Critical Interpretations - Women Flashcards
1
Q
Ernest Jones
A
‘The repressed wish is not only that the father should die, but that the son should then espouse the mother’
2
Q
Elaine Showalter
A
‘Feminine fluidity as opposed to masculine aridity’
3
Q
Stanton
A
‘What makes a woman a whore in Hamlet’s estimation is her sexual use by not one man but by more than one man’
4
Q
David Leverenz
A
‘At times their power seems to be defined by their ability to order women and children around’
