UnCommon Core | Love vs. Friendship in Hamlet
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Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Love vs. Friendship in Hamlet David Bevington Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of English Language and Literature David Bevington leads a conversation that will range over the topic of love and friendship in Hamlet. What view does the play present of congenial marital love, of lust and incest, of the failed relationship of Hamlet and Ophelia, and still more. And, conversely, to what extent does true friendship, especially that of Hamlet and Horatio, displace romantic and erotic love as offering any consolation for life's tribulations? What views does the play offer of more self-interested friendships, in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and in Polonius's warning to his son about trusting too many friends? Bevington, among our most popular speakers to alumni audiences, is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature. He has written or edited more than 30 volumes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, most recently serving as senior editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Edition of The Complete Works of Ben Jonson (2012). ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGOytSubscribe About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-homepage News: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-news Facebook: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-FB Twitter: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-TW Instagram: http://bit.ly/UCHICAGO-IG University of Chicago on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email [email protected].
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