AP Essay Prompt: Good and Bad
A 40 minute AP essay prompt on Hamlet's remark that thinking makes a thing good or bad.
Advanced Placement Examination
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
(Suggested Time – 40 minutes.)
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the title character tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Write a carefully reasoned essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies this assertion. Use evidence from your observation, experience, or reading to develop your position.