Resumen del pasaje:
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), better known by his pen name, O. Henry, was an American writer. His short story, "The Guilty Party," published in 1909, is a tragic story about a girl named Liz who is engaged to be married, overcome with jealousy, and then driven to violence.
Cuándo y cómo vincularlos:
Have students read this short story after reading Hamlet’s ‘my thoughts be bloody’ soliloquy in Act IV scene iv in order to develop the themes of deceit, love, and revenge. Ask students to draw on the significance of Lizzie’s father’s influence and to compare this to the many deaths that occur in Hamlet. What are the driving forces behind these incidents?