Question

Which question is most likely asked by a reader analyzing a text through a formalist lens?

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

A) How do the parts of the text relate to the whole?

This question makes reference to Hamlet, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. This tragedy's main idea is Prince Hamlet's revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Reading the text with a formalist lens makes the reader ask question A.

Answer 2

The answer is A. how do the parts of the text relate to the whole?