A05 Critical Interpritations(hamlet) Flashcards
(21 cards)
Which critic described Hamlet as “one of the most fiercely misogynistic plays”?
Sonia massai(2018
What does carol rutter(2018) say about Ophelia ?
“ Ophelia is bullied and betrayed by every person in this play”
What does drama thrive on, according to Johnathan bate
“ Disorder “
What does carol Rutter(2018) also say when comparing hamlet and Ophelia’s madness ?
“ hamlet is thinking about madness, Ophelia plays it for real”
“Hamlet toys with the idea of suicide, Ophelia commits suicide”
What does Hartley Coleridge advise that we should view hamlet as ?
“Consider hamlet as a real person”
What does TS Elliot(1919) say about the play
That the play was a “artistic failure”
According to Freud why cant hamlet kill Claudius ?
He cannot” take vengeance on the man who did away with his father and took that fathers place with the mother”
What does Freud also say about hamlet opedius complex ?
Since Claudius has fulfilled hamlets “repressed wishes”
What does Freud say restrained hamlet by the realisation of ?
The realisation that he is “no better than the sinner whom he is to punish”
What does Graham holderness(1989) say about the fundamental changes of Elizabethan society( Marxist lens)
The “medieval world of old hamlet is fading with Denmark no longer bring ruled by the values of a “medieval warrior- king”
What does holderness(1989) say about hamlet.
Hint- the change between two worlds
He is :”stranded between two world”
“unable to emulate the heroic values of his father”
“Unable to engage with modern political diplomacy”
What does Samuel Johnson(1765) say about hamlet ?
“Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent”
What does Samuel Johnson(1765) say about how hamlet treats Ophelia
“ he treats Ophelia with so much rudeness, which seems useless and wanton cruelty”
What does smith(1992) say about Ophelia
(Ophelias) only concern is pleasing others”
What does A.C BRADLEY say about Ophelia ?
(Ophelias) whole character is that of simple unselfish affection”
What does HAZLITT(1817) say about HAMLETS inaction ?
“His ruling passion is to think, not act”
What does NIETZSCHE(1872) say about hamlets inaction
“hamlet thinks too deeply”
What does bacon(1625) say about revenge ?
“ revenge is a kind of wild justice”
What does Thomas HAMMER(1736) say what would have happend if Hamlet killed Claudius sooner
“there would have been an End of our Play”.
What does hawkes(1986) say about the ghost- showing the impact of supernatural ?
“The ghost dominates even in his absence”
