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Classical Lit Teacher Reacts to Hi Ren by Ren (Hamlet, Milton & More!)

Original video:    • Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)   In this video, I react for the very first time to Hi Ren by Ren — and what struck me immediately is how much this performance echoes the greatest works of classical literature, poetry, and drama. As a teacher of literature, I couldn’t help but hear Shakespeare, Milton, and even Homer in the raw intensity of Ren’s inner dialogue. This isn’t just a song — it’s a modern psychomachia (battle for the soul) in the tradition of the Western canon. 📖 If you want to see how I bring these same insights into my own work, check out my new book: https://troubadour.studio/iliad — a modern, young adult verse translation of Homer’s Iliad, designed to make one of the world’s greatest epics accessible to first-time readers. Literary References I Make in This Reaction Homer’s Iliad – the heroic struggle and inner conflict of Achilles Shakespeare’s Hamlet – soliloquies and the battle within the self Milton’s Paradise Lost – Satan’s proud, defiant voice Goethe’s Faust (Mephistopheles) – “I am the spirit that negates” Dostoevsky’s The Double – the doppelgänger and inner enemy Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself – “I am large, I contain multitudes” Aeschylus’ Agamemnon – wisdom through suffering, the yoke of fate Tennyson’s In Memoriam – “Men may rise on stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things” Yeats’ The Second Coming – “Turning and turning in the widening gyre” Virgil’s Aeneid – “Perhaps someday it will be pleasing to remember even this” (Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit) Biblical references – Genesis (the snake in Eden), the Book of Job, Psalms Harold Bloom’s Anxiety of Influence – the need for artists to “kill their fathers” to create something new Through these connections, Hi Ren becomes more than a viral track — it’s part of an ancient dialogue about suffering, temptation, hope, and the eternal dance between light and darkness. Hashtags #HiRen #RenReaction #LiteratureTeacher #Hamlet #ParadiseLost #Iliad #Shakespeare #Milton #Faust #WesternCanon #MusicReaction #RapAnalysis