character critics: hamlet Flashcards
1
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Josipovici, 2016: “hamlet is a merge…”
A
“hamlet is a merge of the tragic hero and the clown figure.”
2
Q
Van Goethe, 1796: “all duties seem…”
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“all duties seem holy to hamlet.”
3
Q
Nietzsche, 1872: “hamlet speaks more…”
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“hamlet speaks more superficially than he acts.”
4
Q
flint, 1993: “he himself is literally…”
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“he himself is literally no better than the sinner whom he is to punish.”
5
Q
c.s. lewis, 1939: “hamlet is haunted…”
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“hamlet is haunted, not by a physical fear of dying, but of being dead.”
6
Q
jones: “shakespeare certainly never intended…”
A
“shakespeare certainly never intended us to regard hamlet as insane”
