Women/misogyny Flashcards
A.C. Bradley 1904 ‘beautiful, sweet…
‘Beautiful, sweet, loveable, pathetic & dismissible’
- despite her madness, sees the feminine qualities in her
- against feminist views of women, simplifies her existence to such adjectives
Neely 1991 ‘her liberation from silence…
‘Her liberation from silence, obedience and constraint or her absolute victimisation by patriarchal oppression’
- feminist critic describing her madness
Smith 1983 ‘although he clearly loves…
‘Although he clearly loves her - Claudius shares Hamlet’s conception of Gertrude as an object. She is possessed as one the effects of his actions’
Showalter 1985 ‘hamlet’s disgust at the feminine…
‘Hamlet’s disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women & into his brutal behaviour towards Ophelia’
Yi-Chi Chen 2001 ‘for the male characters…
‘For the male characters in the play…Ophelia is merely a convenient tool to be exploited & manipulated’
Margaret Atwood 1993 wrote…
‘Gertrude Talks Back’ to give voice to Gertrude, short story she claims responsibility for the murder of king & cast as powerful, humorous & decisive queen
