The prompt which should be used is the 2001 prompt (shown above) because, in Hamlet, Hamlet’s ambiguous sanity (or lack thereof) is significant to the development of the plot. A writer can show examples of “mad” things which Hamlet said which reveal truths about other characters or show what Hamlet is thinking about. To justify how Hamlet’s madness could be reasonable, they could refer to other characters becoming suspicious of Hamlet’s actions, and why certain phrases he uses indicate that he is not actually insane. For instance, they could write about how Polonius said there’s method to his madness, or about how Hamlet tells Horatio and Gertrude at different points in the play that he is not actually insane. Writers could also cite Hamlet’s