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Summary Hamlet Critical Interpretations (AO5)
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- Unit 1 - Drama
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List of named critics (AO5) of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Perfect for Pearson Edexcel English Literature A-level Paper 1 Drama.
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1.
\'The opening scene of Hamlet is as ________________ an opening as that of any play ever written\' (T.S _______)
Answer: well constructed - Elliot
2.
\'The aim of tragedy is to arouse sensations of_______ and ________\'
Answer: pity, fear - Aristotle
3.
\'In the opening scene, the soldiers do something _____________ to the play: they ask questions...Questions are only asked when people are uncertain. This is the world of Hamlet\'
Answer: fundamental - Richard Gill
4.
\'Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent _________ and king\'
Answer: diplomat - Knight
5.
\'In Shakespeare\'s society, the ideal female is ___________ for her youth, beauty and _______\'
Answer: cherished/purity - Rogers
6.
\'Ophelia is __________ of thought, __________________ and language\'
Answer: deprived/sexuality - Showalter
7.
\'Hamlet seems incapable of _______________ __________\'
Answer: deliberate action - Hazlitt
8.
\'Hamlet\'s _______ is due to a state of mind quite ____________ and induced by special circumstances - a form of melancholy\'
Answer: delay/abnormal - Bradley
9.
\'Hamlet can be _____________ in madness to say things about the _______________of human nature\'
Answer: privileged/corruption - Mack
10.
\'We can imagine Hamlet\'s story ___________ Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no _____ without Hamlet\'
Answer: without/story - Edwards
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