Hamlet Critics Flashcards
Jamieson (Satisfaction)
Claudius dies too late for Hamlet to derive any satisfaction from it
Claudius dies too late for Hamlet to derive any satisfaction from it
Jamieson
Jamieson (afterthought)
‘revenge as an afterthought and in many ways anticlimatic’
‘revenge as an afterthought and in many ways anticlimatic’
Jamieson
Hazlitt (prince)
Hamlet is the ‘prince of philosophical speculators’
Hamlet is the ‘prince of philosophical speculators’
Hazlitt
Belsey
Revenge is extremist
Revenge is extremist
Belsey
Bell
Hamlet the play fulfils the conventional revenge tragedy - eruption of violence at the end
Hamlet the play fulfils the conventional revenge tragedy - eruption of violence at the end
Bell
Hazlitt (emotions)
Hamlet embodies a whole range of human emotions
Hamlet embodies a whole range of human emotions
Hazlitt
Hazlitt (will)
hamlet has no strength of will but has refinement of feeling
hamlet has no strength of will but has refinement of feeling
Hazlitt
Kastan (profound)
Shakespearean tragedy’s are profound as there are no clear cut answers to the reasons behind human suffering
Shakespearean tragedy’s are profound as there are no clear cut answers to the reasons behind human suffering
Kastan
Kastan (absense)
it is Shakespeare’s absense of answers that makes his writing so compelling, the uncertainty is the point
Bluer
Hamlet delays a violent act because it’s fundamentally not in his nature
Hamlet delays a violent act because it’s fundamentally not in his nature
Bluer
Cantor
Hamlet’s religious beliefs intervene to ensure the damnation of his soul
Hamlet’s religious beliefs intervene to ensure the damnation of his soul
Cantor
Bacon
Revenge is a kind of wild justice
Revenge is a kind of wild justice
Bacon
Molony
The players held up a mirror to him, and in his newfound reflection he tries out some anger to see how it fits… but its empty noise
The players held up a mirror to him, and in his newfound reflection he tries out some anger to see how it fits… but its empty noise
Molony
Coleridge
Hamlet loses the power of action in the energy of resolve
Hamlet loses the power of action in the energy of resolve
Coleridge
Adelman
‘he is only interested in saving his mother due to fears about her sexuality’
‘more motivated by his mother than his father’
Ryan
the main cause of the whole tragic chain of events is Hamlet’s compulsion to postpone
‘he is only interested in saving his mother due to fears about her sexuality’
‘more motivated by his mother than his father’
Adelman
the main cause of the whole tragic chain of events is Hamlet’s compulsion to postpone
Ryan
Bate
Hamlet, like a senecan tragic hero, cannot be easily defined as hero or villain
Hamlet, like a senecan tragic hero, cannot be easily defined as hero or villain
Bate
Bradley (women)
because of gertrudes incestuous wedlock, hamlet is ‘poisoned’ against women
and therefore Ophelia as she is a woman
What is the feminist criticism?
gender roles have little to do with how people are but rather how society views them
Bloom
‘we are horatio, hamlet’s perpetual audience’ - dramatic irony, the audience forms a relationship with Hamlet through his stream of conscience
‘we are horatio, hamlet’s perpetual audience’ - dramatic irony, the audience forms a relationship with Hamlet through his stream of conscience
Bloom
‘polonius seems to love his children; he seems to have the welfare of the kingdom in mind. his means of actions, however, are totally corrupt’
Smith
Smith
‘polonius seems to love his children; he seems to have the welfare of the kingdom in mind. his means of actions, however, are totally corrupt’
Kerregan
He is surrounded by people that remind him of the dead king
remembrance haunts him, even to the point of madness
the ghost condemns hamlet to an endless fruitless yearning for a lost figure
hamlet never promises to revenge, only remember
He is surrounded by people that remind him of the dead king
remembrance haunts him, even to the point of madness
the ghost condemns hamlet to an endless fruitless yearning for a lost figure
hamlet never promises to revenge, only remember
Kerregan
