46 pages 1 hour read

Maggie O’Farrell

Hamnet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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Essay Topics

1.

How does O’Farrell present the tension between certainty and doubt? Do all characters experience the same degree of certainty at the same points in the novel?

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Discuss O’Farrell’s presentation of Shakespeare in her novel. To what extent does she show him to be an important character?

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How do literate and illiterate worlds interact in O’Farrell’s novel? To what extent does she show that illiteracy is a limitation?