Hamlet+Test

Directions: Read the prompt below, then, in 40 minutes, respond. Your essay does not need to be in 5 paragraph form, but should be organized, and must answer the prompt.

**Hamlet Assessment - AP English Literature Free Response Question** Many works of literature not readily identified with the mystery or detective story genre nonetheless involve the investigation of a mystery. In these works, the solution to the mystery may be less important than the knowledge gained in the process of its investigation. Choose a novel or play in which one or more of the characters confront a mystery. Then **write an essay in which you identify the mystery** and **explain how the investigation illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole**. __**Do not merely summarize the plot**__.