Character Critics Flashcards
(11 cards)
“The ghost is the lynch pin of Hamlet”
John Dover Wilson
The Ghost
“Unique walks of the Devil”
Thomas Brown
Ghosts
“Only in death does Ophelia escape the whore image”
Stanton
Ophelia
Hamlet loses his way due to his confusion paranoia and hatred
Morin
Hamlet
“Gertrude is made out to be the symbolic scapegoat of the play”
Jacqueline Rose
Gertrude
“Ophelia is only a weak sacrificial victim”
Reinhardt
Ophelia
“Ophelia’s madness made her a potent and obsessive figure in our cultural mythology”
Showalter
Ophelia
“normal sexual passions of an adolescent girl”
Royle
Ophelia
“the ghost proves a catalyst of both friendship and enmity”
Robert Evans
The Ghost
“Hamlet has no appetite for revenge, this interview, like the one with Ophelia serves a purpose that he cares about passionately”
Jeff Woods
Hamlet
“‘more committed to saving a soul than carrying out an execution
Jeff Woods
Hamlet