Using Freud to Understand Hamlet: The Hidden Psychology Behind Shakespeare’s Darkest Character

Описание: What if Hamlet is not a revenge tragedy—but a psychological battlefield?
In this video, we explore how Sigmund Freud’s theories transform Shakespeare’s Hamlet into a profound study of unconscious desire, repression, guilt, and identity formation.

Using the Oedipus Complex, Repression, and the Uncanny, this analysis uncovers:
🔹 Why Hamlet hesitates to kill Claudius
🔹 How Gertrude becomes the center of Hamlet’s unconscious conflict
🔹 Why Claudius acts as Hamlet’s “dark mirror”
🔹 The psychological meaning behind the Closet Scene, Ophelia’s madness, the Ghost, and Yorick’s skull
🔹 What Ernest Jones added to Freud’s original ideas
🔹 Why psychoanalysis—despite its criticisms—still shapes modern interpretations of the play

This video is perfect for:
🎓 Students (BA/MA English Literature)
📚 Teachers preparing lectures
📝 Researchers of Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism
🎥 Anyone trying to understand Hamlet beyond traditional readings

If you’re studying Shakespeare, Freudian theory, or psychoanalytic criticism, this deep-dive will give you a complete, structured, and insightful understanding of how Freud reshaped the world’s most famous tragic hero.#englishliterature
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