Hamlet 3.1 | Hamlet Attacks Ophelia’s Falsity Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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3.1 “Will sooner transform honesty / from what it is to be a bawd”
A
The comparison to a ‘bawd’ suggests that she has become cheapened by selling her virtue + integrity
2
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3.1 “Get thee to a nunnery”
A
the conventional reading suggests that Hamlet wants to protect Ophelia’s honour + virtue by sending her to a nunnery where she’ll be free from the corruption of Elsinore
3
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3.1 “I have heard of your paintings”
A
Suggests Hamlet perceives Ophelia as false + artificial, she puts a mask of virtue to hide her sin
4
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3.1 “You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname’s god’s creatures”
A
the tri colon of verbs ‘jig/amble/lisp’ suggests Ophelia puts on a carefully orchestrated persona of innocence and naivety
