don''t see how hamlet consciously creates any of the injustices - can you give me a few examples where I would be able to argue so?Hamlet is comprised of no less than NINE deaths. Count ''em out. You''ll notice that quite a few of them died, either directly or indirectly, at the hands of Hamlet. Which ones does he hold responsibility for? Which of them really deserved it? Whose responsibility is it to determine who "deserves it"? Who actually did make the determination in each case?   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke ;quote:Original post by Sneftel  quote:Original post by Jakarta   That sounds like a great thesis, however I don''t see how hamlet consciously creates any of the injustices - can you give me a few examples where I would be able to argue so?Hamlet   is comprised of no less than NINE deaths. Count ''em out. You''ll notice that quite a few of them died, either directly or indirectly, at the hands of Hamlet. Which ones does he hold responsibility for? Which of them really deserved it? Whose responsibility is it to determine who "deserves it"? Who actually did make the determination in each case?   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke   Agin, thanks for helping; my essay is do in a week and I still don''t see a concrete thesis from that. Hamlet killed a number of people directly including laertes and polonius. Ophelia died indirectly also because of him - It is debatable wether polonius and laertes deserved it. However ophelia''s was definately injust. hmmm. can my thesis be something along the lines of - Hamlet sr.''s death was not the biggest injustice, worse things happened indirectly because of his death.what do you think I really need suggestions. I can write an essay in a couple of hours - after I have a thesis, that is.THNAK YOU VERY MUCH! ;  BUMP! please comment on my thesis - what do you think?