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Essay outline Q' "Hamlet's real cause of problem is his…
Essay outline Q' "Hamlet's real cause of problem is his mother " - how far do you agree with this statement?
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While Gertude indeed is a catalyst for tragic events, i dont agree with the statement to the extent where Gertude is all responsible for hamlet being the danger to the play. no
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what are the hamtet's "problems" - personality disorder (cynically depressed, unhealthy obsessive thoughts, unbalanced personality, negative narcissism, oedipus complex
Development of my argument - yes, i do agree to this statement, however, i can present other factors causing hamlet and
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external factors - gertude being the victim of elizabethan mysoginy - her characterisation in the play is not respected. King hamlet's pressure on hamlet, him being more of a thinker led him turn out this way.
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Criticisms/commentary
Hamlet
"hanlet denies the existence of romantic values" - G wilson Knight - he's puritanical - hates low activities;sex;being sexually opressed;drinking
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"Hamlet was in love with his mother and inhibited from killing his rival" - is this why he was so upset and bothered? - he thinks they've commited incest.
A.C. Bradley - "Gerdude's marriage provided a violet shock to Hamlet's moral being - caused him to sink into melancholy" - Full support
Ernest Jones "Hamlet's reluctance to kill Claudius is that Claudius (by killing Hamlet's father and marrying his mother) has enacted the prince's own repressed desires"
"Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women" - David Leverenz - Supported.
William Hazlitt - Hamlet is the 'prince of philosophical speculators'. He cannot complete his revenge because he cannot have it perfect.
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Gertrude
"Gertrude believes that quiet women best please men, and pleasing men is Gertrude's main interest" - to some extent agreed - her ability to attract powerful men - sexuality - a big problem for hamlet
"Gertrude isn't the stereotypical lustful woman of revenge drama, she's far more sympathetic" - Cedric Watts - she kinda is, women were left with limited choices - had to secure political and social standing = safety
rompts the audience to empathize with Gertrude's predicament. As the queen, she is navigating a court filled with political intrigue, and her marriage to Claudius is likely influenced by a desire to maintain stability and protect herself in a male-dominated environment.
"women were everything men were not: silent, submissive, powerless" Belsey
"Gertrude chooses a brother over a dead Hamlet, Ophelia chooses a father over a living Hamlet" Kay Stanton - her characterisation here is very weak, no solioguy, we actually have no clue what she is thinking about. - one argumentitve point
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