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hamlet quotes— women, gender & sexuality Flashcards

(16 cards)

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Polonius to Laertes leaving for France

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“This above all, to thine own self be true”

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Polonius not willing to allow Ophelia to trust her own judgment and think for herself

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“You do not understand yourself so clearly/ As it behoves my daughter and your honour”

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Hamlet makes it clear he is disgusted by his mother’s relationship with Claudius

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“whored my mother”

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Hamlet shares the same disgust and crudeness about his mother with Ophelia

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“Lady, shall I lie in your lap?”

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5
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Laertes and Polonius believe that the prince merely wants to take her…

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“chaste treasure”

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6
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Claudius chides Hamlet for his…

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“unmanly grief”

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Gertrude shows no understanding of Hamlet’s grief

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“all that lives must die”

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Hamlet begins to view Ophelia as an icon of purity and claims to love her more than…

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“forty thousand brothers”

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9
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King Hamlet’s death was…

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“foul, strange and unnatural”

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King Hamlet’s manliness is linked to his physical strength and bravery, so despite dying from poison, he appears clad in…

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“the very armour he had on”

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misogynistic comment from Hamlet about the remarriage of Gertrude

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“Frailty, thy name is woman!”

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manipulative rail Polonius has over Ophelia and her relationship and feelings with Hamlet

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“You speak like a green girl/ Unsifted in such perilous circumstance”

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Ophelia speaking about the rough handling Hamlet had with her in her chamber

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“He took me by the wrist and held me hard”

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Hamlet telling Ophelia to abstain from sex and to never have a husband or family

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“Get thee to a nunnery”

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Hamlet making a sexual remark to Ophelia and proceeding to lay in front of her in demonstration

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“That’s a fair thought to lie between maids’ legs”

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16
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Gertrude talking about the woman in Hamlet’s play, that ironically is playing her part

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“The lady doth protests too much, methinks”