Shakespeare's Heroes - Professor Sir Jonathan Bate CBE FBA

What do we mean by a hero and where does our understanding of the heroic idiom come from?
In this lecture, Jonathan Bate will show how Shakespeares idea of the hero was shaped by the classical tradition, going back to the ancient tale of Troy and Virgils epic poem The Aeneid. But in Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida we meet a Shakespeare who was profoundly sceptical about the heroic ideal.
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[@ScottLordnovelist]

Thank you again Professor Bate for this and for your Future Learn Online classes

[@conradt5772]

What a brilliant lecture!

[@hayesnoe1681]

@Luca Jensen Definitely, have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself :D

[@SBucay-hl4fy]

Superb!

[@scottkaalele2273]

Mahalo for this lecture. This was great.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Thank you for the video.

[@yorkshireroots]

Amazing lecture a real tour de force

[@soufianelhadouchi1961]

How come that Shakira, Messi and other hollywood stars are more famous than this legend man!!!!!

[@yorkshireroots]

Their fragile 'fame' will be forgotten in a few years whilst Shakespeare outlives and outclasses them all