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1			In Hamlet, Hamlet suffers extraordinary grief after his father's death. View this link to read more about the five stages of grief elaborated by Swiss psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Did you find Hamlet's grief convincing? How many states of grief does Shakespeare illustrate over the course of the play?
2			Did the scene in which Hamlet muses on Yorick's skull resonate with you? Why or why not? Does Hamlet's obsession with his own mortality hamper his ability to achieve what he wants in life?