Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part

In which John Green teaches you MORE about Bill Shakespeare's Hamlet. John talks about gender roles in Hamlet, and what kind of power and agency Ophelia and Gertrude had, if they had any at all (spoiler alert: we think they did). You'll also learn about regicide, Ophelia's flowers, and Hamlet's potential motivations. Also, Oedipus comes up again, but we don't buy it.

Stars:
Release Date: 2012-11-15
Seasons: 1 2 3 4
TMDb: 2.0/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 12

Other episodes for this season

A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey
Episode 1 - A Long and Difficult Jour...
Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex
Episode 2 - Fate, Family, and Oedipus...
Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1
Episode 3 - Ghosts, Murder, and More...
Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part
Episode 4 - Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part
Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1
Episode 5 - Don't Reanimate Corpses!...
Frankenstein, Part 2
Episode 6 - Frankenstein, Part 2
Reader, it's Jane Eyre
Episode 7 - Reader, it's Jane Eyre
If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1
Episode 8 - If One Finger Brought Oil...
Things Fall Apart, Part 2
Episode 9 - Things Fall Apart, Part 2
To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1
Episode 10 - To Kill a Mockingbird, Pa...
Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird
Episode 11 - Race, Class, and Gender i...
Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1
Episode 12 - Aliens, Time Travel, and...
PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2
Episode 13 - PTSD and Alien Abduction...
Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved
Episode 14 - Slavery, Ghosts, and Belo...
Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Episode 15 - Langston Hughes and the H...
The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Episode 16 - The Poetry of Sylvia Plat...