Hamlet Interpretations Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
Q
Bloom
A
Hamlet does not think too much, he thinks too well
2
Q
Bradley
A
The ghost (Old King Hamlet) is real
3
Q
Bradshaw
A
Hamlet doubts the ghost; his insanity makes him doubt
4
Q
Coleridge
A
enormous intellectual activity
5
Q
Nietzche
A
knowledge kills action
6
Q
Shleigel
A
Hamlet is lost in a labyrinth of thought
7
Q
Wilson
A
never certain who / what the ghost is; Hamlet never knows whether or not to believe it
8
Q
Nigel Alexander
A
how does one deal with a man like Claudius without becoming like him?
9
Q
Brannagh
A
Mad and aware
10
Q
Essiedu
A
colourful, child-like, full of expression
11
Q
Jacobi
A
Oedipus complex, child-like
12
Q
Olivier
A
stern, suicidal, serious
13
Q
Tennant
A
mad, insane, unpredictable, emotionally unstable
