The Allegory of the Hollow Knight
What does Hollow Knight's story mean on a deeper level? What are its themes and messages, and what tools does it use to convey them? Plus, who is even the real Hollow Knight anyway? With some help from Plato, this video essay/story analysis/retrospective or whatever you want to call it aims to dissect Hollow Knight's story and hopefully provide a new/interesting perspective on what we can learn from it. ======Timestamps====== 00:00 - Intro 02:46 - Plot Recap 05:28 - Who is the Hollow Knight? 10:33 - The Knight Isn't Hollow 16:28 - The Pale King and Thematic Analysis 26:11 - The Thematic Hollow Knight 35:54 - Outro
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