Hamlet Interpretations (Reversed) Flashcards
(13 cards)
It isn’t that Hamlet thinks too much; Hamlet thinks too well.
Bloom
It is clear the ghost (Old King Hamlet/ Hamlet’s father) is real.
Bradley
Hamlet doubts the ghost; Hamlet’s insanity makes him doubt the ghost.
Bradshaw
Enormous intellectual activity.
Coleridge
Knowledge kills action.
Nietzche
Lost in a labyrinth of thought.
Shleigel
never certain who/ what the ghost is; Hamlet never knows whether to believe it or not.
Wilson
How does one deal (kill) a man like Claudius without becoming like him?
Nigel Alexander
Play:
Mad and aware of the insanity.
Brannagh
Play:
Colourful costumes, modern interpretation, child-like
Essiedu
Play:
Oedipal complex, child-like
Jacobi
Play:
Suicidal, stern, serious
Olivier
Play:
Emotionally unstable, mad, unpredictable
Tennant