Hamlet: Character Analysis ALL (condensed)

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In this video, I provide a condensed analysis of each of the play's important characters.

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Hamlet Characters discussed in this Video:

- Hamlet 00:00
- Claudius 18:37
- King Hamlet 22:31
- Gertrude 24:20
- Polonius 26:46
- Ophelia 29:40
- Laertes 34:01
- Horatio 36:51
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 38:05

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[QShakespeare]

Gertrude and Claudius probably marry 2 months after the death of King Hamlet. Hamlet exaggerates when he says 1 month. Later in the play, Ophelia says 4 months have passed, suggesting a few months have passed throughout the course of the play. Which doesn’t quite seem right. Duration is not entirely clear.

[mineandforeveryours]

this is so helpful thank you so much! I have my a-level exam on hamlet & waiting for godot on wednesday so this is fab revision !!!

[Wheeintage]

This is one of the most detailed and comprehensive analysis video series I have seen on Hamlet 🙏🏻

[jayoscara]

this is so useful and comprehensive thank you so much !

[abookwormdiary]

thank you so much for your analysis feel a bit more prepared to write my essay

[BenfengWang]

38:47 they can choose to tell Hamlet the death letter sent by Claudius, but they don’t, wasting their final agency

[leila]

Very helpful for A level literature! Thank you :)

[cucumberlettuce]

this is so helpful. i feel like, even though the play was about hamlet Shakespeare could have at least tried to give the women of the play some character and it's a pattern i've noticed with his work. even with lady macbeth, her descent into madness was too sudden and felt rushed and was honestly pathetic seeing as she wasnt even the one to physically commit the act of murder but hamlet was and it only made him more determined. with ophelia it was like he didnt even try to give her a personality and she was simply there to serve as a catalyst for the ending events of the play. hamlets mother wouldve have also been such an interesting character to explore, and there were so many scenes where there should've been more dialogue between hamlet and her that could behave contributed to the end or any important additional understanding of their relationship. just feel like his writing is lazy with his female characters, it's a real shame.