Hamlet: Critics Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
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August Schlegel
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“A tragedy of thought.”
2
Q
William Hazlitt
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“His ruling passion is to think not to act.”
3
Q
August Schlegel
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“Hamlet is too overwhelmed with his own sorrow to have any compassion to spare for others.”
4
Q
Swinburne
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Hamlet is a man whose natural temptation was to swerve.
5
Q
Granville-Barker
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“A tragedy of inaction.”
6
Q
G.H Lewes
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“The poor Ophelia, broken-hearted and dying in madness.”
7
Q
David Leverenz
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“Not allowed to love and unable to be false, Ophelia breaks.”
8
Q
David Leverenz
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“She goes mad rather than gets mad”
9
Q
D. Altick
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Claudius has corrupted the kingdom of Denmark
10
Q
Lisa Jardine
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Questions why Gertrude is centred for the blame for the tragedy
11
Q
Masai
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One of the most fiercely misogynistic plays
12
Q
Massai
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The women speaks 4% of lines. Silencing women
