character critics: old hamlet Flashcards
1
Q
bradley, 1904: to consider the ghost…”
A
“to consider the ghost a hallucination is a mistake.”
2
Q
alexander: “the nature of the ghost…”
A
“the nature of the ghost is intended to be an open question.”
3
Q
g.w. knight, 1930: “if the spirit had been kind…”
A
“if the spirit had been kind, it would have prayed that hamlet might forget.”
4
Q
edwards, 1985: “the only person who holds…”
A
“the only person who holds a narrow view of punishing claudius is the ghost.”
5
Q
goddard: “the ghost is a spirit of…”
A
“the ghost is a spirit of war and a symbol of the devil.”
6
Q
wilson: “we are never perfectly…”
A
“we are never perfectly certain as to just who or what the ghost is.”
