It is an artistic failure.
No, Eliot considered the different possible interpretations of Hamlet's character and motivations a defect in Shakespeare writing.
There is no Becket in the play Hamlet. He's in Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot.
Eliot, in his essay Hamlet and his Problems, written in 1921, states that the purpose of all art is to express emotion, that "the only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an 'objective correlative'", and that there is no "objective correlative" to Hamlet's emotions. By "objective correlative" he means something happening in the real world which will induce that particular emotion, and to the appropriate extent. The main problem with this cockamamie theory is that the purpose of art goes far beyond expressing emotions, and that furthermore people do express emotions which are way more violent than the circumstances warrant (road rage, for example). Hamlet may he extreme in his condemnation of his mother, but that means that there is something else causing this rage, and the search for that something else is part of the fascination of his character. Basically if Hamlet and his Problems had been written by someone other than Eliot it would have been dismissed ages ago as an inept undergraduate effort.
TS Eliot criticized Hamlet as an artistic failure due to its inability to produce a unified effect, while William Hazlitt praised the play for its deep exploration of human psychology and the complexity of its characters. Both critics remind us of the diverse ways in which literature can be interpreted and appreciated.
All of the above. Not everyone agrees on what makes "good" literature good (even if it's written by Shakespeare).Popularity is not always equal to artistic quality.You are allowed to have your own opinions about literature.
T.S. Eliot called Hamlet the Mona Lisa of literature. It was not a complimentary remark--Eliot was pointing out that the work had become such a cultural icon that it has been reinterpreted to death.
It is an artistic failure.
Yes, T.S. Eliot's poem "Virginia" does have meaning. In this poem, Eliot explores themes of identity, memory, and perception through the use of Virginia Woolf as a symbol of literary and artistic influence. The poem delves into the complexities of creativity and the interconnectedness of past and present.
"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot alludes to various mythological, literary, and historical texts. "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats alludes to Greek mythology and Shakespeare's works. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot alludes to Dante's Inferno and Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Eliot family. has written: 'The Eliot papers'