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A Midsummer Night's Dream 1.2 Interview: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling
This video features an interview with the comical group of Athenian workers from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" who are planning a play for the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. The segment captures their humorous misunderstandings and...
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Hamlet 3.1 Does Hamlet Know Polonius Is Listening?
This video explores a pivotal scene in "Hamlet" where the protagonist, sensing the presence of eavesdroppers, suddenly asks about Polonius's whereabouts. This moment in the play is rich with dramatic irony and potential manipulation, as...
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Hamlet 2.2 Why It's Cool - Language and Plays on Words
This video segment highlights Shakespeare's skillful use of language through puns, innuendos, and satire in "Hamlet," particularly examining the dual roles played by characters who must be both actors and observers within the story. It...
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Hamlet 2.2 Why It's Cool - A Real Actor's Soliloquy
This video explores one of Hamlet's soliloquies, offering insights into its complex emotional and psychological dimensions. The analysis highlights the soliloquy's dramatic shifts in tone and the protagonist's introspective monologue,...
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Hamlet 2.2 The Play Within the Play
This video explores a pivotal moment in Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Hamlet devises a plan to confirm Claudius's guilt through a theatrical performance. It delves into the historical context of the era, explaining how...
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Hamlet 2.2 Performance: Hamlet Behaves Strangely
This video segment dissects one of Hamlet's most poignant soliloquies from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here, Hamlet grapples with his own inaction and feelings of cowardice, comparing his lack of resolve to an actor's ability...
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Hamlet 2.2 Interviews with Hamlet, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
This video features a creative interview format where characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet—Hamlet, Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern—discuss a key scene. The characters reflect on the motivations and dynamics at play as Claudius...
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Hamlet 2.2 Discussion: Hamlet's Hesitation
This video discusses Hamlet's hesitation to exact revenge on Claudius in Shakespeare's Hamlet. It explores the psychological and moral complexities that delay his action, including doubts about the ghost's honesty and his own fear of sin.
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Hamlet 2.2 Discussion: Grounds more relative
In this segment of the video series on Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the discussion centers on Hamlet's strategy to expose King Claudius's guilt. Hamlet doubts the ghost's intentions, fearing it could be a devil exploiting his...
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Hamlet 2.2 Allusion: Hecuba
This video delves into the "Hecuba monologue" from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, discussing how the performance within the play mirrors Hamlet's emotional turmoil and desire for vengeance. The session highlights the powerful...
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Hamlet 2.1 What the Critics Say
This video discusses the varying interpretations of Hamlet's behavior in the scene where Polonius attributes his madness to love for Ophelia. It explores differing scholarly opinions on whether Hamlet's actions are due to heartbreak, a...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.2 Interview: Oberon and Puck pt 1
This video captures a humorous interview with Oberon and Puck from Act 3, Scene 2 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The pair discuss the unintended consequences of Puck's mischievous use of a love potion that causes Titania to fall in love...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.1 Performance: Quince et al Lines 43-75
This video features a continuation of the planning session by Quince and the Athenian workers from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," focusing on the logistical challenges of incorporating moonlight and a wall into their play. The scene...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.1 Interview:Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling
This video captures a humorous behind-the-scenes look at the Athenian workers from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as they prepare for their play in the woods. The segment highlights their quirky problem-solving discussions, emphasizing the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.1 Interview: Puck
This video segment focuses on an encounter with the character Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Set in the enchanted woods, the video explores Puck's mischievous plans involving...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 1.2 Performance: Quince, Snug, Bottom, et al Lines 1-100
This video showcases a performance from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Quince and Bottom, along with other craftsmen, gather to assign roles for their play, "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe." The...
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Hamlet 5.2 Character Interviews and Performance
This video delves into Act 5, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, featuring character interviews and a performance of the final scene. It covers Hamlet's recount of events on the boat with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fencing match...
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Hamlet 4.7 Why It's Cool
This video delves into the symbolic and poetic elements of Act 4, Scene 7 of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It examines how Gertrude's announcement of Ophelia's death ties together various themes in the play. The discussion also explores...
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Hamlet 4.7 What the Critics Say
This video discusses critical perspectives on Gertrude's announcement of Ophelia's death in Act 4, Scene 7 of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Critics explore the thematic parallels between Gertrude and Ophelia, the romantic and tragic views of...
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Hamlet 4.4 What's Happening?
This video discusses Act 4, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, focusing on Prince Fortinbras of Norway leading his army to invade Poland. The scene maintains Fortinbras's presence in the narrative, setting up his significant entrance in...
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Hamlet 3.4 Why It's Cool
This video examines a critical scene in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where the killing of Polonius by Hamlet marks a significant turning point in the play, escalating the action towards the tragic climax. It discusses the themes of...
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Hamlet 3.4 What the Critics Say
This video analyzes Act 3, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," focusing on the complex portrayal of Hamlet as he confronts his mother Gertrude. The discussion explores how Hamlet's mental state fluctuates, his strategic pretense of...
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Hamlet 3.3 What's Happening?
This video analyzes a crucial scene in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Hamlet's play successfully exposes King Claudius's guilt over the murder of Hamlet's father. It highlights Hamlet's strategic use of the play to confirm Claudius's...
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Hamlet 3.1 Why It's Cool (162) - Emotion and Confusion
This video delves into the complexities of Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship in a pivotal scene from Shakespeare's "Hamlet." It examines Hamlet's harsh and emotionally charged interaction with Ophelia, exploring the ambiguity of his...