Hamlet's Madness COPY Flashcards

1
Q

“Much evidence . . . ”

A

“Much evidence in the play that Hamlet deliberately feigned fits of madness.”

  • Alexander Crawford
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

“In the play . . . ”

A

“In the play the only persons who regard Hamlet as really mad are the king and his henchmen.”

  • Alexander Crawford
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

“The comic . . . ”

A

“The comic element of the play is madness.”

  • Sir Herbert Tree
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

“Gives him . . . ”

A

“Gives him the licence of a fool to speak cruel truths, transgressing the language of social decorum.”

  • Kate Flint
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

“He identified . . . ”

A

“He identified Hamlet’s illness as Melancholy.”

  • Thomas Bright
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Hamlet’s disorder not only . . .

A

Hamlet’s disorder not only transgresses acceptable aristocratic behaviour but can be spoken of as something threatening the well being of the state as well as the individual.

  • Kate Flint: Madness and Melancholy in Hamlet 1988
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

His feigned madness . . .

A

His feigned madness ‘seems to have been the most likely way of getting himself confin’d and consequently, debarr’d from an opportunity of avenging his father’s death.

  • Thomas Hamner
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

When Hamlet puts on an ‘antic disposition’ it is . . .

A

When Hamlet puts on an ‘antic disposition’ it is ‘feigned, forced’ rather than the ‘natural . . . role of inflamed madness’ according to revenge tragedy custom.

  • Glyn Austen
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly