Hamlet Critics

A.C. Bradley Quotes

‘a tale of suffering or calamity conducting to death’

‘contrasted with previous happiness or glory’

‘the consciousness of his high position never leaves him’

Aristotle Quote

‘the aim of tragedy is to arouse sensations of pity and fear’

Ernest Jones on Ophelia and Gertrude

Ophelia ‘sharply contrasts with the Queen’s character’

Hamlet wants to ‘choose a woman who should least remind him of his mother’

He has ‘an unconscious desire to play her off against his mother’

He has ‘resentment against women’

Ernest Jones on Polonious

Hamlet can ‘indulge to a relatively unrestrained extent his hostility’