women

Question 1

Donte gabriel - 1866

Answer 1

painting of hamlet and ophelia - Hamlet is kissing Ophelia’s hand, she’s looking away, looking sad/disgusted/ not interested.

Question 2

Jeremy Collier - 1698

Answer 2

‘The depiction of Ophelia is Lewd (Crude and offensive in a sexual way) and unreasonable’

Question 3

‘ Hamlet conduct is cruel… so unworthy of a hero’

Answer 3

Thomas Hanmer - 1736

Question 4

Voltaire - 1748

Answer 4

‘ A vulgar and barbarous drama’

Question 5

‘Hamlet may even seem a monster of inconsistency’

Answer 5

John Dover Wilson - 1935

Question 6

Ophelia has no chance to develop an independent conscience of her own, so stifle is she by the authority of the male world’

Answer 6

Juliet Dusinberre - 1975

Question 7

‘ We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet’

Answer 7

Lee Edwards - 1979

Question 8

Valerie Traub - 1988

Answer 8

‘Male power is restored through… the vilification of women’

Question 9

‘ The Ophelia figure was a kind of feminine ideal: totally passive, sexualised, and utterly defined by her romantic relationships’

Answer 9

Allan Ingram - 2005

Question 10

‘ Ophelia and Gertrude can superficially be seen as representatives of the two archetypes of women in early modern drama’

Answer 10

Sean Mcevoy - 2006

Question 11

after ophelias madness is revealed - act 4 scene 5 handing out flowers - she is never mentioned - they never fight on her grave

Answer 11

1999 production

Question 12

big baggy white dress - suspected pregnacy - crazy hair signalling madness

Answer 12

Kate winslet adaptation

Question 13

Play within a play - ophelia is aggressive, gertrude slaps hamlet (Knows whats going on)

Answer 13

Gould 2025