Paolo, Your "lighter" paper on Hamlet is mostly very good, but see last point below for one important question about the way you presented the facts of the plot. In second paragraph, a wrong word: "thrown" should be "throne." Later in that sentence, "whom" should be "who" Page 2: "He even contemplates drugs to help his state of mind." This is, of course, something added for the production of the play we saw in Fenwick Theater to try to make the action more immediate for a contemporary audience. Shakespeare doesn't have anything quite like that in the original play. The treatment of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Ophelia's drug use are similar -- the idea to make those changes comes from Prof. Isser, not from Shakespeare. I think this all worked pretty well for the production we saw, but you should be aware that these are not Shakespeare's ideas. "All things go smoothly, and when the scene of murder comes, Polonius stops the play and forces everyone to leave. This convinces Hamlet of his guilt, and he viciously agrees on exacting his revenge on Claudius." Of course, Polonius is doing that because he sees Claudius standing up and seeming agitated. Your phrase "his guilt" has to refer to Claudius's guilt (but it doesn't sound that way from the way your sentence works). The major question I have is: How did your reporter find out all this "inside information" about who did what and who was thinking what? Presumably it had to come from someone like Horatio, who knew everyone involved and had access to one of the main characters. He had Hamlet's trust and Hamlet shared a lot of his thoughts, so that would be plausible. It would have been good to put a bit of thought into these issues to make the "news story" more believable. Content -- B+ Structure/Mechanics -- A-