critical quotations Flashcards
1
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appearance versus reality, madness
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- Johnson - “Hamlet’s madness is clearly feigned”
- Maynard Mack - “Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things… about the corruption of human nature”
2
Q
action, hesitation and uncertainty
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eliot - “hamlet is dominated by an emotion … in excess of the facts as they appear.”
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3
Q
women
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- emi hamana - “[ophelia] suffers a series of patriarchal oppressions”
- GF bradby - “[gertrude is] a character of ambiguous morality”
4
Q
religion, honour and death
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goethe - “[hamlet is] pure, noble and most moral nature”
5
Q
poison, corruption and death
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richard d altick - “the cunning and lecherousness of claudius’ evil has corrupted the whole kingdom of denmark”
6
Q
death and the supernatural
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LC knights - “[hamlet has a] sterile concentration on death and evil”
