critical viewpoints for Hamlet Flashcards
1
Q
What did Van Goethe say about Hamlet?
A
“All duties seem holy for Hamlet.”
2
Q
What did Rose say about Hamlet?
A
“Hamlets voice towards his mother is merely the effect of his desire for her”
3
Q
What did Showalter say about Ophelia?
A
“Ophelia is deprived of thought sexuality and language”
4
Q
What did Smith say about Gertrude?
A
“Gertrude’s main attention is to please men”
5
Q
What did Josipovici say about Hamlet?
A
“Hamlet is the merge of a tragic hero and a clown figure”
6
Q
What did Coleridge say about Hamlet?
A
“Hamlet is a man incapable of acting because he thinks too much”
7
Q
What did Coleridge say about Hamlets actions?
A
“Hamlet is obliged to act on the spur of the moment”
8
Q
What did Rebecca Smith say about Gertrude?
A
Gertrude is caught between 2 mighty opposites?
