Feminism Flashcards
1
Q
pointed out hamlets insensitivity towards ophelia
A
Campbell
2
Q
if hamlet had married ophelia, he would have been sane
A
Eliot
3
Q
focussed on patriarchal interference in the lives of women
A
Jardine
4
Q
when was it prominent
A
late 20th century
5
Q
silencing women
A
opelia and gertrude are underdeveloped characters - especially since Hamlet is so preoccupied with them
6
Q
Hamlets contemplation
A
what distinguishes humans from beasts and man from woman
7
Q
ophelia
A
became an icon for the female victim, many paintings of her drowning
8
Q
Female characters ‘shine in the darkness’ - noble women placed in brutal world
A
Swinburne
