Hamlet: Theme Analysis (condensed)

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In this video, I provide an analysis of several of the play's most important themes.
See the complete theme PLAYLIST for more detailed analysis, complete with QUOTES to use as evidence.
Hamlet Themes discussed in this Video:
- The Hero's Quest/Journey and the Wasteland 00:00
- The Great Chain of Being 06:29
- Parental Interference 09:03
- Self vs Society / Duty 12:33
- Revenge 15:16
- Thought vs Action 19:05
- Existentialism 26:01
- Realpolitik / Machiavellianism 28:17
- Appearance vs Reality 30:41
- Mind-Body Duality 32:08
- Oedipal Complex 37:05
- Projection 40:08
Writing a LITERATURE ANALYSIS ESSAY? See my practical guide with model papers:
• Literature Analysis
If you're interested in more Shakespeare analysis, see my other playlists:
ROMEO and JULIET:
• Romeo and Juliet
For Romeo and Juliet THESIS STATEMENT prompts see:
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MACBETH:
• Macbeth Scene by Scene...
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HAMLET:
• Hamlet Scene by Scene
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• Playlist
OTHELLO:
• Othello
TWELFTH NIGHT:
• Twelfth Night
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@ap_ap1937 Месяц назад

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

@5QShakespeare Месяц назад

Thanks, A. Glad you like the channel:)

@xmaseveeve5259 Месяц назад

The Devil?

@noahx3569 Год назад

thank you so much for making this video. it really helped me study. can't explain how helpful this was!

@5QShakespeare Год назад

You're welcome, Noah. Glad you found it useful:)

@piushalg8175 11 месяцев назад

I think one should not underestimate the character traits and talents which are largely inherited and which also influence a person's reactions to reality (relationships, environment, social conditions, developing neurotic features etc.). I have a non identical twin brother. And we spent our early childhood virtually together (we also went together to kindergarden and attended the same classes for six years.) . Yet he showed from early on an inclination to technics and handywork whereas I was much less interested in such things and was much less talented also. Instead of it I became an avid reader. Eventually he became a watchmaker and I became a barrister. We have very distinct character traits as well although we share some coommunalities as well.

@5QShakespeare 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting, P. Thanks. For teaching purposes, I've been trying to nail down the ratio of nature vs nurture for years. Many identical twins studies support your conclusions. 50/50 inaccurate? I sometimes feel it's more like 70-80/30-20 nature/nurture. In most of my videos, I believe, I attribute a lot of character traits to nature. Hamlet and Claudius have very different natures, for example. As do Ophelia and Juliet.

@piushalg8175 11 месяцев назад

@@5QShakespeare Thank you for your kind answers.. As I am not a scientist (but a retired lawyer) I am not familiar with the latest findings in this field which has also been highly contaminated y ideological prejudice..But i also tend to attribute more than 50% to nature. yet there may be excetional cases where the opposite is the case. Finally I thank you for your insightful work. kind regards from Switzerland.

@5QShakespeare 11 месяцев назад

@@piushalg8175 Thanks again. And glad you like my channel:)

@ralphjenkins1507 Год назад

One of my favorite plays!

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Me too. Never get tired of thinking about it.

@robert_a6228 2 года назад

Thank you for all the help! When discussing the Apollonian and Dionysian duality in Hamlet, Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy would also be great to use to further that argument and also talk about tragedy.

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

Indeed it would. My use of Apollonian and Dionysian is much simplified. I use them as shorthand for the higher and lower powers. Handy personifications. Thanks for the insight:)

@Peter-oh3hc 2 года назад

This was great. Kept thinking about Beowulf and how completely opposite he is from hamlet. Thanks

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

Indeed. Beowulf is the exemplar of the hero. The Tony Stark of the Viking era: "We have a plan -- Attack!" Every civilization needs one of these. Hamlet is a different creature. Have you read Macbeth? I think MacDuff+Malcolm+Young Siward=Beowulf.

@Peter-oh3hc 2 года назад

@@5QShakespeare I think you are right. Btw, just started watching (listening while driving) and think they are great. I know Richard II is not the most popular, but if you ever get around to it I would be glad

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

@@Peter-oh3hc Thanks for the kind words, Peter. They mean a lot. Richard II? Well, the goal is to do all the plays. Gotta hit the most popular ones first, for obvious reasons.

@Peter-oh3hc 2 года назад

@@5QShakespeare of course. Keep up the good work

@Harms361 2 года назад

This is really good. I thank you kind Sir. You are very much appreciated. I’m writing a literature essay on the theme of revenge :)

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

Thank you. Glad you found it useful. Lots to talk about regarding revenge!

@deathbond2780 2 года назад

Thanks for the help!

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

You're very welcome:)

@cassiopeia347 11 месяцев назад

thank you so much!!

@5QShakespeare 11 месяцев назад

You’re welcome! Glad you liked it:)

@becbecbec1273 Год назад

Thank you for this video, you’re naturally funny 😄 I was just wondering if you’ll be doing any main quote analysis on hamlet as well?

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Thanks, Bec:) I hadn't planned a video exclusively on important quotes, but it's a good idea. Maybe after I finish my new Theme series. Have you seen my Soliloquy series? It looks at many of the play's most important lines in great detail: ru-vid.com/group/PLPa5TyZ8S8GQOes0xB53cnus-ev3_zM-G

@jaa499 Год назад

Love these lectures by 5 Quote!,,

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Thanks, Jaa!

@TheKittyTheCat. 2 года назад

Hello! I am so grateful for this Hamlet series. Thank you! Are there notes (annotations) for this like you do for Macbeth?

@5QShakespeare 2 года назад

Glad you find it useful. This series is formatted differently than Macbeth. I don't have annotated PDFs available, but my slides are annotated. I suggest taking screenshots of important sections of the text, if that works for you.

@judithannware1920 Год назад

Freud made a case for the oedipal complex is Hamlet that has been hard to get away from - Laurence Olivier's version on 1949 is totally soaked in this. But in Shakespeare's time? Is it not better to speak of the christian interdiction of incest (Henry 8th's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was considered incest) and the puritan morality of the Elizabethan Jacobean era?

@5QShakespeare Год назад

The incest question is certainly relevant and could be explored more deeply. Thanks for that info. The Oedipal problem is one of those fundamentals of human nature; true always and forever, alas. Hamlet has certainly got a puritanical streak; it's half his problem, I'd say, connected to his priggish distaste for earthly existence. I get into this more in my Character video. Let me know what you think:)

@Mariamkareem-cs3qu Год назад

Good and lovely time, l hope you're doing great, May l ask about how can get you get a cope of the PDFS that you used in analysis of Hamlet play all of them please. lt would be very kind of you. Thanks alot

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Hi Mariam. I'm doing well. Hope you are too:) You can get my PDFs by making a donation. Can you see the payment options in the description? Here they are: 1) Patreon: www.patreon.com/literature_wa... 2) PayPal: paypal.me/5QRod 3) RU-vid Super Thanks: click the heart below the video

@antidepressant11 Год назад

Hamlet is only a failure in the context of this story. A different challenge that suited his intellectual ability may have been more suitable. But actually what kind of hero could succeed in this story? Put Othello in his place. Maybe he had the decisiveness. But he would have blood on his hands if he killed Claudius. So hamlet is damned if he does or damned if he doesn't. So I'm not disappointed in Hamlet. He is like any of us. Conflicted. Confused and afraid of consequences. Very human.

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Yes. I agree. That complexity is what makes this play so famous.

@annemjn1663 Год назад

You talk super fast...

@5QShakespeare Год назад

Ha. Yes, I do. Try my new theme series. I still speak quickly, but I've got lots of written text and quotes from the play as evidence. That might help. ru-vid.com/group/PLPa5TyZ8S8GSq3KiZXAjzndSwCR_h3nPE

@becbecbec1273 Год назад

Try to put it at 0.75x