Bye, Reed

Reed Bye presents a class in the series Rotating Shakespeare on the play Hamlet. Bye describes the history of criticism on Hamlet and the origins of the Hamlet story, then presents a cosmological interpretation of Hamlet. The class then reads through the play, interspersing the reading with discussion of individual scenes.

Reed Bye presents a class on Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In this class, Bye and the students continue their reading of "Hamlet," debating the timing of the seduction of Gertrude and focusing on the appearance of the ghost of the king.

Reed Bye presents a second class on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," discussing the medieval view of the universe and the revolution of thought in the Renaissance, the four humors and the four elements, modes of action in the play, and the music of the spheres. The class also performs a close reading of Hamlet's "to be or not to be" speech.