Show Notes
Our 29th podcast is the fourth in a series looking at the play Hamlet leading up to the Leaving Certificate next month, and is a close examination of Hamlet's first soliloquy, 'O that this too too solid flesh...', putting the speech in its context and looking at how it expresses the character's deepest feelings about his mother.
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The start of the major turning point of the play, Act 3 scene 3. By the end of this, there is still no real sign of what will catastrophically happen in the next episode.
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Completing Act 2 scene 1, and a brief mention of Act 2 scene 2.
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