Marxist interpretations Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
what factors does Marx consider to modify our society?
A
government
money
social class
2
Q
Terry Eagleton on society in Hamlet
A
Hamlet fails to meet the expectations of his society leaving him “unable to find self-definition”
3
Q
Graham Holderness (1989) on Hamlet
A
“He is stuck between two worlds, unable to emulate the heroic values of his father, unable to engage with the modern world of political diplomacy”
4
Q
how does Graham Holderness view the play?
A
Holderness sees the play as dramatizing fundamental changes in
elizbethan
Elizabethan society.
