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Hamlet - What the Critics have said.
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- 1Roman SeldenREFLECTIVE DISPOSITION: he is INCLINED to THOUGHT rather than ACTION
- 2FreudA CRISIS occur in his life which bring the REPRESSED DESIRES to the SURFACE
- 3Ernest JonesIDENTIFIES WITH CLAUDIUS
He DESISTS because in KILLING CLAUDIUS he would be KILLING HIMSELF - 4Avi ErlichThe REAL CONFLICT is between his IDEALISED IMAGE of his father and the ACTUAL IMPOTENCE and BADNESS of his father
- 5William TydemanCHALLENGE this NOTION that Shakespeare's SOLE PREOCCUPATION is with HAMLET'S INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY
HAMLET cannot SWEEP TO REVENGE
The CONVENTIONS do not PERMIT HIM - 6TS Elliot (VIA TYDEMAN)An ARTISTIC FAILURE as situations did not JUSTIFY the EMOTIONAL RESPONSE they called forth
- 7Joe SutcliffeCLOSER IN SPIRIT to his father than he EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED
- 8Alexander Crawford(of shakespeare)
They are all STUDIES in the SPIRITUAL LIFE of man
If Hamlet were truly mad, moral only to avoid INSANITY and it NEEDS NO DRAMA to teach that. - 9Harold C. GoddardEVERYONE admits seeing SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES in the Prince of Denmark
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