Romanticism Flashcards
1
Q
hamlets burdens cripple the power of thought
A
Schlegel
2
Q
to understand hamlet we must reflect on ourselves, “i have a smack of hamlet in myself”
A
Coleridge
3
Q
focussed on hamlets hesitation - he was overwhelmed by ‘amazement and sorrow’
A
Goethe
4
Q
there is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage
A
Hazlitt
5
Q
when was it prominent?
A
late 18th/early 19th century
6
Q
what did they focus on?
A
hamlet as an individual
7
Q
Romantic ideas
A
focused on natural world, demonised industry, spiritual struggle and the outsider, emotion and individuality
