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What did Aristotle say?

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‘The aim of a tragedy is to arouse sensations of pity and fear’

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Who said ‘The aim of a tragedy is to arouse sensations of pity and fear’?

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Aristotle

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What did T.S Eliot say?

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‘The opening scene of Hamlet is as well constructed as that of any play ever written’

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Who said ‘The opening scene of Hamlet is as well constructed as that of any play ever written’?

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T.S Eliot

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What did Knight say?

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‘Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent diplomat and king’

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Who said ‘Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent diplomat and king’?

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Knight

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What did McGrory say?

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‘Shakespeares women are either maiden saints or loathsome sinners’

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Who said ‘Shakespeares women are either maiden saints or loathsome sinners’?

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McGrory

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What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge say?

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‘Ophelia’s short and general answer to Laertes, the natural careless of innocence, which cannot think such a code of cautions and prudences necessary to its own preservation’

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Who said ‘Ophelia’s short and general answer to Laertes, the natural careless of innocence, which cannot think such a code of cautions and prudences necessary to its own preservation’?

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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What did Showalter say about Ophelia?

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‘Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language’

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Who said ‘Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language’?

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Showalter

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What did Rogers say?

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‘In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity’

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Who said ‘In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity’?

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Rogers

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What did Von Goethe say?

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‘All duties seem holy to Hamlet’

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Who said ‘All duties seem holy to Hamlet’?

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Von Goethe

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What did Johnson say?

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‘Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent’

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Who said ‘Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent’?

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Johnson

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What did Mack say about Hamlet’s madness?

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‘Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature’

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Who said ‘Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature’?

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Mack

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What did Hazlitt say?

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‘Hamlet seems incapable of deliberate action’

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Who said ‘Hamlet seems incapable of deliberate action’?

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Hazlitt

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What did Bradley say about Hamlet’s delay?

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‘Hamlet’s delay is due to … a form of melancholy’

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Who said ‘Hamlet’s delay is due to … a form of melancholy’?

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Bradley

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What did Newell say?
'entirely motivated by reason and un-touched by passion'
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Who said 'entirely motivated by reason and un-touched by passion'?
Newell
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What did Swinbourne say about Hamlet's character?
'The single characteristic of Hamlet's character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of contending forces'
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Who said 'The single characteristic of Hamlet's character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of contending forces'?
Swinbourne
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What did Bradley say Hamlet is a tragedy of?
'Hamlet is a tragedy of thought'
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Who said 'Hamlet is a tragedy of thought'?
Bradley
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What did Edwards say?
'We can imagine Hamlet's story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet'
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Who said 'We can imagine Hamlet's story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet'?
Edwards
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What did Swinbourne say about Hamlet's disgust?
'Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women'
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Who said 'Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women'?
Swinbourne
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What did Knight say about Hamlet?
'Hamlet is in fact the poison in the veins of the community'
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Who said 'Hamlet is in fact the poison in the veins of the community'?
Knight
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What did Mabillard say?
'Claudius is not a monster, he is morally weak'
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Who said 'Claudius is not a monster, he is morally weak'?
Mabillard
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What did Arnold say?
'Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition'
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Who said 'Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition'?
Arnold
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What did Muir say?
'Gertrude is a moral defective'
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Who said 'Gertrude is a moral defective'?
Muir
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What did Wilson say?
'The ghost in the linchpin of Hamlet'
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Who said 'The ghost in the linchpin of Hamlet'?
Wilson
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What did Adelman say?
'Throughout the play, the covert drama of reformation vies for priority with overt drama of revenge'
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Who said 'Throughout the play, the covert drama of reformation vies for priority with overt drama of revenge'?
Adelman
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What did Charney say?
'Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being'
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Who said 'Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being'?
Charney
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What did Showalter say about Hamlet and Ophelia?
'Hamlet's madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius, but Ophelia's affliction is erotomania or love-madness.'
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Who said 'Hamlet's madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius, but Ophelia's affliction is erotomania or love-madness.'?
Showalter
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What did Prosser say?
'Laertes is like a hurricane. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, roaring for blood'
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Who said 'Laertes is like a hurricane. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, roaring for blood'?
Prosser
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What did Kerrigan say?
Ophelia is a 'lesser we have never really known'
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Who said Ophelia is a 'lesser we have never really known'?
Kerrigan
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What does Mack say?
'In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man'
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Who said 'In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man'?
Mack
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What did Frye say?
'Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis'
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Who said 'Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis'?
Frye
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What did O'Toole say?
'Hamlet poses great problems for the tragic hero theory because he is patently not a hero'
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Who said 'Hamlet poses great problems for the tragic hero theory because he is patently not a hero'?
O'Toole

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