hamlet critics Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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BACON 1600S “revenge…
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…is a kind of wild justice”
2
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SAMUEL JOHNSON 1765 “Hamlet plays…
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…the madman most when he treats Ophelia with rudeness, which seems to be useless and wonton cruelty”
3
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ERNEST JONES “Claudius has…
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…enacted the prince’s own repressed desires.”
4
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AC BRADLEY “We feel how…
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…strange it is that strength and weakness be so mingled in one soul” - “Hamlet delays because of melancholy”
5
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WILSON KNIGHT “Hamlet is an…
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…element of evil in the state of denmark”
