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C.L.Barber: "Shakespeare's ...its investment in the human family"
art is distinguished by the
intensity of...
Hamlet is concerned both by the external and internal
threats to Elsinore
A play about Kings and court which develops on, and
explores the philosophy of the family
explanation for: C. L.
Women were expected to remain confined to the
Barber: "Shakespeare's art
domestic sphere, thus female characters rarely
is distinguished by the
existed outside of this within theatre
intensity of its investment
However Gertrude takes on both a political and
in the human family"
domestic role, but is considered to be an indication of
the corruption of the court and is met with little
sympathy in the play, was Shakespeare condemning
her for this? Link to Elizabeth
The Ghost, A1S5: "Ay that ...that have the power so to seduce! --won to his
incestuous, that adulterous shameful lust the will of my most seeming-virtuous
beast, with witchcraft of queen"
his wit, with traitorous
gifts,-- o wicked wit, and
gifts...
, Gertrude is presented as a prize to be "won", in some
sense she is dehumanised as a trophy for the male
characters, whilst the ghost's use of "most" projects an
image of vulnerability and innocence onto Gertrude
that contrasts Claudius the "adulterous beast"
The qualifier "most" is also used to describe Gertrude
in A1S5, in which Hamlet calls her the "most pernicious
analysis for: The Ghost, woman" - in both cases, the men project an
A1S5: "Ay that incestuous, exaggerated image onto Gertrude
that adulterous beast, with "Seeming-virtuous" explores the play's theme of
witchcraft of his wit, with appearance vs reality
traitorous gifts,-- o wicked Repetition of "w" stresses these words in the passage:
wit, and gifts that have the "witchcraft", "wit", "wicked wit", "won", a storyline of
power so to seduce! -- manipulation (similar to the book of Genesis), and
won to his shameful lust emphasises the supposed frailty of women
the will of my most Multiple speculations on why Gertrude marries
seeming-virtuous queen" Claudius (Hamlet even suggests they had an affair
before his father's death), but Shakespeare does not
let us hear this from Gertrude. This communicates
both the anxieties that existed over female sexuality,
and the lack of voice afforded to women - we hear
about Gertrude's sexuality from the male perspective,
never for ourselves (it thus could be exaggerated out
of disgust/attempts to control)
Hamlet, A1S2: "incestuous ...bed stewed in corruption"
sheets"
A3S4: "an enseamed...
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Terms in this set (68)
C.L.Barber: "Shakespeare's ...its investment in the human family"
art is distinguished by the
intensity of...
Hamlet is concerned both by the external and internal
threats to Elsinore
A play about Kings and court which develops on, and
explores the philosophy of the family
explanation for: C. L.
Women were expected to remain confined to the
Barber: "Shakespeare's art
domestic sphere, thus female characters rarely
is distinguished by the
existed outside of this within theatre
intensity of its investment
However Gertrude takes on both a political and
in the human family"
domestic role, but is considered to be an indication of
the corruption of the court and is met with little
sympathy in the play, was Shakespeare condemning
her for this? Link to Elizabeth
The Ghost, A1S5: "Ay that ...that have the power so to seduce! --won to his
incestuous, that adulterous shameful lust the will of my most seeming-virtuous
beast, with witchcraft of queen"
his wit, with traitorous
gifts,-- o wicked wit, and
gifts...
, Gertrude is presented as a prize to be "won", in some
sense she is dehumanised as a trophy for the male
characters, whilst the ghost's use of "most" projects an
image of vulnerability and innocence onto Gertrude
that contrasts Claudius the "adulterous beast"
The qualifier "most" is also used to describe Gertrude
in A1S5, in which Hamlet calls her the "most pernicious
analysis for: The Ghost, woman" - in both cases, the men project an
A1S5: "Ay that incestuous, exaggerated image onto Gertrude
that adulterous beast, with "Seeming-virtuous" explores the play's theme of
witchcraft of his wit, with appearance vs reality
traitorous gifts,-- o wicked Repetition of "w" stresses these words in the passage:
wit, and gifts that have the "witchcraft", "wit", "wicked wit", "won", a storyline of
power so to seduce! -- manipulation (similar to the book of Genesis), and
won to his shameful lust emphasises the supposed frailty of women
the will of my most Multiple speculations on why Gertrude marries
seeming-virtuous queen" Claudius (Hamlet even suggests they had an affair
before his father's death), but Shakespeare does not
let us hear this from Gertrude. This communicates
both the anxieties that existed over female sexuality,
and the lack of voice afforded to women - we hear
about Gertrude's sexuality from the male perspective,
never for ourselves (it thus could be exaggerated out
of disgust/attempts to control)
Hamlet, A1S2: "incestuous ...bed stewed in corruption"
sheets"
A3S4: "an enseamed...
