Hamlet: Critics

Question 1

‘All duties seem _________ to Hamlet’ (Von Goethe)

Answer 1

holy

Question 2

‘_____________ is not a monster, he is morally weak’ (Mabillard)

Answer 2

Claudius

Question 3

Which critic?

‘Claudius’ soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition.’

Answer 3

Arnold

Question 4

‘Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a _________/____________ of her being’ (Charney)

Answer 4

forceful assertion

Question 5

Which critic?

‘Laertes is like a hurricane’

Answer 5

Prosser

Question 6

‘The aim of tragedy is to arouse sensations of_______ and ________’
(Aristotle)

Answer 6

pity and fear

Question 7

‘The opening scene of Hamlet is as well _______ as that of any play ever written’ (T.S. Eliot)

Answer 7

constructed

Question 8

‘Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent ________ and king’ (Knight)

Answer 8

diplomat

Question 9

‘Ophelia is deprived of thought, _______ and _________’ (Showalter)

Answer 9

sexuality and language

Question 10

Which critic said:

‘Opelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language’?

Answer 10

Showalter

Question 11

‘In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, ___________ and purity’ (Rogers)

Answer 11

beauty

Question 12

Which critic said:

‘In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity’

Answer 12

Rogers

Question 13

Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of __________/___________ (Mack)

Answer 13

human behaviour

Question 14

‘Hamlet seems incapable of ___________ action’ (Hazlitt)

Answer 14

deliberate

Question 15

‘Hamlet’s delay is due to…a form of _____________’ (Bradley)

Answer 15

melancholy

Question 16

‘The single characteristic of Hamlet’s character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of ___________ forces.’ (Swinbourne)

Answer 16

contending

Question 17

Which critic?

‘Hamlet is a tragedy of thought.’

Answer 17

Bradley

Question 18

‘Hamlet is a tragedy of ______________.’ (Bradley)

Answer 18

thought

Question 19

Which critic?

‘The single characteristic of Hamlet’s character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of contending forces.’

Answer 19

Swinbourne

Question 20

‘We can imagine Hamlet’s story without _________ but ____________ literally has no story without Hamlet.’
(Edwards)

Answer 20

Ophelia

Question 21

Which critic?

‘We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet.’

Answer 21

Edwards

Question 22

‘Claudius is not a ______________, he is morally weak’ (Mabillard)

Answer 22

monster

Question 23

‘Claudius is not a monster, he is morally _____________’ (Mabillard)

Answer 23

weak

Question 24

‘Claudius’ soliloquy gives the impression of _____________ pageantry rather than sincere contrition.’ (Arnold)

Answer 24

rhetorical

Question 25

‘Claudius’ soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere ______________.’ (Arnold)

Answer 25

contrition

Question 26

‘Gertrude is a moral ________________’ (Muir)

Answer 26

defective

Question 27

‘Gertrude is a ____________ defective’ (Muir)

Answer 27

moral

Question 28

‘The ghost is the _______ of Hamlet’ (Wilson)

Answer 28

linchpin

Question 29

Which critic

‘Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being’

Answer 29

Charney

Question 30

‘In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a ____________/__________’ (Mack)

Answer 30

different man

Question 31

Which critic?

‘In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man’

Answer 31

Mack

Question 32

‘Hamlet is a tragedy without _____________’ (Frye)

Answer 32

catharsis

Question 33

Which critic?

‘Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis’

Answer 33

Frye

Question 34

Which critic?

‘Women are either innocent maiden saints or loathsome sinners.’

Answer 34

Mcgrory

Question 35

‘Women are either innocent maiden saints or ______________________.’

Answer 35

‘loathsome sinners’

Question 37

Which critic?

‘Polonius seems to love his children….his means of action however are totally corrupt’

Answer 37

Smith