Hamlet critical quotes 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureHamletA2/A-levelOCR Created by: mollywilson6Created on: 27-01-19 14:48 Wilson Knight - Clauduis "Claudius is a good and gentle king, enmeshed by the chain of causality linking him to his crime" 1 of 16 Wilson Knight - Hamlet "Hamlet is an element of evil in the state of Denmark" 2 of 16 Catherine Belsey - revenge "Revenge is not justice. It is rather an act of injustice on behalf of justice" 3 of 16 Catherine Belsey - revenge "Revenge exists on a margin between justice and crime" 4 of 16 Wilson Knight - Hamlet's morality He [Hamlet] is in fact the poison in the veins of the community" 5 of 16 Peter Alexander - audience reaction "The audience are entertained because they are asked to see, feel and understand a little more about the hidden springs of action" 6 of 16 Rebecca Smith: Polonius' character "Polonius seems to love his children; he seems to have the welfare of the kingdom in mind. His means of actions, however, are totally corrupt" 7 of 16 Rebecca Smith: Polonius and Ophelia's relationship "Trained his daughter to be obedient and chaste and is able to use her as a piece of bait for spying" 8 of 16 Marilyn French: R&G - link to Claudius + Ger employing them to cheer up Ham "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sacrifice the bond of human friendship to a coial propriety" 9 of 16 Elaine Showalter: Ophelia's character "Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language..she represents the strong emotions that the Elizabethans thought womanish" 10 of 16 Jonathon Dollimore: Corruption "Articulates a crisis in the decay of a traditional social order in England" 11 of 16 Ernest Jones: Hamlet's feelings towards women "His resentment against women is still further inflamed by the hypocritical prudishness with which Ophelia follows her father and brother" 12 of 16 Sigmund Freud :Repression in Hamlet "Hamlet represents the type of man whose active energy is paralyzed by excessive intellectual activity" 13 of 16 Sigmund Freud: Hamlet and his father's murderer "...he himself is no better than the murderer whom he is required to punish" 14 of 16 E.K Chambers: Hamlet's presentation to the audience "Hamlet is presented to us as a man of sensitive and high intellectual gift"..."He is no recluse; he has the genius for friendship and for love" 15 of 16 E.K Chambers: Hamlet's motive (or lack of) for action if this thoughtful man acts at all, it must be from impulse" - killing of polonius 16 of 16
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