hamlet critics Flashcards
(22 cards)
‘the play does not offer any … about what is the … to the question it poses about …’
‘the play does not offer any conclusions about what is the right response to the question it poses about human aggression’
Alexander
‘… exists on a margin between … and …’
‘revenge exists on a margin between justice and crime’
Belsey
‘the audience are … because they are asked to …………….. a little more about the ….. springs of ……’
‘the audience are entertained because they are asked to see, feel and understand a little more about the hidden springs of action’
Alexander
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern … the …… to a …..
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sacrifice the bond of human friendship to a social propriety
Marilyn French
Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius provided a ….. to Hamlet’s …. which caused him to sink into …..
Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius provided a violent shock to Hamlet’s moral being, which caused him to sink into melancholy
AC Bradley
‘the ghost seeks to … a stereotype on the prince, that of a ….., but Hamlet displays a very credible resistance to that stereotype
‘the ghost seeks to impose a stereotype on the prince, that of a dedicated revenger, but Hamlet displays a very credible resistance to that stereotype
Watts
‘not allowed to …., and …. to be ….., Ophelia …..’
‘not allowed to love, and unable to be false, Ophelia breaks’
Leverenz
it is the sovereigns failure to …. which ….. the subjects quest for ….
it is the sovereigns failure to administer justice which inaugurates the subjects quest for vengeance
Bradley
Hamlets ….. at the ….. in himself is …. into violent revulsion against women
Hamlets disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women
Leverenz
the incertitude that informs the play is attributed to some split between seeming and being, appearance and reality, intellect and action, inside and outside
French
wheres her madness is …., represented bodily, and its content ….., Hamlets melancholy is ….. in … and …
wheres her madness is somatised, represented bodily, and its content eroticised, Hamlets melancholy is politicised in form and content
Neely
‘the mousetrap is a ….. illusion, the play within the play of hamlet proves that the drama is not ….. it is a careful construct of the lives we live
the mousetrap is a topical illusion, the play within the play of hamlet proves that the drama is not escapist relaxation, it is a careful construct of the lives we live
Worral
‘…., a relationship frequently …. and highly valued by ….. writers and their ….. followers is ….. at Elsinore’
‘friendship, a relationship frequently praised and highly valued by latin writers and their humanist followers is corrupted at Elsinore’
Hadfield
madness gives ‘licence of the …… in ……’
madness gives ‘licence of the allowed fool in speech and action’
Mack
the revenger could - … the audience’s …..by use of
…….tactic .. or becoming more obsessed with revenge than the motive for it
the revenger could - exhaust the audience’s sympathy by use of treacherous tactic .. or becoming more obsessed with revenge than the motive for it
salgado
ophelia plays the part of the …. who sees through the ….. of the …..
ophelia plays the part of the court fool who sees through the guises of the monarchs
Olivas
her madness - enables her to … her being; she is no longer forced to …. and play the ……
her madness - enables her to assert her being; she is no longer forced to keep silent and play the dutiful daughter
Charney
‘affects the … of the whole …. or …..’ - tragic hero
‘affects the welfare of the whole nation or empire’ - tragic hero
AC BRADLY
characters struggle unsuccessfully to ….. a coherent worldview from the ….. of the old - on soliloquies
characters struggle unsuccessfully to reconstruct a coherent worldview from the ruins of the old - on soliloquies
Kastan
friendship as a ‘free choice made between ……’ + ‘……. virtue’
friendship as a ‘free choice made between equals’ + ‘incorruptible virtue’
Limmer
‘turning point of the play, ….. for Hamlet the ….. of …… action’
‘thinking too …….. is as …….. as acting impulsively’
‘turning point of the play, crystalizing for Hamlet the futility of heroic action’
‘thinking too preciecly is as beastly as acting impulsively’
Shapiro on fortinbras and Hamlet
‘except for the ….. of Hamlet’s father, the Hamlet universe is one of …… life - against this backdrop is the figure of Hamlet …..with the ………’
‘except for the origional murder of Hamlet’s father, the Hamlet universe is one of healthy and robust life - against this backdrop is the figure of Hamlet pale with the consciousness of death’
WIlson KNight on claudius and hamlet
