Hamlet - Critics Flashcards
“_______ is deprived of thought, sexuality and language” (Showalter)
Ophelia
“The opening scene of Hamlet is as _____ ___________ as that of any play ever written” (T.S.Eliot)
well constructed
“The aim of tragedy is to arouse sensations of pity and fear” (_________)
Aristotle
“The aim of tragedy is to arouse ___________ ___ _____ ____ _____” (Aristotle)
sensations of pity and fear
“Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent diplomat and king” (_______)
Knight
“Claudius shows every sign of being an _________ _________ and king” (Knight)
excellent diplomat
“The ________ ________ of Hamlet is as well constructed as that of any play ever written” (T.S. Eliot)
opening scene
“Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language” (__________)
Showalter
“The opening scene of Hamlet is as well constructed as that of any play ever written” (________)
T.S. Eliot
“Ophelia is deprived of thought, _________ ___ _________” (Showalter)
sexuality and language
“All duties seem holy to Hamlet” (_________)
Van Goethe
“In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity” (_______)
Rogers
“In Shakespeare’s society, the ______ _______ is cherished for her youth, beauty and purity” (Rogers)
ideal female
“In Shakespeare’s society, the ideal female is cherished for her youth, ______ ___ ______” (Rogers)
beauty and purity
“The single characteristic of Hamlet’s character is by no means _________ but the strong conflux of ___________ _______” (Swinbourne)
hesitation / contending forces
“Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature” (_____)
Mack
“All duties seem ____ to Hamlet” (Van Goethe)
holy
“Hamlet seems incapable of deliberate action” (_______)
Hazlitt
“Hamlet can be __________ in madness to say things about the corruption of human nature” (Mack)
privileged
“Hamlet can be privileged in madness to say things about the __________ __ ________ ______” (Mack)
corruption of human nature
“Hamlet is a tragedy of _______” (Bradley)
thought
“Hamlet’s delay is due to… a form of melancholy” (_______)
Bradley
“All ______ seem holy to _______” (Van Goethe)
holy / Hamlet
“Hamlet is rather an __________ than an ______” (Johnson)
instrument / agent
“The single characteristic of Hamlet’s character is by no means hesitation but the strong conflux of contending forces” (___________)
Swinbourne
“Hamlet’s ______ is due to… a form of ___________” (Bradley)
delay / melancholy
“Hamlet is rather an instrument than an agent” (_________)
Johnson
“Hamlet is a tragedy of thought” (_______)
Bradley
“Claudius’ soliloquy gives the impression of rhetorical pageantry rather than sincere contrition” (_______)
Arnold
“Hamlet seems incapable of __________ ______” (Hazlitt)
deliberate action
“We can imagine Hamlet’s story without ______, but ______ literally has no story without Hamlet” (Edwards)
Ophelia / Ophelia
“Claudius is not a monster, he is morally weak” (____________)
Mabillard
“Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a forceful assertion of her being” (_______)
Charney
“Claudius is not a ________, he is morally weak” (Mabillard)
monster
“We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet” (________)
Edwards
“Claudius is not a monster, he is _______ _____” (Mabillard)
morally weak
“Claudius’ soliloquy gives the impression of __________ __________ rather than _________ ___________” (Arnold)
rhetorical pageantry / sincere contrition
“Hamlet’s madness is associated with intellectual and ___________ ______, but Ophelia’s affliction is ___________ or love-madness” (Showalter)
imaginative genius / erotomania
“Gertrude is a moral defective” (____)
Muir
“Gertrude is a ______ _________” (Muir)
moral defective
“The ghost is the linchpin of Hamlet” (______)
Wilson
Ophelia is “a ______ we have never really known” (Kerrigan)
lesser
“The ghost is the _________ of Hamlet” (Wilson)
linchpin
“In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man” (_____)
Mack
“Through madness, Ophelia suddenly makes a __________ _________ of her being” (Charney)
forceful assertion
“Hamlet’s madness is associated with intellectual and imaginative genius, but Ophelia’s affliction is erotomania or love-madness” (_________)
Showalter
“Laertes is like a _________. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, _________ ____ ______” (Prosser)
hurricane / roaring for blood
“Hamlet is a tragedy without _______” (Frye)
catharsis
Ophelia is “a lesser we have never really known” (_________)
Kerrigan
“Hamlet is a tragedy without catharsis” (____)
Frye
“Hamlet’s disgust at the _________ ________ in himself is translated into violent repulsion against _______” (Swinbourne)
feminine passivity / women
“Laertes is like a hurricane. He rushes into the palace in an uncontrolled rage, roaring for blood” (_______)
Prosser
“In the final act, Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a _________ ____” (Mack)
different man
“Hamlet poses great problems for the tragic hero theory because he is patently not a hero” (________)
O’Toole
Hamlet proses great problems for the _______ _____ ________ because he is patently not a hero” (O’Toole)
tragic hero theory
“Hamlet’s disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women” (_____________)
Swinbourne
