Hamlet Interpretations Flashcards
Hamlet’s genius might…
…even become his doom
BRADLEY
Hamlet is perhaps the most…
…successful piece of dramatic illusion the world has ever known
WILSON
Hamlet is intensely…
..aware of himself as an actor
HOLDERNESS
Ophelia’s dead…
…virginial body is fetishised by Hamlet and Laertes alike
TRAUB
Church courts only prosecuted such…
…unlawful marriages if a complaint was made by someone
JARDINE
Ophelia is stifled…
…by the authority of the male world
DUSINBERRE
Male power is restored through…
…the vilification of women
TRAUB
Hamlet is literally no better…
…then the sinner whom he is to punish
FREUD
[Claudius is] no simple…
…villain, but a complex, compelling figure
HAWKES
The ghost…
…dominates, even in his absence
HAWKES
The ghost initiates…
..a nightmare
GREENBLATT
The play was written about a…
…surveillance state: a totalitarian monarchy
HYNTER
The play scene in Hamlet
Painting by MACLISE
