Hamlet critics- Ophelia

Question 1

What does A.C Bradley say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 1

-19th Century

1.”Her whole character is that of simply unselfish affection

Question 2

What does Rebecca West say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 2

-20th Century

1.”She was not a chaste young woman”
2.” a disreputable young woman”

Question 3

What does Lee Edwards say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 3

-20th Century

1.” we can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet”

Question 4

What does Elaine Showalter say about Ophelia and what century? (2)

Answer 4

-20th Century

1.”Ophelia has been an insignificant minor character in the play”
2.”Drowning was a typically feminine death”

Question 5

What does Stanton say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 5

-20th Century

1.”Only in death does Ophelia escape the wh0re image”`

Question 6

What does Julia Peragine say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 6

-21st

1.”Ophelia feigns madness in order to speak her mind more freely”

Question 7

What does James Drake say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 7

-17th Century

1.”is no great miracle that a woman out of her wits should talk nonsense, when at the soundest of her intellect had no extraordinary talent at speech-making”`

Question 8

What does Heather Brown say about Ophelia and what century?

Answer 8

-21st

1.”because she has no agency over her own life and body, she is driven further and further into madness.