Hamlet Critics And Perfomances Flashcards
Jan Katt
“Every character has a more…
“Every character has a more or less tragic and cruel part to play”
Goethe (Hamlet and Duty)
“All duties seem….
“All duties seem holy to hamlet”
Herbert Tree (Comedy)
“The key comic element….
“The key comic element of the play is madness”
Showalter
“Ophelia is deprived of….
“Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language”
Smith (Gertrude)
“Pleasing men is….
“Pleasing men is Gertrude’s main interest”
Mackenzie (hesitancy)
“With the strangest purpose….
“With the strangest purpose of revenge he’s irresolute and inactive”
Flunt
“He himself is no better….
“He himself is no better than the sinner whom he is to punish”
Synder (comedy)
“Comedy can be seen as….
Comedy can be seen as “the grounds from which tragedy develops”
Coleridge (lack of self belief)
“He has no firm….
“he has no firm belief in himself or anything”
Smith (duty to his father)
“Hamlet’s duty lies…..
“Hamlet’s duty lies ultimately in avenging his father”
Mabillard (Claudius)
“Claudius is not a monster….
“Claudius is not a monster, he’s morally weak”
Edwards (Hamlet and Ophelias Story)
“We can imagine…..
“We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without hamlet”
A.C Bradley (hamlet unable)
“Hamlet is unable to carry out the….
“Hamlet is unable to carry out the sacred duty of punishing an evil man by death”
Morgan (R&G)
“They are willing….
“They (R&G) are willing tools of Claudius”
1996 performance
Director: Kenneth Brannaugh
Hamlet: Kenneth Branaugh
