HAMLET by William Shakespeare - FULL

►SKIP to►Act I @01:56 | William Shakespeare's HAMLET ("The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark") is a disturbingly dark tragic play, widely considered one of the greatest ever written. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes Prince Hamlet's quest for revenge against his Uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet (who is Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father), and Prince's Hamlet's goal of ascent to the throne. This involves taking Gertrude, the old King's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother ....as his wife. -- The play vividly portrays both real and feigned madness -- a range of emotions from overwhelming grief to seething rage -- and it delves into dark and horrific themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and wicked moral corruption.
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► [1] ACT I
[1,1] Act I, Scene I: Elsinore. A platform before the castle. 01:56
[1,2] Act I, Scene II: A room of state in the castle. 11:14
[1,3] Act I, Scene III: A room in Polonius' house. 25:23
[1,4] Act I, Scene IV: The platform. 33:11
[1,5] Act I, Scene V: Another part of the platform. 38:02
► [2] ACT II
[2,1] Act II, Scene I: A room in POLONIUS' house. 49:49
[2,2] Act II, Scene II: A room in the castle. 57:14
► [3] ACT III
[3,1] Act III, Scene I: A room in the castle. 1:31:43
[3,2] Act III, Scene II: A hall in the castle. 1:42:25
[3,3] Act III, Scene III: A room in the castle. 2:04:04
[3,4] Act III, Scene IV: The Queen's closet. 2:10:25
► [4] ACT IV
[4,1] Act IV, Scene I: A room in the castle. 2:23:21
[4,2] Act IV, Scene II: Another room in the castle. 2:25:57
[4,3] Act IV, Scene III: Another room in the castle. 2:27:26
[4,4] Act IV, Scene IV: A plain in Denmark. 2:31:20
[4,5] Act IV, Scene V: Elsinore. A room in the castle. 2:35:10
[4,6] Act IV, Scene VI: Another room in the castle. 2:48:47
[4,7] Act IV, Scene VII: Another room in the castle. 2:50:37
► [5] ACT V
[5,1] Act V, Scene I: A churchyard. 3:01:53
[5,2] Act V, Scene II: A hall in the castle. 3:18:35
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Cast:
🔹Prince HAMLET
{ son of deceased King Hamlet, nephew of new king, Claudius }
🔹King CLAUDIUS
{ Hamlet's uncle, brother of deceased King Hamlet, now King of Denmark}
🔹Queen GERTRUDE
{ Hamlet's mother, Queen of Denmark }
🔹POLONIUS
{ chief counsellor to the King }
🔹OPHELIA
{ Polonius' daughter; she is in love with Prince Hamlet }
🔹HORATIO
{ a friend of Hamlet }
🔹LAERTES
{ Polonius' son , brother of Ophelia }
🔹Rosencrantz & Guildenstern { courtiers, friends of Hamlet }
🔹Voltimand and Cornelius - courtiers
🔹Osric - a courtier
🔹Marcellus - an officer
🔹Barnardo - an officer
🔹Francisco - a soldier
🔹Reynaldo { Polonius' servant }
🔹Ghost { the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet }
🔹Fortinbras - crown prince of Norway
🔹Two Clowns -- Gravediggers - a pair of sextons
🔹Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc.
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    @maxwang2562

    3 жыл бұрын

    why would we get audiobooks when we can listen it with you?

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to take advantage of your special offer, especially to go for a mediation walk and run up on the mountain while listening to audiobooks. I don't have service on my phone, so I just record the stories instead.

  • @lilacbunches
    @lilacbunches6 жыл бұрын

    I don't care whether they are male or female playing the parts...having different voices separates the characters, and reading along with this has totally helped me understand the play. Thanks for the audio book..and thank you also for the unedited version.

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  • @PhillyBoy264

    @PhillyBoy264

    2 жыл бұрын

    It completely ruins it Hamlet says "Vanity thy name is woman" in a woman's voice, so shes technically insulting herself and every other woman makes zero sense.

  • @zantas-handle

    @zantas-handle

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PhillyBoy264 Absolutely. How VERY strange to have KING Claudius read by a WOMAN?! Claudius is a KEY Alpha male character, dominating the Queen and stealing the throne from Hamlet. What a ridiculous and confusing choice for listeners to put the King's words - especially referring to his wife - in a female voice, with absolutely NO pomp or circumstance. And HAMLET too, also read by a woman?? What bizarre sexist choice and pathetic political correctness is this? Of course it's volunteers, but c'mon - deliberately being awful is not OK. The whole dynamic of the play is damaged by these stupid, unnecessary choices.

  • @ishmaelforester9825

    @ishmaelforester9825

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PhillyBoy264 the lady delivering Claudius's lines is tremendously good. Though of out dear brother the memory be green...

  • @Cat_WasTaken

    @Cat_WasTaken

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ishmaelforester9825 her voice is painful

  • @basedronin
    @basedronin3 жыл бұрын

    i hate the “i had to read this” comments. this story is too good for teachers to assign making people hate it smh. this is a story that should be discovered by people who actually want to read/watch it.

  • @luiz4430

    @luiz4430

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know right! I'm here on vacation, searching for something to enjoy.

  • @ishmaelforester9825

    @ishmaelforester9825

    Жыл бұрын

    But i have that within which passeth show, these but the trappings and suits of woe - Hamlet

  • @pf32900

    @pf32900

    Жыл бұрын

    Plays are written to be performed, not read in a book.

  • @islanddryad

    @islanddryad

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s why I’m here. We didn’t read Hamlet, we read A Mid Summer Night’s Dream and while I didn’t hate it as a kid I definitely appreciated a lot more as adult when I watched a performance of it last year

  • @lildipper784

    @lildipper784

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm forced to read it, for a class right now, and it's extremely hard with my dyslexia and autism, cause no matter how hard I try... It makes no sense to me, so I'll probably end up failing or googling answers.

  • @schanzabukhari6064
    @schanzabukhari60647 жыл бұрын

    Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 1: 01:57 - Elsinore. A platform before the castle. Act 1, Scene 2: 11:14 - A room of state in the castle. Act 1, Scene 3: 25:23 - A room in Polonius' house. Act 1, Scene 4: 33:11 - The platform. Act 1, Scene 5: 38:02 - Another part of the platform. Act 2, Scene 1: 49:48 - A room in POLONIUS' house. Act 2, Scene 2: 57:14 - A room in the castle. Act 3, Scene 1: 1:31:43 - A room in the castle. Act 3, Scene 2: 1:42:25 - A hall in the castle. Act 3, Scene 3: 2:04:04 - A room in the castle. Act 3, Scene 4: 2:10:25 - The Queen's closet. Act 4, Scene 1: 2:23:21 - A room in the castle. Act 4, Scene 2: 2:25:57 - Another room in the castle. Act 4, Scene 3: 2:27:26 - Another room in the castle. Act 4, Scene 4: 2:31:20 - A plain in Denmark. Act 4, Scene 5: 2:35:10 - Elsinore. A room in the castle. Act 4, Scene 6: 2:48:47 - Another room in the castle. Act 4, Scene 7: 2:50:36 - Another room in the castle. Act 5, Scene 1: 3:01:53 - A churchyard. Act 5, Scene 2: 3:18:35 - A hall in the castle. I tried to be as accurate as possible :)

  • @yasinbadiei1423

    @yasinbadiei1423

    6 жыл бұрын

    thanks ;)

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    @jasmeetbattu169

    6 жыл бұрын

    Schanza Bukhari good

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    @ericaperfectionmcalister5635

    6 жыл бұрын

    You just saved my life, man

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    @izzen

    6 жыл бұрын

    bless u

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    @emadeborajurca9244

    6 жыл бұрын

    THANKS!

  • @certifiedspacebisexual
    @certifiedspacebisexual3 жыл бұрын

    Polonius’ voice is KILLING ME!! i cannot take him serious lmao 💀💀

  • @hikazayanikushi9086

    @hikazayanikushi9086

    3 жыл бұрын

    SAME 💀💀

  • @himanshugahlawat09

    @himanshugahlawat09

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can't even understand a single word he's saying

  • @rubricatusseneca5770

    @rubricatusseneca5770

    2 жыл бұрын

    Polonius sounds like he's having a stroke lmao

  • @superkittyninja

    @superkittyninja

    2 жыл бұрын

    SAME LMAOOO

  • @mikeoneill81

    @mikeoneill81

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s the worst

  • @naheenisapoet69
    @naheenisapoet69 Жыл бұрын

    Procrastinated this book for 5 months then finished in total of 3 days. Shakespeares wit, philosophy and range is beyond me. To even make your characters have such philosophy means you have to have it yourself. His intellect is beyond comprehension. I didn't obviously comprehend all of the book lol but Hamlet is the best of characters with his insane wit, sarcasm, dry and dark humor, agony, rage and darkness. In love with this play. This is the first time I gave myself the push I needed to finally read Shakespeare. I have been wanting to, all my life. But God it's soo good. I am definitely listening to others soon. Though I don't think I will read them soon enough. My adhd wouldn't allow the boredom into my life. 😅

  • @icebatwage2815
    @icebatwage28157 жыл бұрын

    This was seriously helpful to have playing while I read the script, I struggle so much when reading Shakespeare and this was exactly what I needed to get through it.

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  • @mauve9266
    @mauve92662 жыл бұрын

    Soliloquies and stuff 18:41 S1 “sullied flesh” 44:10 S2 “while memory holds a seat in this distracted globe” 1:14:23 S3 “quintessence of dust” 1:27:51 [] “Hecuba” 1:34:57 S4 “to be or not to be” 2:03:25 S5 “tis now the very witching time” 2:08:52 S6 “Now might I do it pat now he is praying” 2:33:13 S7 “How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge”

  • @nicoledudtschak8305
    @nicoledudtschak83053 жыл бұрын

    This audio book helped me get through this book WHILE I followed along with the text and answered the questions. Honestly a godsend and MASSIVE time saver.

  • @jorgearriaga1875
    @jorgearriaga18753 жыл бұрын

    as a non-native english speaker understanding the book was a real challenge, so thanks for the audiobook it helped a little

  • @peterbarrett5411

    @peterbarrett5411

    Жыл бұрын

    As a native English speaker, I too find this hard to understand

  • @plasticyarn2747
    @plasticyarn27475 жыл бұрын

    I had to read this for homework. This audio helped me “read” the play and do my chores

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  • @EccentricMadamViolet
    @EccentricMadamViolet10 жыл бұрын

    The painting is called the "Gravedigger Scene", and the artist is Eugene Delacroix.

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  • @najibghorayeb7088
    @najibghorayeb70885 жыл бұрын

    Comments read by me 😂😁

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    @maurice8180

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @sohyangworld1544

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @TaraHower

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @user-yv5wb4nc8w

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂comant Lough by me.

  • @sapnamillionaire3789
    @sapnamillionaire37894 жыл бұрын

    Listened to it for 9 minutes but couldn't able to understand what is happening 😳😳

  • @cutevegan3621

    @cutevegan3621

    3 жыл бұрын

    read by cute vegan. fuck lol

  • @junkie4astory
    @junkie4astory3 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found this. These audiobooks have been helpful for my Shakespeare class in college. Because of the language, it takes me longer to read an entire play. Thank you.

  • @sunray4506
    @sunray45062 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding cast of readers. Mahalo for all of your continued efforts to keep literature alive.

  • @Dares9
    @Dares96 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU for this, please don't mind these ungrateful comments of clearly professional critiques, and to the girl who read Hamlet - you did great, and keep up the good job.

  • @coolkid7151

    @coolkid7151

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rhys S. What a simp.

  • @MRYESSIR22
    @MRYESSIR229 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, trying to read this was not working out for me. Listening to this and reading along worked great. Thanks.

  • @marisaa5162
    @marisaa51627 жыл бұрын

    Bookmarks: Act 1 scene 2: 11:15 Act 1 scene 3: 25:29 Act 1 scene 4: 33:10 Act 2 scene 1: 49:50 Act 3 scene 1: 1:31:25 Act 4 scene 1: 2:23:20

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  • @evangrim1683

    @evangrim1683

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you kindly sir

  • @rayremick
    @rayremick4 жыл бұрын

    I had to read this play for an assignment, was originally going to get the audiobook through audible, but did a KZread check before hand. This is word for word an exsact reading. Thank you, I had to get this complex read done in a time crunch! Thank you, saved time, money, and a grade!!

  • @hotpotatosalad8398
    @hotpotatosalad83984 жыл бұрын

    I appreciated this audio recording. Spared some sanity in reading the play along with it. Polonius' voice was certainly memorable. It also took me some time to actually decide to look up why some lines were different from the lines in my book. Apparently there are at least three original versions of Hamlet. It rounded out the reading experience a bit. Great job to the voice actors.

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  • @SandraTorres-fv2ep
    @SandraTorres-fv2ep6 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful!! It made my reading much easier. The woman playing Hamlet is awsome! People who complain should volunteer to recite Hamlet, or any other book. Volunteers always come in handy. ;)

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @jr.c.4250

    @jr.c.4250

    Жыл бұрын

    Her voice is honestly my favorite. It gives off an immediate charisma that draws me into her lines

  • @nathanialhiggins168
    @nathanialhiggins16810 жыл бұрын

    Hamlet and Claudius are two of the greatest roles in the history of theatre! These two women wanted the chance to play these roles, and that is why they did. Arielle and Amy: Kudos to you!

  • @donbenevento2805

    @donbenevento2805

    Жыл бұрын

    So you"re with spme guy reading Nora in A Dolls House?

  • @nannibananni

    @nannibananni

    8 ай бұрын

    i dont care about your comment, i just wanted to remind you that you had a hamlet phase 9 years ago.

  • @mystiecherri

    @mystiecherri

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nannibananniLOL!

  • @clalyrics441
    @clalyrics4414 жыл бұрын

    Even after Polonius's death, we have to hear that voice because the actor takes on as Fortinbras

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    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @saderin
    @saderin2 жыл бұрын

    this is EXACTLY what I need. I was using the BBC Shakespearian plays from the 70s and 80s to read with at first, but they cut parts out and you have to stop to find where they jumped to.

  • @sonnguyenthanh2136
    @sonnguyenthanh21365 жыл бұрын

    2:38:00 she is reaallllyyyyy a good singer. I love her voice.

  • @EliPelikan
    @EliPelikan8 жыл бұрын

    So many mean comments about the reciting. These people are not actors, they're volunteers. If u want a better version, fucking pay for it and stop complaining.

  • @alipedram6532

    @alipedram6532

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Eli Groeggen Exactly!

  • @preachinhell2580

    @preachinhell2580

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sophie Groeggen nice comment

  • @Money4Nothing

    @Money4Nothing

    7 жыл бұрын

    AMEN!

  • @alexsmith4557

    @alexsmith4557

    6 жыл бұрын

    No Sophie, they genuinely had to try to make it this bad; complete monotone would have been better than Horatio and Polonius.

  • @Azurath100

    @Azurath100

    6 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @larva0526
    @larva05263 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy listening to shakespeare, and hamlet is just such a great play!

  • @ssid

    @ssid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

  • @mrthatguyam
    @mrthatguyam9 жыл бұрын

    In case anyone is bored! here is my essay of Hamlet! Any sort of replies would be great. The Trinity of Vengeance The great play of Hamlet is one that dwells in dualities and the complexities of life, as such Shakespeare is known for: the interchangeability of characters that represent sameness and yet two sides of a coin, such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern or the ambassadors, but also characters that are analogous and represent similarities in rank but of different dogmas of such as The Ghost and Claudius. Both are in fact kings and yet one is a valiant noble who quelled the Norwegians and the other is a colorless and empty kin-slaying satyr. This is only one elaboration of interchangeable characters and their relationships. A more prominent one is not of a duality but in fact a trinity of characters, or as one may call, The Trinity of Vengeance. Laertes, Hamlet, and Fortinbras each have quintessential roles as bearers of vengeance with different methodologies, but all share important aspects of their pursuits in life, the cruel deaths of their fathers and women. Firstly, is Laertes and his contemplations of the suicide of Ophelia, the death of Polonius, and his jurisdiction over his inheritance. As one can see in 4.5 Claudius already “defuses the situation [of inheritance] by responding to Laertes first with a gentle acknowledgement of his concern and then with a reassurance that he has nothing to fear” (Burton 37-38) securing the inheritance titles that must pass on to him. Though that is not the only purpose for Laertes arriving to Elsinore, the main objective and intent is to avenge his father. Though there is one thing that prevents him from engaging his father’s killer directly and that is Ophelia. To quickly digress we must understand the role women play within Hamlet. They are what keep and calm the characters and prevent them from acting upon their motives, the quote “Frailty thy name is women” reflects upon the fact that women shy men away from acting upon their motives. As we observe Laertes the one thing he does not truly carry out is his intent on avenging his father because Ophelia prevents him from doing such as we see her gesture with presenting him flowers also in 4.5 expressing herself of the strength of a womanhood’s opinion against the madness of men. Although this sanity is soon shattered by the suicide of Ophelia, and Laertes is befallen to madness, as it is portrayed by him leaping in to the grave of Ophelia: ”O, treble woe Fall ten times (treble) on that cursed head Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense Deprive of thee of!-Hold off the earth awhile, Till I have caught her once more in mine arms.” (5.1.258-262) This scene displays Laertes striving for his need of Ophelia to keep him at bay, away from the terrors of madness and yet the more he strives to hold onto his lost sister the more he envelops dissent to madness of which he redirects to Hamlet, the man he believes led to Ophelia’s suicide. This spurs him to regain his intent of vengeance of his father as he remembers the mad Hamlet was the one who killed him mixed with his belief that Hamlet’s madness had poisoned Ophelia into madness as well. This is represented with Laertes coming out of the grave, the innocent Ophelia’s grave, transforming into a mad man bent on killing Hamlet and screaming “The devil take thy soul” (5.1.272-273). This leads Laertes conspiring with Claudius to kill Hamlet. In due time the duel between the two ensue and we end up with a match that will be further elaborated upon in a later discussion. What ends up happening is Laertes and his begging for forgiveness from Hamlet as seen in 5.2. What can be described as to what happened in the fencing duel is Laertes releasing his rage and confusion of the world, everything he pondered the purpose of his existence and the corruption of the Danish Court, let alone the world, is being released. This can be mirrored as he strikes Hamlet with a poison tipped blade like a snake injecting poison on its prey, but instead of the literal poison it’s the rage and cruel hate upon the world being injected to Hamlet. Due to this act of inflicting Hamlet with his rage Laertes and does indeed forgives him as he has released his inner most tensions and understood he had conspired with a king-slayer. However, why does Hamlet also forgive him? Hamlet, the melancholy protagonist of this so called play of justice, is a very interesting and ambiguous character that can be seen in all sorts of lights and lenses, largely due to the fact that we can see every characters perspective on his actions and the thoughts of Hamlet in his own soliloquies which normally show Hamlet feigning and tugging himself between the art of dying and the concepts between life and death (Planinc 397-399). This should make him the most fleshed out characters, although it’s quite the opposite. Hamlet is mind boggling. Every sense of direction when thinking about him is simply turning one’s self into an abstract being in the fourth and a half dimension. Through the entire play, we cannot determine his sanity, just as Shakespeare wanted. This all takes place in the beginning when Hamlet tells Horatio that he will act mad, of course we never truly know whether or not he is mad (this however can be called an excuse to his actions of procrastination, slowing down his strive for vengeance). Although there is one thing we know, and that is his purpose for vengeance, one that is again similar to Fortinbras and Laertes, he must avenge his father who died a cruel death. To begin with Ophelia must be discussed about, as she is the link that connects Hamlet and Fortinbras and their struggle for madness. Before the events that destroy and dissent Hamlet from boring melancholy young lad to the erratic enlightened mad man that he becomes he is in love with Ophelia, this love represents the need that man has for women, women are protectors for men, they protect sanity, which is a reason why Hamlet almost completely losses his mind when Ophelia tries to give the letters back to him in 3.1, this is a representation of women rejecting man’s sanity, thus leading into madness. Though, Hamlet does not become fully mad, he still has one other women in his life, now this isn’t going to become some utterly far-out Freudian theory but in fact something more relatable than an Oedipus complex that scholars like to use. The bond between child and mother is something that only Hamlet has throughout the play as Laertes fails to have it and Fortinbras has no mention either, thus making Hamlet a more unique character. Aside from that, this also has an impact on the communications between both Laertes and Hamlet. As observed before, the death of Ophelia was the breaking point of Laertes causing him to dissent to madness whilst Hamlet is feigning between both madness and rationality, as commented by Polonius “Though this be madness, yet there is method in ’t” (2.2.223-224). Yet of course this disparity between both madness and rationality is even heightened during the scene of Ophelia’s funeral and the confrontation between Hamlet and Laertes in which was already discussed, however I did not dwell into the mind of Hamlet during that scene. Hamlet was already pondering death and discussing it with a gravedigger in 5.1, and then he comes across the death of the one he loved, and comes face to face with Laertes, and there he claims to have loved her more, wedging deeper madness and resentment to each other. This leads to the duel, of which Hamlet and Laertes fight, two mad men who have lost their fathers in cruel deaths, lost a beautiful women in their lives, lost their sanity to the Danish Court, it is through this fight of vengeance, the clash of each other’s blades, the infliction of a single poison sword do they understand each other, the one serpent they both understand, the madness and insanity of the world. It is through this they appreciate each other and forgive each other. That is why Hamlet forgives Laertes, he realizes both of them had entered and insipid and terrible feud of the Danish Court, the emptiness and cruelty of their fathers who seek colorless desire, and lost the women that kept them sane. Though what about Fortinbras? Where does he fit in this madness, this Trinity of Vengeance? Fortinbras is a character that is almost never scene until the end of the play, but he looms over the rotting Danes, a character of ambiguity but embodies the stories act of vengeance. Frotinbras seeks revenge not in a single person, but an entire entity, the man he wished to kill was killed by a kin-slayer so he seeks revenge on the Danes itself. But what is his motive to conquer the Danes? It goes back to 2.2 when he asks for arms against Denmark from Old Norway, and he is granted this and is allowed passage into Denmark to fight the Poles (Planinc 60-71). As one can observe he does this in the name of vengeance for his father, the last king of Norway who died at the hands of Old Hamlet, who was again killed by Claudius, thus leaving Fortinbras to direct his vengeance upon the Danes as a whole. This is what makes Fortinbras different from Laertes and Hamlet in respect to their quests for vengeance, the fact that throughout he acts rationally and decisive keeping a cool mind, this is perhaps due to the fact that no women he loved has been ended thus retains his sanity. From what the play presents of Fortinbras, he has a motive a clear one, he has a plan and he carries it out, and without even interacting with Hamlet he sympathizes with him and orders for his story to be told just as he says “Speak loudly for him” (5.2.446) but for what? Easy question, they shared the same fight for vengeance. Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras, three individuals who had been marked with a lust for vengeance and yet each acted upon it differently. From Laertes who fought swiftly but irrationally to Hamlet who fought rationally but slowly and to Fortinbras who fought both swiftly and rationally. This can also be displayed as another characteristic of women as they seemed to have either slowed down each character, showing the procrastination and prevention of carrying out the horrific cycle of revenge, for example, Hamlet having two women and being the slowest to carry out his revenge, Laertes being twice as fast as Hamlet in carrying out his vengeance, being as he only lost Ophelia, and then Fortinbras who had apparently no women to hold him back from carrying out his vengeance. Of course though perhaps women also provided them with morality, as Hamlet sought the least bloody path, Laertes wanted nothing but to kill Hamlet, and Fortinbras who led an army to kill a king. In the end, they were three interchangeable characters in a play of life, with colorful curtains but a dull, insipid, stage full of nothing but colorless greed and ambiguity, with only the quickest to come out as superior. Yet in the end, it was all for nothing, each one of the characters died chasing after pointless desires for revenge for fathers who were never there for them, even Fortinbras will die one day, and conquering the Danes will have been for nothing but empty revenge. For that is the story of Hamlet, the story of vengeance, the story of death, and the story of nothing.

  • @ethanmauser4861

    @ethanmauser4861

    4 жыл бұрын

    Impressive

  • @herrklamm1454

    @herrklamm1454

    4 жыл бұрын

    mrthatguyam fuck off.

  • @mrthatguyam

    @mrthatguyam

    4 жыл бұрын

    My English professor failed me for this essay btw.

  • @leniroach7918

    @leniroach7918

    4 жыл бұрын

    mrthatguyam why lol

  • @mrthatguyam

    @mrthatguyam

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@leniroach7918 probably pissed off because I said the story was basically a bunch of dumbasses doing jack shit while my nigga Fortinbras killed everyone like a Chad

  • @carlatarcn4906
    @carlatarcn49068 жыл бұрын

    I want to sleep really bad

  • @diegogonzalez9925

    @diegogonzalez9925

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sleep well

  • @luckyyou4990

    @luckyyou4990

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dam 5 years after did you sleep well

  • @anonhere4021
    @anonhere40214 ай бұрын

    Just from the “Gentleman~ Another Gentleman~” I’m already sold

  • @hayatramadan3245
    @hayatramadan324510 жыл бұрын

    This audio has truly saved my life.

  • @MG-ww5dv
    @MG-ww5dv2 жыл бұрын

    not gonna lie, I had to read this in a pinch and using 1.25 and 1.5 speed came in clutch! Thanks again for the audio!

  • @kie1348
    @kie13486 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. It made it so much easier!

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @JustinHmusic
    @JustinHmusic4 жыл бұрын

    16:27 “His father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder”

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @annan9216
    @annan92165 жыл бұрын

    I’m in love with William Shakespeare’s playa, he was the all time popular writer of them all, I read Julius Caesar, then I’m going to be reading this now and I’m reading

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @nannibananni

    @nannibananni

    8 ай бұрын

    just wanted to remind you that you had a hamlet phase 4 years ago

  • @learnenglisha-zwithamy1429
    @learnenglisha-zwithamy1429 Жыл бұрын

    Listening to this wonderful play to finish my higher education is a good thing ever thank you

  • @azrielhopkins7795
    @azrielhopkins77955 жыл бұрын

    God bless His soul Where ever He is at.

  • @SunlightHugger
    @SunlightHugger7 жыл бұрын

    Hamlet sounds like Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

  • @CustomerServiceAssistant

    @CustomerServiceAssistant

    5 жыл бұрын

    Samantha Izaguirre: you’re showing your magnificent breeding!

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @victoriasanchez760

    @victoriasanchez760

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol i definitely heard it but with claudius haha, i knew it sounded familiar

  • @erinhollow773
    @erinhollow7732 жыл бұрын

    First of all, this is a big help in reading along with the audio. Second of all Hamlet's voice is really pretty. It's so clear and bright.

  • @michaelallport5816
    @michaelallport581610 жыл бұрын

    Ah! GreatestAudioBooks-Thanks a lot!!!-Mishka Allport-Fortaleza, Brasil

  • @starrellison4676
    @starrellison46764 жыл бұрын

    i am really about to listen to hamlet voluntarily as a thirteen year old.

  • @narutardad

    @narutardad

    Жыл бұрын

    Just wait until ur 22 and not in school. Reading shit like this is common practice cuz life is boring af

  • @JWhite-qi5zv

    @JWhite-qi5zv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@narutardad I am 22 and listening to this at work voluntarily because my job is so boring 💀

  • @narutardad

    @narutardad

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JWhite-qi5zv bro I feel that

  • @yunaxikim2615

    @yunaxikim2615

    3 күн бұрын

    ​@@narutardadcome on I bet it's not that bored look at me 22 was tricked by the prof after reading hamlet he tricked us on about 2 hours to watch the movies adaptation 1948 where the actors had real talent that made my eyes almost pop out 😂

  • @quash4263
    @quash42637 жыл бұрын

    I loved it I just started and I like it already

  • @aubrey4150
    @aubrey41502 жыл бұрын

    I lovely read!! Thank you for your performance!!!

  • @poopstix3622
    @poopstix36224 жыл бұрын

    The voice acting is really good but the recording quality is poor and inconsistent between characters.

  • @setamonkeytoy
    @setamonkeytoy4 жыл бұрын

    martin geeson's one of my favourite readers always nice to hear him

  • @fakeyoutuber5124
    @fakeyoutuber51247 жыл бұрын

    Something is always wrong with the voices in dubbed animes...

  • @alli-kat2329
    @alli-kat23295 жыл бұрын

    Ty for uploading this

  • @brionanelson4250
    @brionanelson42506 жыл бұрын

    this was very help full for my 9th grade lit. class thanks for sharing

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney2 жыл бұрын

    GREAT voice actor/character introductions 🤩 the tonal diversity of voices will make this easier to follow! Thank you - Will Shakes 4 ever, verily 📖

  • @pepstep4721
    @pepstep47213 ай бұрын

    The classwork: one fish two fish, red fish blue fish The study guide: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog The test:

  • @catevilsizer1108
    @catevilsizer1108 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting fact: my intro to Shakespeare teacher told me the way that Hamlet wants to see Ophelia without realizing she's dead by sayin he can't wait to see her with "makeup inches thick" Was a reference to how drowned victims were prepared for funeral services back in that era due to the discoloration in their skin

  • @allendiaz8725
    @allendiaz8725Ай бұрын

    very glad that there are time stamps they make things more easier

  • @chandrashekharahire4798
    @chandrashekharahire4798 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for the audio book

  • @mikeoneill81
    @mikeoneill812 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for helping me get through this.

  • @jasmeetbattu169
    @jasmeetbattu1696 жыл бұрын

    This audiobook is so good

  • @aminebouta
    @aminebouta7 жыл бұрын

    Thank You♥

  • @KetamineDroog
    @KetamineDroog Жыл бұрын

    2:59:26 - SPOILER it's my favourite part of the whole play, i don't know... something about the muddy death of Ophelia is just so uncanny and thrilling but also so poethic in a sense that my words cannot bare.

  • @dinosaur468

    @dinosaur468

    Жыл бұрын

    RUDE!!!!! SPOILER MUCH?!?!

  • @KetamineDroog

    @KetamineDroog

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dinosaur468 Shakespearean spoiler Lol

  • @nourhanelhanafi6035
    @nourhanelhanafi60356 жыл бұрын

    This ws very helpful thank you

  • @sedumzz3289
    @sedumzz32893 жыл бұрын

    Anoyone here because they're too lazy to read the actual book?

  • @sebastianaisen5856

    @sebastianaisen5856

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tis I my lord !

  • @Kiki_248
    @Kiki_2485 жыл бұрын

    This is honestly really great, I don't get why everyone's complaining

  • @darrylporter1372
    @darrylporter13728 жыл бұрын

    Best story ever told...

  • @nickyglenn8595

    @nickyglenn8595

    3 жыл бұрын

    5 years later and MacBeth is still better

  • @robelhailu2418

    @robelhailu2418

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nickyglenn8595 1 year later and MacBeth is the best

  • @melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653
    @melbourneleogibbsgibson...16532 жыл бұрын

    Thanks William Shakespeare

  • @melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653

    @melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @kjbcwdc2843
    @kjbcwdc28434 жыл бұрын

    0o0 this is amazing thank youu

  • @zombiehunter1229
    @zombiehunter12295 жыл бұрын

    Love r.g. pagg's voice it's always so soothing

  • @godswarriors7543
    @godswarriors75436 жыл бұрын

    Thank You.

  • @nickedani
    @nickedani3 жыл бұрын

    1:34:55 that's wonderful!

  • @ralphlee4300
    @ralphlee43005 жыл бұрын

    NOTHING ELSE STIMULATES THE MIND LIKE THE BRILLIANT WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE

  • @sebastianaisen5856

    @sebastianaisen5856

    3 жыл бұрын

    Porn? Lots of It?

  • @nannibananni

    @nannibananni

    8 ай бұрын

    just wanted to remind you that you had a hamlet phase 4 years ago 💀

  • @klauslispector

    @klauslispector

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@nannibananni😂😂😂😂

  • @ronaldhernandez6363
    @ronaldhernandez63638 жыл бұрын

    1:31:17 Act 3

  • @halamadrid4742
    @halamadrid47429 жыл бұрын

    I like it verry much because i want improve my english.thanks.

  • @willshubaru
    @willshubaru4 жыл бұрын

    49:22 Act 2 1:31:17 Act 3 2:23:08 Act 4 3:01:26 Act 5

  • @Kirbsta0208
    @Kirbsta0208 Жыл бұрын

    My favourite play from Shakespeare.

  • @mr.frightscare356
    @mr.frightscare3567 жыл бұрын

    Polonius sounds like grand-maester Pycell from Game of Thrones lol.

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @jakesnellen6637
    @jakesnellen66372 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @therieject
    @therieject5 жыл бұрын

    I literally roll my eyes every time Polonius talks…sir, please clear your throat.

  • @firemaster786

    @firemaster786

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s a voice.

  • @sevenharrison9173
    @sevenharrison91737 жыл бұрын

    I like The Classic Tales version a lot more! Make a video of that man!

  • @TheDAT573
    @TheDAT5738 жыл бұрын

    Only BBC narrators can do this justice.

  • @Captally
    @Captally9 ай бұрын

    As a Brit, I'm not sure that some of the more squeaky American female voices, à la Lina Lamont of Singin' In The Rain, are quite right for reading Shakespeare.

  • @philalethes216

    @philalethes216

    8 ай бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @Franky77757
    @Franky777573 жыл бұрын

    nice work

  • @noorffq796
    @noorffq7965 жыл бұрын

    I like it very beautiful

  • @herrklamm1454
    @herrklamm14544 жыл бұрын

    Sounds a conference call between Alexa, Siri, Johnny 5 and friends.

  • @EuCoruja
    @EuCoruja4 жыл бұрын

    This sounds less complicated than I expected

  • @youngwhitemale1366
    @youngwhitemale13662 жыл бұрын

    This helped a ton Had to read the entirety of hamlet for college and like an idiot I put it off until yesterday Had to rush through it but this just saved my grade Thanks

  • @gracej0nes2.0

    @gracej0nes2.0

    2 жыл бұрын

    And here I am.. Doing the exact same thing

  • @qwedsc1234

    @qwedsc1234

    Жыл бұрын

    no im hear before college

  • @silver_the_rowlet2521
    @silver_the_rowlet25217 жыл бұрын

    The female king and Hamlet are really throwing me off XD

  • @adenarcana1817

    @adenarcana1817

    7 жыл бұрын

    I wаtсhеd I, Clааааudius full mооооviе hеrе twitter.com/3bef3e03894389dcc/status/822761953072271360 HАММMМLЕТ bу Williаm Shаkesреаrе FULL АudiоBооk Grеatеst Аudiоo Bооks

  • @dopeking3371

    @dopeking3371

    5 жыл бұрын

    you have a very poor reading palate

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @sergiomoncrief14
    @sergiomoncrief144 жыл бұрын

    I guess I'm just gonna be a writer since nobody wants to hire me 😂. My mind is made

  • @azrielhopkins7795
    @azrielhopkins77955 жыл бұрын

    My favorite things About William Shakespeare Is that brings me Nostalgia from my Childhood.

  • @nannibananni

    @nannibananni

    8 ай бұрын

    you had a hamlet phase 4 years ago. cringe now

  • @Robert-ry6xe

    @Robert-ry6xe

    8 ай бұрын

    @@nannibananniyou ok? You’ve said the same thing a dozen times now

  • @Mibs-Mibby
    @Mibs-Mibby5 жыл бұрын

    bruh i don't care about the genders of who's reading whose part. I just wanna finish reading this for my school assignment.

  • @gluntford
    @gluntford5 жыл бұрын

    Brutal acting y'all

  • @luislondono5986
    @luislondono59869 жыл бұрын

    2:22:51 act 4

  • @johnsalazar6267
    @johnsalazar62678 жыл бұрын

    Act 5 3:01:34

  • @lilycave3232
    @lilycave32324 жыл бұрын

    I have a slight hearing problem, I couldn't tell the voices apart at all

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Cant believe I just heard all of Hamlet.

  • @ronaldhernandez6363
    @ronaldhernandez63638 жыл бұрын

    49:26Act 2

  • @nikkokromka7970
    @nikkokromka79705 жыл бұрын

    Dreams are a gateway to the mind

  • @EccentricMadamViolet
    @EccentricMadamViolet10 жыл бұрын

    Ooo, another Blackjack listening to Hamlet....AWESOME! hahaha

  • @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    @els-englishlessonsforstudents

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @terryqu4822
    @terryqu48224 жыл бұрын

    Hamlet sounds like Azula from the Last Airbender ahhh how nostalgic

  • @eliesplanetzoo
    @eliesplanetzoo Жыл бұрын

    i feel like i don‘t understand english anymore. i‘m a foreign speaker having to read this in my next school year. it sounds like gibberish in my ears and i‘m honestly panicking right now. What are all of these new words?

  • @dinosaur468

    @dinosaur468

    Жыл бұрын

    It's challenging for a native speaker. I hope it went well

  • @snebel39
    @snebel399 жыл бұрын

    Act 1 Scene 2 - 11:15

  • @runawayfarfaraway
    @runawayfarfaraway10 жыл бұрын

    Easer than reading it but still pretty ruff I wonder if there's an audio for the more now a day English copy

  • @ericstaples7220
    @ericstaples72204 жыл бұрын

    While I like the concept of using different voices, any voices, for the different roles, the audio quality here varies too much between the different voices. That alone makes it difficult for me to listen to. I suppose their lines were all recorded separately? That was a mistake, I think.