This scene takes place entirely in a graveyard! And Shakespeare, sensing things are getting a bit heavy, lightens things up with some comedy between two… Read More »“Alas, Poor Yorick!”: Hamlet, Act V, scene 1: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 020
This scene contains one of the most brilliant soliloquies in the all of Shakespeare, and it doesn’t start with, “To be or not to be”!… Read More »Hamlet, Act IV, scene 4: O, From This Time Forth My Thoughts Be Bloody Or Be Nothing Worth!: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 017
Hamlet killed Polonius in the last scene. The king is now sending Hamlet off to England. But is it just to get Hamlet out of… Read More »Hamlet, Act IV, scenes 1-3: Brush Up Your Shakespeare 016
The tension mounts as Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude, summons Hamlet to her chambers after the “Mousetrap” play to demand of her son what he thinks… Read More »“Hoist With His Own Petard”: Hamlet, Act III, scene 4: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 015
Enter into the world of ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare,’ where the host steps into the greatest soliloquy ‘To Be Or Not To Be’. Join us… Read More »The Most Famous Soliloquy in Western Literature: “To Be Or Not To Be”: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 012
In today’s scene, we find Polonius, the King’s counselor, being sneaky and using spies to gain information. It is a habit that not only contrasts… Read More »Hamlet Act II, scene 1: “By Indirections Find Directions Out”: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 007
The Ghost of Hamlet’s father, the former King of Denmark, finally delivers his message to Hamlet. It is a message of evil, murder, deceit and… Read More »More Things in Heaven and Earth: Hamlet Act I, scene 5: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 006
Act I, scene 4 finds us back on the castle battlements in the middle of the night keeping watch with Hamlet and Horatio for the… Read More »Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark: Hamlet, Act I, scene 4: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 005
Join us as we dive into another scene from the most famous of all Shakespeare plays, “Hamlet!” “To thine own self be true!”
Making Shakespeare fun and easy! Join us with our exploration of Hamlet in this overview of Act I, scene 2! 7ipgGMXfmkUUSFfVbJZ1
Today we jump with both feet into the first scene of Hamlet! What other play has a ghost appearing not once, but twice, in the… Read More »Hamlet, Act I, scene 1: Brush Up Your Shakespeare: 002
Join us as we make Shakespeare fun, easy and fabulous! The way it was meant to be! We begin this series with an introduction to… Read More »Hamlet–Introduction: Brush Up Your Shakespeare:001