Hamlet - Video Summary

[@TheEc1ypse]

A very important thing that you don’t mention is that Hamlet is a tragic hero. He has heroic qualities but has one fatal flaw. He over thinks things which leads to procrastination. Upon careful exampination of the chapel scene, you’ll notice that Claudius isn’t actually asking for forgiveness. He basically is saying that he is already neck deep in all of this and there is no way out now. He wouldn’t have gone straight to heaven if he had been killed right then and there. Hamlet is no killer, and so he looks for any excuse to not do the deed. When Hamlets father says that Claudius murdered him, he doesn’t believe him. He puts on a “mask of antic disposition” and says that he must know for sure if his dad is telling the truth. Deep down he knows he is, but he cannot accept the role he’s given. Even after he finds out that Claudius did in fact kill his father via the play, he STILL puts the killing off. Hamlets procrastination and over thinking brings on his downfall, as well as others around him. He is truly, a tragic hero.

[@SamButVeryTall]

It’s worth nothing that there is some contention in the (vast) Hamlet scholarship about this perspective. For centuries, beginning with the first actor to play Hamlet, Richard Burbage, the character was played as a rather straightforward hero-type, who spends the play nobly getting to the bottom of things. It was really only once Freud (and later Olivier, with his “Tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind” reading of the play) came along, around the dawn of the 20th century, that the view of Hamlet as a procrastinator became commonly accepted. Now, that’s not to say that that perspective is wrong; I think there’s a ton of textual support for it, which you allude to, but I think the context is important/interesting.

[@LightYagami-ik1cg]

He has a tragic story I guess but that hardly makes him a “hero”

[@sureshbabumadathingal2597]

I was under the impression that Claudius is actually praying in the strict sense of it, so Hamlet spared him. This explanation is great indeed.

[@dames9135]

A+

[@tupac212]

Hamlet has many heroic qualities: loyalty, honesty, morality & popularity.@LightYagami-ik1cg

[@adiba8356]

Ophelia did not kill herself due to Hamlet's rejection. She killed herself cuz she couldn't handle her father's death.

[@whoistshepii]

yes!!

[@EnDzPosts]

In addition to Hamlet's rejection

[@EnDzPosts]

Hamlets rejection played a big role in Ophelia's descent into madness

[@Lunafroyo]

Denying that Ophelia died because Hamlet’s rejection drove her to madness is basically admitting you didn’t read or watch the play.

[@bellamovie2]

Correction: Because of BOTH Hamlet's rejection and her father's death caused by Hamlet

[@vandanamiranda1593]

excellent. We can actually hear what the person is saying, articulate and no unnecessary background music while the person is communicating. This is for learning not entertainment/learning. Bravo

[@TheVernon8]

I love to listen to summaries because I cant read! Im 1! signed, Joey (age 1)

[@alyssaannsolano1094]

I prefer this cuz I can't remember it if I just read it and I have an exam in 2 days

[@william-menco2242]

Thank god I found this, I have an exam about this story, GREAT VIDEO

[@HumanName1567]

Same man

[@rrrrrr5530]

me too

[@evettewilliamson346]

Same 🤣

[@NFL_Prod]

same lmaoo

[@mementomori4817]

same

[@clashwithbunniesandrewsava4846]

My favorite part of Hamlet was when he said "it's hammin' time" and then hammed all those other guys

[@CT-1973]

"Let 's ham."

[@Stying]

who LET him HAM 🤣😂

[@DreadPirateRobertz]

nice

[@eyeesore]

the exam is in 5 minutes, wish me luck

[@mariemorris2658]

Wish luck my friend

[@pufocina]

How did it go?

[@sebastiancalus8028]

How did it go?

[@alleducation_8839]

Now it's one month 😅

[@ulquiorralc4296]

We all come here 5min before the exam.😂

[@RainbowKittens]

read the whole play in class didn't remember 90% of it thx

[@cameronray4107]

Lmaoo 1:22 , “Hamlet is shocked”! Hamlet: 😐

[@Ashley-pf9nn]

Lol😂

[@alexl92]

I’m not sure why we are told Ophelia killed herself? Not according to Shakespeare in Gertrude’s speech: Ophelia went mad, was playing by the river, making flower wreaths. She climbed a willow tree to hang the flower garlands on it, a bow broke and she fell in the water. Floating in the river, like her element, she didn’t understand the danger and her heavy dress sank her. Nothing here tells us she drowns herself by will. More like a death by insanity. The image correlates with an ondine/rusalka - a spirit of a drown beautiful young girl, that lives on in the river.

[@thebookwormhotel5336]

it seems pretty obvious that a woman who had her partner go mad and her dad die is depressed, during this time suicide would lead to the one who committed to be buried out of the churches grave yard. Gertrude even if she knows why she died would never state it was suicide. especially when it's clear she was not in the correct head space during this time

[@robertrees7751]

Claudius had her killed because he thought she was a threat////why didn't the person who witnessed her death try to help her? Its a made up report... @@thebookwormhotel5336

[@SBT12345Anonymous]

That’s a fair point you know! Never thought of that

[@rousanarabegam9681]

Sir,you did a great job,you have written the full story in description box.No other man didn't do this thing in their videos... Thank you so much sir, for this...

[@GradeSaver]

Thanks!!

[@SkyOo99]

Thank you so much for your summary.This is very useful

[@buku2720]

This channel is the real saviour ❤

[@laurasmrkolj5082]

I have an exam tomorrow about this.. This really helped cause i didn’t read the book oops🙂

[@mattsmoviemagic8123]

Love The Artwork. Hats Off To Dan Ekis, Esau Figueroa And Claudi Giuliani.

[@GradeSaver]

They are phenomenal!

[@Allyourbase1990]

Bill was one heck of a writer !

[@gamingwhitland6262]

Dude youre a life saver l have un exam tommorow for this story thank you so much for making this video this helped alot

[@junkyard_dog18]

needed this for an essay, thank you for doing gods work lol

[@GradeSaver]

Anytime mate🙏

[@chloewilliams574]

DID U PASS I NEED TO KNOW

[@Dannydaballer]

Thank you

[@Fearless13289]

Am writing p2 tommorow and this is useful

[@Itssjanine_LF]

Apay pylng nga adda ka nga story....pinahirapan tuloy kmi ni sir jovennnn

[@jamesalvarez8733]

Reference to hamlet: Slavery was the main cause and driving factor of the war with Mexico and the Texas revolt. Had it not existed in our country likely there would not have been a desire for new territory for the cultivation of cotton and sugar or the market of slaves, and thus no strife with Mexico. If you read the war with Mexico reviewed by Abiel Livermore or even the anti Texas legion by Benjamin Lundy, it describes this as the factor without doubt or controversy, it would be like watching the play of hamlet, with hamlet ommitted from the play, an exact quote of the reference of slavery with the Texas revolution and war with Mexico.

[@RachelSeahlodi]

I’m writing tomorrow my final paper 2 tomorrow this was very helpful

[@Preti296]

Thank you so much for this episodes

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country referenced some voice lines from Hamlet, especially the Villain Chang feeding those voice lines to taunt James T Kirk

[@randomiessss]

Not Me Watching This On The Morning Of The Exam 😭😭👌🏻

[@rosied2289]

This is a great vid!

[@rattlethecages]

This video has some inaccuracies. Firstly, Claudius isn’t seeking divine absolution, he’s panicking and trying desperately to think of a way out. Hamlet hesitates to kill him because it goes against his nature and the entire play is a meditation on over-contemplation. Hence “to be or not to be”. Secondly, it’s not conclusive whether or not Ophelia committed suicide, and if she did, it wasn’t entirely due to any cold shoulder treatment by Hamlet. She was distraught over Polonius’s death. She fell into the water in a state of delirium and could not come to her senses in time. So the safer educated guess here is to say she probably wasn’t trying to kill herself.

[@boosay1146]

Last exam and I'm finally done with school aghh

[@that_person2799]

I loved it, keep up good the work!

[@gabriellacecchini7545]

This is an awesome story that I read when I was a senior in high school it made be a tradity it's a fun play to create

[@matth408]

So basically the lion king with people

[@mallory.22]

The lion king was a bit inspired by hamlet, yeah

[@rodrigozonzin5835]

I just read this magnificent story and come here to remember it all. Great video

[@Bill0102]

The transformation evident in this piece is remarkable. A book with akin material was a major milestone in my life. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

[@charityg9871]

For those that don’t know this is what lion king is based off

[@onahpaschalinechioma9059]

Thanks for this😢❤

[@Abu_Tuesday]

Can anyone tell me why this is considered the one of the best literature out there? Surely story is not the actual part for it to be considered literature

[@lauens]

because of all the Shakespearean terminology, symbolism, use of metaphors, rhyme etc.

[@DragonMasta99]

Not here for an exam, I just like the story

[@Thegrey2738]

I owe you so much that you cannot even imagine

[@lyricrogersofficial]

omg thanks so much for this!!

[@GradeSaver]

Happy to help!

[@JemimahOdey-br1rx]

Very nice

[@hyxteria1009]

It helped a lot, great video

[@tmprasadtm5148]

12 th century latin text... Hamlet tragedy... Denmark royalty ....

[@roxanakeresztes7208]

No, Hamlet is about Henry and Ann Boleyn,etc

[@mallory.22]

Thanks! This was useful

[@Jaz987]

Great video thank u so much

[@theinfernoburns]

As a tragedy, it's very effective and masterful. As something from which there is a lesson to be had, this fails communicating any moral righteous or otherwise. There is no arc it's a straight up circle. A new foreign king to yet again uphold the vises and sins of the appointed royalty. Maybe I'm missing the point and the medium which is a classical tragedy, maybe not. Is it a commentary on the ever separate but ubiquitous agency of Monarchy? On how murder is such a effective political tool governments all over the world practically have made it legal? Age old lessons that were well trodden even when Shakespeare wrote this.

[@ThabileNkosi-k8s]

This is great

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Great video. Thanks. Now to look up Ophelia.

[@HowardMutladiTlou]

thank you

[@steffidas4785]

Every shakespearic main male protagonist have an underlying tone of the people closest to them driving them into madness and revenge ,i have observed this in hamlet and maqbeth,but not in merchant of venice ,thats why merchant of venice story will always be my first preference

[@JoseVindima]

The book is kak until i watched the drama😭❤️obrigado is thank u

[@МИЛОШ-ч8и]

Where is the pirate part???

[@mercedes_flores9554]

But why did Claudius want hamlet to stay

[@hannacarew3181]

he didn't which is why he sent him away to be killed... but if you mean why didnt claudius kill him from the get go? well hamlet was well liked by the general public and also claudius wouldnt have wanted to upset gertrude so it wouldnt have been tactful for claudius to murder hamlet as he would have received a lot of backlash

[@luciamaria1]

ophelia was driven to madness by the killing of her father, not by hamlet's rejection. Maybe his rejection played a part in her madness, but the last straw was the murder of her father. we don't know if it was suicide or an accident caused by her madness, its up for interpretation

[@bellamovie2]

Well, she has driven mad with grief for her father but also that Hamlet (who she loved but is rejected by him) murdered her father in cold blood

[@abusufian9527]

Please add subtitles...❤

[@JamieThomas-xq3xj]

Not everyone contemplating sbout Ophelia's death when Shakespear explains in Getrutes speech hw she collected flowers and sang at the river she fell in of course she couldn't swim becoz in those days if you could swim you were considered a witch so how could she save herself

[@nonexistant4260]

I'm about to watch a foreign language version of this play and i needed a rundown so bad

[@HydroNemisis]

My exam is in 4 hours😊 thank u

[@zerimiahcastulo1078]

Thank you for this 🌟

[@Yadav-m7t]

Thnqq so much

[@alvarosilva7091]

Hamlet is the hero Claudis uncle (who killed hamlet father) Queen Gertrude (marries the uncle)

[@tirzahroseroot]

My sibling called this play whack when she studied it in high school.

[@its.dxniel]

Thanks fir the homework boi

[@uluengamotuliki5469]

Nice step

[@Inhamletwetrust]

What has been the most valuable lesson you've learned from your friendships, and how has it shaped who you are today?

[@candjim]

I was dissapointed by Hamlet because I was expecting more comedy.

[@Inhamletwetrust]

If you could give us some advice for all the young men out there, what would it be ?

[@fihanson1]

My English teacher told me half the story today

[@minedark597]

Real accurate to the name. This saved my grade

[@Hamlet-999]

How do your personal experiences and beliefs shape your perspective on life’s purpose and what happens after death?

[@loniloca]

Can you please activate the spanish subtitles?

[@GradeSaver]

We actually have the Spanish version here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIuVZmiJgsqobbMsi=SPNQ944MLtMVzemv

[@giftshikoane51]

Who is with me here watching this video and writing the Hamlet essay tomorrow. 😂

[@jameslanuza1870]

me but in reporting hahahhha😆

[@karentakolia1864]

Meeeeeeeee

[@maryamessa3467]

15 Jun 2023 first time to know the story of this play.

[@masterpeacesiya8282]

The exam in a few hours, wish me luck 😢

[@robbywijaya88]

so Gertrude wants to poison her son? Gertrude is bad? How did Gertrude died though?

[@FizaKhan-f2s4q]

😮its Hindi version is Haider movie

[@KaraboLesele-c8s]

here 2hours before my exam 😭

[@scytheonion]

thats sick

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Complete

[@nolimitcashrunna]

Tap in if your from thornridge and writing tomorrow,7 june 2023

[@rj.2k506]

also hamlet does not stab Claudius he tells him to drink from same cup Gertrude did

[@hannacarew3181]

he actually does both

[@Boggywompuhs]

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[@chad7952]

Mel Gibson always was Hamlet

[@MphoMasilo-kx4xf]

I wish I listened in class

[@vxmpxrefvngs2517]

why is hamlet so fine istg

[@monakandari6160]

Fr💀

[@adiba8356]

Also Hamlet found the document in cladius's chamber

[@JamieThomas-xq3xj]

Ya why does it show that he found it with Rozenchratz and Guildenstern so then when did they not notice it was gone if Hamlet had to change the script of the letter

[@sidrashahid3942]

i have an exam tmr....tho i have the book im just way 2 lazy go study kid

[@binyut]

Wow pls make a cartoon movie version😅 👍

[@jacksonconnell]

I find this funny to find the video two days after I watched the 2009 film. David Tennant was a great Hamlet ❤

[@deerheart87]

Yuck he's dreadful

[@lanakokoska9955]

Wasnt Claudius killed by drinking the poison because Hamlet told him to prove he was innocent?

[@vijayarulanantham2702]

Why do you use iconic isnt that a holy word

[@Djevepwvelsvwdbke]

No? Iconic mean like well known

[@jamesroberts3642]

Station 11 ....HBO Max

[@salma6186]

Me watching this 1hr before eng paper 2 for the lc 💀 I'm cooked man

[@ihoopdaily]

Im COOKED

[@potu459]

fala striček trebam za lektiru

[@Kaju_katli333]

Shakespeare was born in 1564 how come it can be traced back to 12th century 😂? That's wrong information even renaissance started in 14th century nd hamlet was written under renaissance period.

[@moodydolly]

Because it was costumary, or at least quite common in Shakespeare's day to rewrite and rework older stories, they didn't necessarily began from scratch. I was very surprised when I discovered it!

[@Cats-a-Tonic]

Hello, just a cheeky one, kind of. I have just completed Act 1, Scene 1, of "Hamlet" involving cats on my channel, if anybody is interested to see. Please be gentle, it's ny first time (at trying to make a video!) 💕

[@RaeesAli-ez6yk]

Wait how did Gertrude die

[@ogreshavelayers1018]

she drank the poisoned wine at the fencing match that was intended for hamlet

[@Dominiquee-qj1uc]

Exam in 3hrs

[@pushpabnag1598]

I guess you have English exam tomorrow