Modern Criticism Flashcards
Sigmund Freud - 1900 about Hamlet
’ No better than the sinner whom he is to punish ‘
A.c Bradley - 1904 about Hamlet
’ Melancholia is at the root of Hamlet’s problems’
“ Hamlet’S genius might even become his doom’
“ nothing stands between Hamlet and suicide except religious awe “
A.c Bradley - 1904 about tragedy
” No tragedy in its expulsion of evil the tragedy is that this involves the waste of good “
Howard Mumford Jones - 1918 about Claudius
’ Salvation of Denmark, an accomplished diplomat ‘
Howard Mumford Jones - 1918 about Hamlet
’ Causing five times the misery that Claudius ever caused “
T.s Elliot - 1919 about the play
” Artistic failure.. Mona Lisa of literature “
D.h Lawrence - 1921 about Hamlet
” Soliloquies of Hamlet areas deep as the soul of man can go”
Juliet dusinberre - 1975 about Ophelia
“No chance to develop an independent conscience of her own”
Lee Edwards - 1980 about Ophelia
’ Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet ‘
King - 1982 about Hamlet
’ Identity of the ghost is secondary to its effect upon Hamlet “
Hawkes - 1986 about the ghost
” The ghost… Dominates….even in his absence”
Hawkes - 1986 about Claudius
” No simple villain, but a complex, but a complex compelling figure “
Traub - 1988 about women
” Male power is restored through…. The vilification of women”
“ ophelia’S dead, Virginia body is fetishized by Hamlet and laertes alike.. Site of masculine competitions “
Stephen greenblatt - 2002 about the ghost
’ The ghost… Initiates a nightmare “
Allan Ingram - 2005 about Ophelia
’ Utterly defined by her romantic relationships ‘
