Astudent makes an observation about hamlet.
the focus on succession to the throne in hamlet would have been interesting to an elizabethan audience because their own queen had no heir.
which lens is the student most likely viewing the text through?
historical
feminist
formalist
philosophical

A) historical is the correct answer

A). Historical.

Explanation:

Lenses are demonstrated as the framework or perspective through which a literary text is seen or interpreted. These varied lenses offer different perspectives to look at a particular text in different contexts and therefore, these are commonly employed by authors to analyze and reveal the underlying layered meanings of a text.

In the given observation, the student employs 'historical lens' that implies the reading and analyzing a text in a historical framework which is clearly reflected by the significant historical era(Elizabethan) and the preferences('focus on succession to the throne') of the 'audience' when 'Hamlet' was written. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”