Good job discussing the humor in 1.5. I think that scene on a Globe-like stage would be hilarious. I see it like the three stooges moving from place to place across the stage trying to avoid the voice below. "Well said, old mole!" So funny.
I do know that in a play called Amleth which Shakespeare would have read/watched and apparently based Hamlet off of Amleth was only a child and couldn't immediately seek revenge so he pretended to be insane to lull his uncle into a false sense of security. This doesn't work for Hamlet possibly because Elsinore, like Elizabethian England was a surveillance state
I really enjoyed your series on Hamlet. I am an English teacher and (at the risk of incurring your wrath) Hamlet is my least favourite of Shakespeare's plays. My primary "beef" is the fact that Hamlet decides to act crazy at all. WHY!? So, I was happy to hear that you share some of my sentiments in that area. I love your enthusiasm and look forward to checking out the rest of you videos. Thank you :)
The Ghost is the revenge play genre itself. With the enormous popularity of Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy”, Shakespeare takes the old tale of Hamlet and reworks into a meta-drama whereby the prince is forced to play a role he does not want to play- indeed is unprepared to play. So The Ghost is just the “ghost trope” so prevalent in revenge plays, cueing Hamlet to “Act” in a Revenge Drama.
Just a thought, here is a man suffering in purgatory asking his only son to avenge his death. Why does he put this burden on the son he loves? Knowing that his afterlife judgement could be even worse than his own? I’m trying out for the role of the king and I’m wondering what would be the best approach. Is it losing his crown? Or his brother taking his wife? Or just the betrayal itself? I think his brother taking the Royal bed with the queen has put him in this state. Even though he is in purgatory and asking his son to commit a mortal sin, the universe allows it. Something is clearly rotten in the state of Denmark!
Putting on an "antic disposition" seems like the worst plan here...Claudius' attention would be and is drawn more towards Hamlet and who's to say he intended to stop at killing Hamlet's father but isn't playing the long game for the throne here. Also Hamlet's father said "taint not your mind" and what does Hamlet do....
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Good job discussing the humor in 1.5. I think that scene on a Globe-like stage would be hilarious. I see it like the three stooges moving from place to place across the stage trying to avoid the voice below. "Well said, old mole!" So funny.
I do know that in a play called Amleth which Shakespeare would have read/watched and apparently based Hamlet off of Amleth was only a child and couldn't immediately seek revenge so he pretended to be insane to lull his uncle into a false sense of security. This doesn't work for Hamlet possibly because Elsinore, like Elizabethian England was a surveillance state
I really enjoyed your series on Hamlet. I am an English teacher and (at the risk of incurring your wrath) Hamlet is my least favourite of Shakespeare's plays. My primary "beef" is the fact that Hamlet decides to act crazy at all. WHY!? So, I was happy to hear that you share some of my sentiments in that area. I love your enthusiasm and look forward to checking out the rest of you videos. Thank you :)
Saint PAtrick is also known as the one who drove the snakes out of Ireland. (Implying that the theory of death by snake bite is nullified.)
Oooh! I hadn’t thought of that!
He is also the St of confusion which adds to it@@englishnerd5580
The Ghost is the revenge play genre itself. With the enormous popularity of Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy”, Shakespeare takes the old tale of Hamlet and reworks into a meta-drama whereby the prince is forced to play a role he does not want to play- indeed is unprepared to play. So The Ghost is just the “ghost trope” so prevalent in revenge plays, cueing Hamlet to “Act” in a Revenge Drama.
Just a thought, here is a man suffering in purgatory asking his only son to avenge his death. Why does he put this burden on the son he loves? Knowing that his afterlife judgement could be even worse than his own? I’m trying out for the role of the king and I’m wondering what would be the best approach. Is it losing his crown? Or his brother taking his wife? Or just the betrayal itself? I think his brother taking the Royal bed with the queen has put him in this state. Even though he is in purgatory and asking his son to commit a mortal sin, the universe allows it. Something is clearly rotten in the state of Denmark!
What do you think about the fact that it is also said St, Patrick was said to have freed Ireland of Snakes?
There’s a connection between St. Patrick and both purgatory and ridding the country of snakes. Both references fit.
Putting on an "antic disposition" seems like the worst plan here...Claudius' attention would be and is drawn more towards Hamlet and who's to say he intended to stop at killing Hamlet's father but isn't playing the long game for the throne here. Also Hamlet's father said "taint not your mind" and what does Hamlet do....
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