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25 Cards in this Set
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Hamlet seeks justice, but revenge is outside justice. |
- Masefield |
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Hamlet recognises himself as an instrument of (that) justice. |
- Wilson |
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A society built upon vengeance is a society doomed to destroy itself. |
- Goodrich |
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The society depicted is oppressively narrow and claustrophobic; for the audience as well as Hamlet, Denmark is something of a prison. |
- Gardiner |
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Polonius is mistaken for the King, suggesting the role of the fool. |
- Oakes |
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Hamlet, flying from the sense of reality, seeks a reprieve from the pressure of its duties. |
- Coleridge |
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Horatio's loyalty is a refreshing contrast. |
- Gardiner |
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The idea of an ulcer or tumour as descriptive of the whole condition in Denmark morally. |
- Spurgeon |
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The text reeks with terms symbolic of the loathsomeness of moral disintegration. |
- Altick |
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The Hamlet universe is corrupt, rotten, and Hamlet is the healthy one, seeking to uncover the hidden imposthume. |
- Weitz |
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Mere accidents, independent of all will, form an essential part of the plot. |
- Coleridge |
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Religious rituals and beliefs in purgatory and prayer do not adequately serve as a framework for which Hamlet can make sense of his father's spirit. |
- Tieman |
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Hamlet's dark thoughts leave him unable to act. |
- Leavenworth |
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He is the hero and absolutely must act. |
- Corum |
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In Polonius' scheme of things, a love relationship is much like a financial transaction. |
- Gardiner |
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Freud's assumption is that Gertrude evokes a sense of guilt which Hamlet is unable to tolerate. |
- Bierman |
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Horatio and Marcellus do not even refer to the ghost with the masculine pronoun. |
- Smith |
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The protagonist represents the blasting consciousness of death. |
- Knight |
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In the sad, soldierly orders and martial praise of Fortinbras, the play finds its perfect consummation. |
- Miles |
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Hamlet strives to separate his noble qualities from the circumstance and treachery against which he has struggled. |
- Moriarty |
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It is his readiness to spy upon others that brings about his downfall. |
- Altick |
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Regardless of the fact that Claudius killed Hamlet's father, punishment and the right to issue justice is reserved for God. |
- Black |
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Ophelia loses her identity as a woman by allowing herself to be moulded by men. |
- Brown |
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Far from breaking free of her 'prescribed roles', Ophelia becomes preoccupied with them. |
- Brown |
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The work favours a world view that is entirely secular. |
Tieman |
