I like Midsummer Night's Dream. One aspect of it that a lot of people overlook is that people in the middle ages feared fairies. They were amoral bastards. But even though Shakespeare defanged them quite a bit, hints of it are still there. Oberon basically mindrapes Titania into fucking a donkey so he can steal her adopted son from her. For a normal human person that would be life-ruiningly traumatic, but at the end, she just sort of smirked and shrugged it off and they walked off together. The impression I got is that this horrific thing he did was just him scoring a point in a centuries old competition, and she was likely thinking "Good one, O. I'll get you next round." Not human thinking.
I find it awesome that Thug Notes explains this ridiculously confusing play (Shakespeare original version) using dialect that makes it real. It's just too awesome to describe
Thank you! I love the creativity. Brilliant idea that legitimately gives people an understanding of the play. Great stuff! I wish I could show it to my 9th grade English class. Instead, I might have to encourage them to search on their own and hope they come across this!
"Love, life and dreams can take us to places we never thought possible and show us experiences that are so sweet that we can't even describe them." NICE!
"If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended. That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream." :) Excellent video, my favorite play by "willy shakes". 😀
I just finished the book and I lost count of how many times I had to stop reading so I can laugh my ass off. At the height insults(favourite being "get you gone, you dwarf") and the broadway-quality play I even came to tears. This is by far the funniest book I've ever read.
Wow I love your perspective on a Midsummer's Night Dream that's one of the stories that I kinda had never really comprehended I think ..that well ....and you broke it down so perfectly that once I started thinking about it made so much sense thank you so much for opening my eyes to a classic and making it feel brand new
this is pure genius. you don't know how badly I want to show this as a prereading intro to my eighth graders when we read this play next semester. sadly, I'm not tenured yet.
We're all quite familiar with the summaries of Shakespeare's stories, so I have good reason to want to read some of his books. They sound amazing. However, I tried reading his stories but I couldn't follow them because of his writing style. And I'm ashamed of that because I know it makes me sound uncultured. Any advice?
Tekrothebountyhunter Easy. Don't read them, watch them. Shakespeare wrote plays and plays are meant to be seen and heard. Since you'd still be getting used to the dialect, I'd also suggest starting off with something that's not too complicated, like Julius Caesar or Romeo & Juliet. I know many who'd disagree with me, but I think the 90s film with DiCaprio isn't a bad place to start (despite a lot of...liberties..) since the dialogue is mostly intact, just in a modern setting. That said I'd suggest finding a play production over film (the BBC makes good ones, for example) but either one works.
They have Shakespeare books with his own writing and a translation into contemporary English. Trips him out Shakespeare is classified as Modern English, not Middle English.. language evolves..
Tekrothebountyhunter Barron's Shakespeare Made Easy. The original text on one side and the "translation" or modern English on the other. Like eating peanuts-can't stop at just one.
Joss Whedon did an amazing job on Much Ado About Nothing. With original dialogue, but a modern setting (Joss' house actually). I'm not one for the Shakespearian writing style, but when I watched the movie it just. . . Clicked in my head. I highly recommend it.
I'll never forget this play being put on in my elementary school one year. It successfully made us all walk out going "what did we just watch?' 😭 I have VIVID memories of the costumes and the crowd involvement. Tomatoes were absolutely thrown.
back in the day , when me and my siblings were children mommy and daddy use to warn us about staying out after dark . they told us the donkey man gonna get us . that imagery scared the shit out of us
my teacher: well i can’t show y’all this in class... but if you think it’ll help you then i’m not gonna stop you from getting out a laptop and watching it on your own...
we watched some of this in English class and our teacher was sitting their awkwardly like “I don’t remember it being this rude” it was actually so funny lmaoooo
Everyone says this is a happy ending, and perhaps for most it is. However, it is not a happy ending for Helena and Demetrius. Yes they get together, but Demetrius never loved Helena and Helena will spend her days with a man who only loves her because of a spell. Does she really love Demetrius if she is willing to force him to love her against his will? I think not. If love must be forced it is a farce.
If you haven't already, you should DEFINITELY do the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It's one of my favourite books and one I think you would enjoy reviewing and analysing.
What I think happened with Demetruis, Helena, and Hermia is while Demetrius' Helena's families had the rank, Hermia's had the money. It explains why Demetrius would go through Egeus despite Hermia and explains why Hermia is SO touchy about "low and little."
Some very modern suggestions, I love this show: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathon Safron Foer Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginides The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart Bone (Graphic Novel) by Jeff Smith
omg tbh tHnk you for this xD I work in theatre and am obsessed with folklore and mythology but i have trouble reading. as silly as this is, it really helped me get the story faster LMAOOO BLESS U
Four things. Demetrius had been courting Helena before he got engaged to Hermia. Titania had taken in the Indian boy on her own, Oberon just wanted the kid for a servant. Oberon was the one that put the whammy on Demetrius after Puck screwed up with Lysander. Oberon got the Indian boy away from Titania while she was still under the spell (there may be a fight over that after the end of the play as he was the orphaned son of one of Titania's favorite servants) and they removed said spell before restoring Bottom.
This is my favorite story by Shakespeare, because it had my favorite line: "My Lord, what fools these mortals be."
Nah. Best line is from King Lear: “As flies to wanton boys are we to the Gods. They kill us for their sport.”
I was wondering how this guy talked so fast when I realized that I had the speed set to 1.5 from listening to a very slow math lesson.
stupidpeoplecallmesmart same I know the feeling my guy
"Bitch! Give me my little Indian boy back!"
-Sparky Sweets PhD, 2015
OMG, I was cracking my ass off on that one. LOL!
I like Midsummer Night's Dream. One aspect of it that a lot of people overlook is that people in the middle ages feared fairies. They were amoral bastards. But even though Shakespeare defanged them quite a bit, hints of it are still there. Oberon basically mindrapes Titania into fucking a donkey so he can steal her adopted son from her. For a normal human person that would be life-ruiningly traumatic, but at the end, she just sort of smirked and shrugged it off and they walked off together. The impression I got is that this horrific thing he did was just him scoring a point in a centuries old competition, and she was likely thinking "Good one, O. I'll get you next round." Not human thinking.
I find it awesome that Thug Notes explains this ridiculously confusing play (Shakespeare original version) using dialect that makes it real. It's just too awesome to describe
If he had taught English I would have learned alot more...
a lot*
so maybe you would have
Ain't that the truth. LOL
On god
ong bro
This is so awesome. This taught me more about literature than the actual book. Thank you man
I swear you've helped me throughout my entire semester 😩
Thug Notes. #BetterThanCommunityCollege
Eating a slice of cheese
#betterthancommunitycollege
+Digital Wave hey I went to community college and I'm a very successful uh wait nvm
This is my favorite channel on youtube. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. SPARKY SWEETS!!!!
That's one messy ass story.
Read Comedy of Errors. Even messier.
I had to do a report on this play. I literally told the class it was great but confusing as hell
Saw what you did there...
Thank you! I love the creativity. Brilliant idea that legitimately gives people an understanding of the play. Great stuff! I wish I could show it to my 9th grade English class. Instead, I might have to encourage them to search on their own and hope they come across this!
"Love, life and dreams can take us to places we never thought possible and show us experiences that are so sweet that we can't even describe them." NICE!
"If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended. That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream." :) Excellent video, my favorite play by "willy shakes". 😀
This was actually shown in my class today xD
You continue to produce great videos, Thug Notes! Keep posting!
You forgot something dude....Don Quixote,man Don Qu-i-x to the o- to te - Don Quixote.
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to be honest ....i never thought something like this should be possible....you have a lot of talent. thank you for sharing.
My new favorite TH-cam channel...will be back with suggestions but this is great!!!
I just finished the book and I lost count of how many times I had to stop reading so I can laugh my ass off. At the height insults(favourite being "get you gone, you dwarf") and the broadway-quality play I even came to tears. This is by far the funniest book I've ever read.
This is immense! Thanks for hitting us all up with this. Twelfth Night next would be epic. :-)
I'd love to see your breakdown of "The Taming of the Shrew."
"Comedy with a happy ending" Lol!
This summary is so up beat that I almost forgot A Midsummer Night’s Dream always breaks my heart because of Dead Poet’s Society :(
That film made me so curious about MND :((
Wow I love your perspective on a Midsummer's Night Dream that's one of the stories that I kinda had never really comprehended I think ..that well ....and you broke it down so perfectly that once I started thinking about it made so much sense thank you so much for opening my eyes to a classic and making it feel brand new
"Bitch! Gimmie my lil Indian boy back!"....priceless
😂😂😂😂😂
this is pure genius. you don't know how badly I want to show this as a prereading intro to my eighth graders when we read this play next semester. sadly, I'm not tenured yet.
This is legitimately better than the Spark Notes version. It's fantastic.
We're all quite familiar with the summaries of Shakespeare's stories, so I have good reason to want to read some of his books. They sound amazing. However, I tried reading his stories but I couldn't follow them because of his writing style. And I'm ashamed of that because I know it makes me sound uncultured. Any advice?
Tekrothebountyhunter Easy. Don't read them, watch them. Shakespeare wrote plays and plays are meant to be seen and heard. Since you'd still be getting used to the dialect, I'd also suggest starting off with something that's not too complicated, like Julius Caesar or Romeo & Juliet. I know many who'd disagree with me, but I think the 90s film with DiCaprio isn't a bad place to start (despite a lot of...liberties..) since the dialogue is mostly intact, just in a modern setting.
That said I'd suggest finding a play production over film (the BBC makes good ones, for example) but either one works.
They have Shakespeare books with his own writing and a translation into contemporary English. Trips him out Shakespeare is classified as Modern English, not Middle English.. language evolves..
2cents *me out, I meant
Tekrothebountyhunter Barron's Shakespeare Made Easy. The original text on one side and the "translation" or modern English on the other. Like eating peanuts-can't stop at just one.
Joss Whedon did an amazing job on Much Ado About Nothing. With original dialogue, but a modern setting (Joss' house actually). I'm not one for the Shakespearian writing style, but when I watched the movie it just. . . Clicked in my head. I highly recommend it.
Man I would love to see a Starship Troopers video. Of the book obviously, not the movie.
I'm glad you are back! Literature has never been so humorous.
Am I the only one who noticed that Oberon has Napoleon's face? Is there a reason why?
I cannot get enough of this channel. Genius and Hilarious!
please do every Shakespeare play.. you are BRILLIANT!
I'll never forget this play being put on in my elementary school one year. It successfully made us all walk out going "what did we just watch?' 😭 I have VIVID memories of the costumes and the crowd involvement. Tomatoes were absolutely thrown.
Never been more happy in an English class than when my teacher showed this.
This guy reminds me of my high school English teacher. Cheers Mr. Acito and cheers to this fellow here.
There went one month of studying for my end of the year Shakespeare test. Thug notes is dank!
OMG THIS IS AWESOME THE THUGNESS IS OVERFLOWING IM GONNA ACE THIS TEST HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! NEED THAT THUG NOTE BOOK
This is the quote of the century, "Bitch give me my lil Indian boy back." Lol.
I didnt choose the thug notes, the thug notes chose me
This is SUCH A GOOD VIDEO ...THANKYOU TONS. please stop shouting so much as your voice is just brilliant without raising it any. YOU'RE BRILLIANT.
that was too good , i must say . keep up the great work Sparky Sweets !
I really learned more from this than weeks of compulsory schooling.
THIS IS GONNA BE SO USEFUL FOR MY COMMENTARY
Edit: thanks for the likes guys, I really appreciate it !
Y’all need to bring these back 🥲🥲🥲
That book shall be pre-ordered posthaste. Truth.
MND is my favourite. Thanks, bro.
Nice! Can't wait to get the Tug Notes book!
Napoléon in a Shakespeare's play!? That is new for me
Oh heck yeah! My favorite Shakespeare play with a donkey show in it :P
You know what donkey show means, don't you?
i prefer shrek the musical
4:44 well, that's some inspiration and hella true. Good job, Thugnotes
Never disappointed by any of these videos,
back in the day , when me and my siblings were children mommy and daddy use to warn us about staying out after dark . they told us the donkey man gonna get us . that imagery scared the shit out of us
That was a good one! Nice job.
"Then Oberon squeeze some of that love-juice on Titania's face"
Lol he couldn't resist wording it like that
Wish this video would have been made in time for my English final LOL great video!
LOVE YOU BRO ❤
I didn't know you could be a badass thug and a bookworm at the same time XD
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!
Thank you for saving my degree !!!!!!
You guys should do a music analysis series. Not just for classical music, but also for popular and contemporary works.
this is a riot.
my teacher: well i can’t show y’all this in class... but if you think it’ll help you then i’m not gonna stop you from getting out a laptop and watching it on your own...
I've got an exam on this play tomorrow. Think this video might just save my ass. Thanks
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!.....truly nice work!!
we watched some of this in English class and our teacher was sitting their awkwardly like “I don’t remember it being this rude” it was actually so funny lmaoooo
Still one of my favorite plays. Neil Gaiman did a good interpretation.
Damnit man, why couldn't you have realeased this two weeks ago! I could have convinced my teacher to play it in school!
YES! Nectar in a Sieve!
Please do The Merchant of Venice, The Tragedy of King Richard III, and Twelfth Night/What You Will!
Everyone says this is a happy ending, and perhaps for most it is. However, it is not a happy ending for Helena and Demetrius. Yes they get together, but Demetrius never loved Helena and Helena will spend her days with a man who only loves her because of a spell. Does she really love Demetrius if she is willing to force him to love her against his will? I think not. If love must be forced it is a farce.
Thanks Thug Notes! You guys helped me to better understand classical literature :)
1:44 the vase is Mexican
Mexicans speak Spanish
Spanish can be traced back to Spain
Don Quixote is from Spain
Don Quixote is confirmed you guys
Nice review I was suppose to read A Midsummer Nights Dream when I was in middle school but I never did and I doubt I ever will. Just being honest.
Yr work will save this damn illiterate-turning world, I swear! Love every bit of it. You pack so much in! xo
Lol I wish you were my lecturer. Learning would be so much fun and much easier to understand with the way you explain it.
Thanks so much of doing my suggestion! Next could you please do Perfume by Patrick Süskind! It's one of my all time favourite books 🙏
Awesome channel thank you for the summary i loved it!
MOAR SHAKESPEARE!
Great episode
Already preordered the book
I love that Oberon is a painting of Napoleon!
If you haven't already, you should DEFINITELY do the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It's one of my favourite books and one I think you would enjoy reviewing and analysing.
thug notes is the best thing ever
I'd love to see you do Don Quixote! It's one of my all time favorites!
NO I NEED HELP REMEMBERING THESE GUYS FOR A FINAL ALL THE CHARACTERS CONFUSE ME
Bro, this literally made so much sense. I'm boutta go write my essay on shakespeare now lmao
Hey, could you do 'Twelfth Night' ?
Could you please do Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind?
MOST interesting review of MSND and accurate also. Thanks brother.
Why am I laughing so hard when you retell this! :'D But thanks!!!
we’re reading this in my class and it sucks.. your version is much better :)
a master is someone who can explain what it's about, to a 5 year old kid. you succeeded.
You're videos saved me in this lit class! OMG.
I remember being in this play. Good times ...
A summary and analysis of Paradise Lost by John Milton would be pretty gangsta.
What I think happened with Demetruis, Helena, and Hermia is while Demetrius' Helena's families had the rank, Hermia's had the money. It explains why Demetrius would go through Egeus despite Hermia and explains why Hermia is SO touchy about "low and little."
Some very modern suggestions, I love this show:
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathon Safron Foer
Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginides
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Bone (Graphic Novel) by Jeff Smith
chewyenchilada Also would love if you could do some poetry.
Bruh you got me through comp 1! Real ones make it happen and you made it happen!
Please do a Thug Notes episode on the book that made me fall in love with reading, A Bridge to Therabitha.
omg tbh tHnk you for this xD I work in theatre and am obsessed with folklore and mythology but i have trouble reading. as silly as this is, it really helped me get the story faster LMAOOO BLESS U
Four things. Demetrius had been courting Helena before he got engaged to Hermia. Titania had taken in the Indian boy on her own, Oberon just wanted the kid for a servant. Oberon was the one that put the whammy on Demetrius after Puck screwed up with Lysander. Oberon got the Indian boy away from Titania while she was still under the spell (there may be a fight over that after the end of the play as he was the orphaned son of one of Titania's favorite servants) and they removed said spell before restoring Bottom.