The Book Club: Hamlet by William Shakespeare with Andrew Klavan

The Book Club

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🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the greatest play ever written. In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Andrew Klavan discuss the themes of this classic work — inaction, appearance versus reality, doubt and truth — and how they mirror modern society. Pick up a copy and join us for this impactful episode. In our fast-paced world, it’s tough to make reading a priority. At least it used to be. At Thinkr.org, they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy nonfiction, giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form. Read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes: start your free trial today at Thinkr.org To hear more of Michael, check out the Michael Knowles Show podcast: apple.co/2tSTNyY

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Book Club. I'm Michael Knowles and today we will be discussing the
0:15.1	greatest play ever written Hamlet by good old Billy Shakespeare to help us discuss
0:20.4	that we're joined by Andrew Clavin. It's good to be here. I know you from
0:23.6	some. We have met before. I think we've met before Drew, thanks for coming
0:27.1	on. Billy Big Boy, they call him. Billy Big Boy. Billy Big Boy.
0:30.1	That was... Before we get into why this is the greatest play of all time, for people who haven't read the play or who have only read part of it,
0:37.5	because it's very, very long play, it's four hours performed, a quick synopsis, I think it could be subtitled Hamlet Prince of Denmark or you think
0:47.7	your family is bad. Hamlet Prince of Denmark or why you should make a decision quickly.
0:53.0	Make up your mind.
0:55.0	Make up your mind.
0:56.0	The play is about Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark.
0:59.0	His father has just died.
1:01.0	His mother has immediately shacked up with his father's brother.
1:04.4	So the uncle.
1:05.2	To be fair, they're married, they're married.
1:07.0	Yeah, they're married.
1:08.0	The play kind of opens on this wedding.
1:10.0	And a ghost, purporting to be Hamlet's father tells him that the uncle murdered him.
1:16.0	And he says, avenge me, avenge me.
1:18.0	And Hamlet doesn't know if the ghost is real or a demon or if he's just imagining all of it and he goes back and forth between indecision
1:25.9	trying to figure out his plan and then everything completely falls apart and
1:31.4	all the while there is this kind of foil to
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