• Finally, in the play, what one moment would you change for the character to give him or her a different outcome? Include a quote. How would you change that moment or scene and why would it affect that character’s ultimate fate?

• In the play, why do you think the character acts the way he or she does? What is your proof? Include quotes to support your explanation. Why does that quote explain the character’s behavior? How does the language express the idea?

• In the play, does the character have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? What is your proof? Include quotes from the play to support your answer. Explain why that quote shows the character’s mindset. Focus on what the words mean and what that tells you.

Hamlet says, "O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt/Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!/Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd/His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!" (1.2.129-132).

If he had a growth mindset, he would have returned to his friends at school and tried to have a little optimism. Queen Gertrude asked him to stay, but he could have told his mom: ¨Look I love you, but your marriage kind of disturbs me so I think I'm just gonna go back to college.¨

Hamlet stayed in Denmark not because he was forced to, but because his fixed mindset imprisoned him there.

One part of the definition of a growth mindset states, ¨This view creates...a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.¨ Hamlet has no resilience whatsoever. Granted, his life has not been fair so far, but he really has put in no effort at all to make it any better. His fixed mindset has reserved itself to having a crappy life that will never improve, and that is why he wants to die.

Poor Hamlet is a little unsure of what to believe, a little disgusted at his mother, and a lot angry at his uncle. It's enough to drive any college-aged kid crazy. Hamlet's shouting fits and odd harassing actions toward Ophelia can all be traced back to the fact that his family is extremely messed up and it has affected him in the worst way.

Hamlet's craziness comes from his uncaring attitude. He does not have any real diagnosable mental disorder, he merely could not care less what anyone thinks of him, and that ruins some of the relationships around him. He has also become very paranoid, accusing his close friends of scheming with the King.

Hamlet finds out his dad has died and he comes home from college for the funeral. Afterwards, he returns to college and his friends help him through it. There is one death instead of seven. His good friend Horatio helps him through this tough time but he gets through it and continues living his life. There is no talk of avenging any deaths coming from Hamlet.