minor characters - big slayers hamlet Flashcards
why are female roles in hamlet written so strangely
written for men to perform them
hazlitt on ophelia: flower
flower too soon faded
bradley: an element, not of deep
tragedy, but of pathetic beauty
west opehlia: no line
in the play suggests she felt passion for hamlet
SHAKESPEARE: the lunatic
the lover and poet are of imagination all composed
the comprehensive victorian madwoman
an innocent maiden who is seduced and abandoned
how many scenes does ophelia appear in
5 out of 20
hamlets religious dilemma
taught in wittenberg - birth of protestantism
but lives under catholiscm
dichotomy of religion
laertes mirrors hamlet but
behaves in the opposite manner
avengers in hamlet
laertes: father and sister death
fortinbras: death of father at hands of old hamlet
hamlet: death of father
Polonius is written for elements of
Comic relief
Less wise than he thinkx
’Brevity is the soul of wit’ amid a lenghty speech
Polonius: youll tender
Me a fool
Cares more about his reputation than his daughters feelings
Polonius: neither a
Borrower nor a lender be
Healey: polonius adopts principles
That are unlikely to be accepted and is consequently the first to die
Pennington: a bad parent
Made palatable by the fact he is funny
