Any ideas anyone?

[bearkoonce]

Hey guys I was just wandering if anyone could help me out a little. I'm a freshman at the University of North Alabama and I'm working on a pretty big research paper. I have to look at an issue in a story and tell why the issue is detrimental or good to society today. I also have to argue ways in which the issue can be solved or enhanced. I have picked Hamlet. Any thoughts?

[Gladys]

You might choose Hamlet's vengeance and pride, Claudius's treachery, Horatio's loyalty, or the duplicity of Ophelia and R & G.

[Beewulf]

Hey guys I was just wandering if anyone could help me out a little. I'm a freshman at the University of North Alabama and I'm working on a pretty big research paper. I have to look at an issue in a story and tell why the issue is detrimental or good to society today. I also have to argue ways in which the issue can be solved or enhanced. I have picked Hamlet. Any thoughts?

Here are few research questions:

Is it better to oppose injustice or to retreat from it?

Is it better to react with immediate violence in defense of honor, or to consider various courses of action, or even inaction, before reacting?

Is it possible (or ethical) to use duplicity to uncover the truth?

Is suicide an act of cowardice or heroism? Is suicide a sin?

Is honor worth dying for?

Should we put our trust in the idea that God controls our fate, or in the idea that we must take responsibility for own own destiny?

Is it better to live a life governed by passion and action, or by stoicism and endurance?

What is a child's responsibility to his or her parent(s)?

Is it possible for one to trust the veracity of supernatural phenomenon or revelation?

Is it more satisfying to live in a society in which individuals take it upon themselves to prosecute evil and/or protect their rights, or in a society in which individuals depend on external organizations (police, law courts, etc)?