critic quotes for mocks

Question 1

Janet Adelman

Answer 1

Despite his ostensible agenda of revenge, the main psychological task Hamlet seems to set himself is not to avenge his father but to remake his mother

Question 2

A.C Bradley

Answer 2

Hamlet’s conscience is the reason he doesn’t kill claudius sooner

Question 3

Catherine Belsey

Answer 3

Revenge in not justice. It is rather an act of injustice on behalf of justice

Question 4

Richard Vardy

Answer 4

in denmark corrupt world, spying is endemic

Question 5

Tosh

Answer 5

Shakespeare took seriously the view that excessive or unrequited love could lead to mental distraction

Question 6

Marian Cox

Answer 6

Hamlet wears alternatively twin theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy, sane price and mad fool, from the moment he decided to put on an antic disposition

Question 7

A.C Bradley x2

Answer 7

Hamlets love was not only mingled with bitterness, it was also weakened and deadened by his melancholy

Question 8

Dieter Mehl

Answer 8

The device of play within a play enjoyed particular favor with English dramatists throughout the renaissance period. This of course gives Shakespeare a particularly good opportunity to comment on contemporary stage practices and to define his own views on the proper function of drama

Question 9

Wilson Knight

Answer 9

Hamlet is, above all ,a play about the mind. The action that takes place is secondary to the psychological and intellectual turmoil that defines its hero.

Question 10

Harold Bloom

Answer 10

Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most profound and enduring creation. His dilemma is timeless and his inner conflict still continues to resonate with audiences today