Hamlet: Critics Flashcards by Nathan Camps

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

holy

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

Claudius

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Which critic?

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

Arnold

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

forceful assertion

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Which critic?

‘Laertes is like a hurricane’

Prosser

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

pity and fear

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

constructed

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

diplomat

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

sexuality and language

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Which critic said:

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

Showalter

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‘In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her….’ (Rogers)

youth, beauty and purity

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Which critic said:

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

Rogers

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

human behaviour

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‘Hamlet seems incapable of ___________ action’ (Hazlitt)

deliberate

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

melancholy

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

contending

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Which critic?

‘Hamlet is a tragedy of thought.’

Bradley

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

thought

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Which critic?

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

Swinbourne

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

Ophelia

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Which critic?

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

Edwards

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

monster

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

weak

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

rhetorical

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

contrition

'Gertrude is a moral ________________' (Muir)

defective

Which critic? 'Gertrude is a moral defective'

Muir

'The ghost is the _______ of Hamlet' (Wilson)

linchpin

Which critic 'Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being'

Charney

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

different man

Which critic? 'In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man'

Mack

'Hamlet is a tragedy without _____________' (Frye)

catharsis

Which critic? 'Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis'

Frye

Which critic? 'Women are either innocent maiden saints or loathsome sinners.'

Mcgrory

'Women are either innocent maiden saints or ______________________.'

'loathsome sinners'

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

Smith

Which critic? 'You will observe in Ophelia's short and general answer to the long speech of Laertes the natural carelessness of innocence'

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

'You will observe in Ophelia's short and general answer to the long speech of Laertes the... (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

natural carelessness of innocence

Hamlet is rather an...(Johnson)

instrument than an agent

Which critic? 'Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent'

Johnson

Which critic? 'Hamlet is in fact the poison in the veins of the community.'

Knight

'Hamlet is in fact the....' (Knight)

poison in the veins of the community

Which critic? 'Hamlet's soliloquy in 3.1 (to be or not to be) is 'entirely motivated by reason and untouched by passion'

(Newell)

Hamlet's soliloquy in 3.1 (to be or not to be) is 'entirely.... (Newell)

motivated by reason and untouched by passion.

'Hamlet is patently not a.... (O'toole)

hero

Which critic? 'Hamlet is patently not a hero'

O'Toole

Which critic? 'Throughout the play the covert drama of reformation vies for priority with overt drama of revenge'

Adelman

'Throughout the play the covert drama of reformation vies for...' (Adelman)

priority with overt drama of revenge

Which critic? Hamlet's madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius but Ophelia's affliction is erotomania or love madness.'

Showalter

Hamlet's madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius but Ophelia's...(Showalter)

affliction is erotomania or love madness

Which critic? 'Ophelia is a lesser we have never really known'

Kerrigan

Ophelia is a lesser... (Kerrigan)

we have never really known.

Which critic? 'Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women.'

Lererenz

'Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is... (Leverenz)

translated into violent revulsion against women.

Which critic? 'All duties seem holy to Hamlet'

Von Goethe

Which critic? 'Claudius is not a monster, he is morally weak'

Mabillard

'Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of _________ / __________ rather than sincere contrition.' (Arnold)

rhetorical pageantry

'Claudius' soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than....' (Arnold)

sincere contrition

Which critic? Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being'

Charney

Which critic? 'Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature'

Mack

'The single characteristic of Hamlet's character is by no means ____________ but the strong conflux of contending forces.' (Swinbourne)

hesitation

Which critic? 'The ghost is the linchpin of Hamlet'

Wilson

Polonius seems to love his children….his means of action however are...’ (Smith)

totally corrupt

Hamlet's disgust at the __________ / ___________ in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women.' (Leverenz)

feminine passivity

According to O'Toole, who is 'patently not a hero'?

Hamlet

According to Smith, whose 'means of action are totally corrupt'?

Polonius

According to Kerrigan who is a 'lesser we have never really known'?

Ophelia

According to Hazlitt, who seems 'incapable of deliberate action'?

Hamlet

According to Prosser, who is like a hurricane?

Laertes

What does Prosser say about Laertes?

He is 'like a hurricane'.

What does O'Toole say about Hamlet (as a character)

He is 'patently not a hero'

What does Frye say about the ending of the play?

It is a 'tragedy without catharsis'

What does Muir say about Gertrude?

She is 'a moral defective'

What does Knight say about Claudius?

He 'shows every sign of being an excellent diplomat and king'

What does Bradley say about Hamlet's delay?

It is 'due to a form of melancholy'

What does Mabillard say about Claudius?

He is 'not a monster, he is morally weak'

What does Johnson say about Hamlet (as a character'

He is 'rather an instrument than an agent'

What does Wilson say about the ghost?

It is 'the linchpin of the play'

What does Arnold say about Claudius' soiloquy?

'It gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition'

What does Showalter say about Ophelia's madness?

It is 'erotomania or love madness'

What does Knight say about Hamlet (as a character)?

He is 'the poison in the veins of the community.'