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English Lit AS Level
Hamlet Critical Quotations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Maynard Mack, on Hamlet | "Hamlet's world is in the interrogative mood" |
| Harry Levin, on questions in Hamlet | "The word 'question' occurs no less than seventeen times... we may well regard it as the key word of the play" |
| L.C Knights, on the Ghost | "We have every reason to suppose that Shakespeare entertained some doubt on him... his command had been for a sterile concentration on death and evil" |
| A. C. Bradley, on religion in Hamlet | "there is a supreme power, concerned in human evil and good" |
| A. C. Bradley, on tragedy in Hamlet | 'a tragedy of thought, connected with his intellectual nature' |
| Jan Kott, on Shakespeare's intent for characters in Hamlet | 'every character has an irrevocable task to fill, a task imposed by the author' |
| Edward Dowden, on the mystery of Hamlet | 'Shakespeare created Hamlet a mystery, and therefore it is ever suggestive' |
| L. L. Schülking, on Hamlet as a character and a play | 'Hamlet cannot be comprehended except as a study of emotion' |
| Elaine Showalter, on Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship | "Whereas Hamlet thinks too much, Ophelia feels too much" |
| Helena Faucit, on Ophelia | "A strong and intelligent woman betrayed by the heartlessness of men" |
| Amanda Mabillard, on Claudius | "Claudius is a murderous villain, but a multi-faceted villain... he is not a monster" |
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