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Hamlet - Critics Flashcards

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“_______ is deprived of thought, sexuality and language” (Showalter)

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Ophelia

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“The opening scene of Hamlet is as _____ ___________ as that of any play ever written” (T.S.Eliot)

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well constructed

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“The aim of tragedy is to arouse sensations of pity and fear” (_________)

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Aristotle

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“The aim of tragedy is to arouse ___________ ___ _____ ____ _____” (Aristotle)

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sensations of pity and fear

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“Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent diplomat and king” (_______)

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Knight

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“Claudius shows every sign of being an _________ _________ and king” (Knight)

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excellent diplomat

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“The ________ ________ of Hamlet is as well constructed as that of any play ever written” (T.S. Eliot)

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opening scene

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“Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language” (__________)

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Showalter

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“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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“Ophelia is deprived of thought, _________ ___ _________” (Showalter)

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sexuality and language

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“All duties seem holy to Hamlet” (_________)

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Van Goethe

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“In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity” (_______)

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Rogers

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“In Shakespeare’s society, the ______ _______ is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity” (Rogers)

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ideal female

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“In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, ______ ___ ______” (Rogers)

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beauty and purity

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“The single characteristic of Hamlet’s character is by no means _________ but the strong conflux of ___________ _______” (Swinbourne)

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hesitation / contending forces

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“Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature” (_____)

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Mack

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“All duties seem ____ to Hamlet” (Van Goethe)

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holy

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“Hamlet seems incapable of deliberate action” (_______)

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Hazlitt

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“Hamlet can be __________ in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature” (Mack)

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privileged

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“Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the __________ __ ________ ______” (Mack)

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corruption of human nature

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“Hamlet is a tragedy of _______” (Bradley)

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thought

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“Hamlet’s delay is due to… a form of melancholy” (_______)

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Bradley

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“All ______ seem holy to _______” (Van Goethe)

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holy / Hamlet

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“Hamlet is rather an __________ than an ______” (Johnson)

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instrument / agent

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"The single characteristic of Hamlet's character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of contending forces" (___________)
Swinbourne
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"Hamlet's ______ is due to... a form of ___________" (Bradley)
delay / melancholy
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"Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent" (_________)
Johnson
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"Hamlet is a tragedy of thought" (_______)
Bradley
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"Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition" (_______)
Arnold
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"Hamlet seems incapable of __________ ______" (Hazlitt)
deliberate action
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"We can imagine Hamlet's story without ______, but ______ literally has no story without Hamlet" (Edwards)
Ophelia / Ophelia
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"Claudius is not a monster, he is morally weak" (____________)
Mabillard
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"Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being" (_______)
Charney
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"Claudius is not a ________, he is morally weak" (Mabillard)
monster
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"We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet" (________)
Edwards
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"Claudius is not a monster, he is _______ _____" (Mabillard)
morally weak
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"Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of __________ __________ rather than _________ ___________" (Arnold)
rhetorical pageantry / sincere contrition
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"Hamlet's madness is associated with intellectual and ___________ ______, but Ophelia's affliction is ___________ or love-madness" (Showalter)
imaginative genius / erotomania
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"Gertrude is a moral defective" (____)
Muir
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"Gertrude is a ______ _________" (Muir)
moral defective
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"The ghost is the linchpin of Hamlet" (______)
Wilson
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Ophelia is "a ______ we have never really known" (Kerrigan)
lesser
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"The ghost is the _________ of Hamlet" (Wilson)
linchpin
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"In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man" (_____)
Mack
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"Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a __________ _________ of her being" (Charney)
forceful assertion
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"Hamlet’s madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius, but Ophelia’s affliction is erotomania or love-madness" (_________)
Showalter
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"Laertes is like a _________. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, _________ ____ ______" (Prosser)
hurricane / roaring for blood
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"Hamlet is a tragedy without _______" (Frye)
catharsis
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Ophelia is "a lesser we have never really known" (_________)
Kerrigan
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"Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis" (____)
Frye
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"Hamlet's disgust at the _________ ________ in himself is translated into violent repulsion against _______" (Swinbourne)
feminine passivity / women
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"Laertes is like a hurricane. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, roaring for blood" (_______)
Prosser
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"In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a _________ ____" (Mack)
different man
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"Hamlet poses great problems for the tragic hero theory because he is patently not a hero" (________)
O'Toole
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Hamlet proses great problems for the _______ _____ ________ because he is patently not a hero" (O'Toole)
tragic hero theory
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"Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women" (_____________)
Swinbourne

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