The different opinions of Derek Jacobi, Freud and T.S. Eliot are given in their own works, while interpreting the tragic play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. Although these three men have different ideas concerning the play, they all use their intense vocabulary skills to get across their feelings and portray their point of view. Following are a few words used, their definitions, and pictures to tie them to.
Vocabulary
stratification: the building up of layers
"critics have failed in their "interpretation" of Hamlet by ignoring what ought to be very obvious: that Hamlet is a stratification, that it represents the efforts of a series of men, each making what he could out of the work of his predecessors" (Hamlet and His Problems by T.S. Eliot).
"critics have failed in their "interpretation" of Hamlet by ignoring what ought to be very obvious: that Hamlet is a stratification, that it represents the efforts of a series of men, each making what he could out of the work of his predecessors" (Hamlet and His Problems by T.S. Eliot).
Vicarious: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
"These minds often find in Hamlet a vicarious existence for their own artistic realization" (Hamlet and His Problems by T.S. Eliot).
"These minds often find in Hamlet a vicarious existence for their own artistic realization" (Hamlet and His Problems by T.S. Eliot).
Buffoonery: behavior that is ridiculous but amusing.
"In the character Hamlet it is the buffoonery of an emotion which can find no outlet in action" (Hamlet and His Problems by T.S. Eliot).
Neurasthenia: a psycho-patholigical term to describe a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia, and depression"According to another conception, the poet has endeavored to portray a morbid, irresolute character, on the verge of neurasthenia" (Freud).
Arras: a rich tapestry"Once upon a sudden burst of outrage, when he stabs the eavesdropper behind the arras," (Freud).
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