Read each statement about Hamlet, and identify the critical lens the reader used to view the text.

Question

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The motif of blood in the play highlights the destructive nature of revenge.:

formalist lens

Because Queen Elizabeth did not have an heir, audiences in Shakespeare’s time would likely have been interested in Hamlet’s focus on succession.:

historical lens

Gertrude does what Claudius tells her to do because she has little power as a woman living in a male-dominated society.:

feminist lens

Hamlet, Part 6: Applying Literary Criticism