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Flashcards in Late 19C to Early 20C Deck (5)
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1
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How did A.C Bradley believe the character of Hamlet should be studied?

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He held the view that Hamlet should be studied as one should study a real person ; piecing together his consciousness from the clues given in the play

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How did A.C Bradley explain Hamlet’s delay?

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Hamlet’s delay was one of “great melancholy” which grew from a growing disappointment in his mother

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How did Freud view Hamlet similarly to A.C Bradley?

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As a real person ; who’s psyche could be analysed through text

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How did Freud view Hamlet’s madness?

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Merely a disguise for the truth in the same ways “dreams hide unconscious realities”

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What did Freud believe caused Hamlet famously to struggle throughout the play?

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His Oedipus complex, he is torn largely because of his repressed sexual desires for his mother, which is being acted out and challenged by his Uncle