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Was Iago pretending to be Roderigo? He says "we"

Cowardly doesn't seem like an apt way to describe Iago

So brilliant, clear, and deep. Thank you!

Good stuff!

Excellent video. Thanks!

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There's also an Indian/Bollywood movie based on this play, titled as Omkara.

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You're a wonderful professor, the videos have been helping me so much!!!

Everything you talk about, since the very first video I saw of yours, just makes sense. Even more than what the whole world of Harry Potter already teached me. This is next level soul-searching. Thank you 💖

these videos have really helped me understand his writing. so thank u!

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14:39 At least Hamlet has Horatio who he can tell the truth, and partly the players. I think Ophelia is really being alienated

38:47 they can choose to tell Hamlet the death letter sent by Claudius, but they don’t, wasting their final agency

34:32 I like laertes because of his public morality ( revenging for his father’s and sister’s deaths and revealing the ultimate evil once he knew Hamlet was fighting for the same morals as his, revenging for his father), and his motive of revenge, not due to fear of the unknown, but due to what he thought is right.

25:22 Juliet’s strength is explicit, Ophelia’s strength is implicit

The reason we felt sympathy for them, is because they can somewhat reflect ourselves. Romeo reflects our romantic attitudes, Hamlet reflects our sense of justice 18:06

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I'm amazed that you're teaching Harry Potter too... Wow! I must be the world's happiest person if it can be part of our syllabus.

very cool video!

Hamlet is 16.

Almost at the end of my GCSE's and just wanted to give you a massive THANK YOU for these videos . I go to an extremely underperforming school in a deprived part of England but i want to make it out of here successful. My english teacher literally taught us nothing (other than read the book to us) so i used your videos to teach myself the entire book and i genuinely couldnt have passed english without you (hopefully lol) 🫡🫡

Thank you for the detailed explanation,this helps a lot :)

27:08 If Gertrude did not marry Claudius, and let her son succeed the throne, not no more than a week, who will be assassinated next? And the serpent will secretly kill Hamlet even before Hamlet acknowledges if Hamlet becomes the next king, the serpent, well, is Claudius.

I think your video provided more knowledge and facts, much better than other videos that are only used for low-level entertainment, even my online literature class at school can not provide that much crucial wisdom for my essay and poster on the themes of:” The complexity of action” and “ the impossibility of certainty”.

I don’t know whether my following ideas are right: Unlike the movie version of The Giver, which provides Jonas not only with the truth of the past civilizations, species, and cultures but also gives him guidance rather than order. The old Hamlet seems less concerned for Hamlet’s safety in the action, both emotionally and physically, the ghost seems only to care for his own perceived moral superiority rather than the individual scholarly renaissance artistic personality of Hamlet, he orders his child too much, view him more like his tool rather than his son, similar to the bright lord the LOTR Shadow of War, who only views the ring wearers as his vessel, not as his real comrades, and similar but not exactly like friar who is competent in herbal potion making, both literally and figuratively of their both protective and destructive nature. who helped the two star-crossed lovers partly due to respect for Romeo but more about his hope for peace in Verona. The old Hamlet uses his son as a means to an end, similar to but more ethically acceptable than Polonius’s act of using his daughter as a means to his political game and showing less consideration for their children’s well-being. Old Hamlet is the old king who has been murdered by his brother, and he is a reputable king, for the fact that Claudius can not overthrow him in public for fear of the rage of people, as well as the fact that he had won the combat against the Norway king, which can also explain why princess hamlet’s swordplay is much superior than Laertes’s. However, the reason the old king was being sent back as a wraith, is being told by his confession: it is a punishment for him, he has a crime that hasn’t been repented before his unnatural death. Old Denmark king’s morality and capacity are like 庄宗 in the Chinese historic writing <五代史伶官传序>， similar to Macbeth, who has a trajectory lifeline. They all have honorable natures, like their martial art caring for their military codes, and victorious diligence before their success. But their pride is all somewhat unbearable, Old Hamlet has a sexist attitude toward his wife, viewing her more like a possession who has been lost from him, although not as notorious as Tom who cheats on Daisy; 庄宗 who only indulges in plays and music without caring for both the purpose behind the art as well as peoples’ livelihood; Macbeth who kills his king due to his greed. But all in all, he ordered his son to complete his revenge, which is a double-edged sword: The same reason why vengeance for Prospera, madame Defarge, even becomes a hybrid of evil and justice, and the shady side is more alluring after their fulfilled success, so all in all, Old hamlet did not consider the problem:” What should Hamlet do after he kills Claudius?” Turning Denmark into anarchy? Causing the Verona street conflict to exacerbate into a civil war level due to misunderstanding? This is the reason I think Old Hamlet’s ordered actions are uncertain, not to mention not all ghosts are trustworthy in the first place.

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really good insight. and well explained, these are the perfect ways to involve pop culture into lessons to engage students. I wish i had you as my teacher. (coming from a metalhead 18 yr old who doesnt like school)

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I think you’re single-handedly going to save my exam grade, thank you so much for this video!!

thank you so much for these, I have a Hamlet a-level mock soon and this has really helped! you explain things so well and so succinctly.

You are so cool! i've recommended you to so many of my friends and we can't thank you enough for all you have helped with Shakespeare and making Hamlet fun all the while!!! :)

This video was super informative while still being entertaining. thank you so much!

Please read the play.

What is this mantra of 'interfering parents'??

I can't believe I'm the first comment - this was a fantastic video. I'm preparing this monologue and this was very helpful.

I love you so much 🥰single handedly saved my 4th quarter English grade

Love that you do harry potter as well, came from the Othello and staying for this. Awesome to play while studying lol.

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your analysis is always so amazingly detailed and perceptive, are you an english professor?

Shoots? What in the gun

Analysis of the play is beautifully done and the fact that its free to access is astonishing. I salute you sir.

All due respect but even before JKR went insane she wasn't close to Tolkien for most important author of the last 100 years. Not even in the fantasy genre does she have that distinction.

this guy is the goat, a level English paper 1 in eight and a half hours.

Your lectures have really helped me while preparing for my semester exams! Thank you!!

Shakespeare's writing of Claudius’s praying, in my opinion, is to show the evil and greed of Claudius, his sin is too much that his prayer can not send him to heaven

This video got me an A+