He told her, “I shall in all my best obey you, madam”.

Hamlet was so weak that he would even let his mother who betrayed him keep him from continuing his studies in England. Shakespeare made the women in Hamlet, Ophelia and Gertrude, seem very frail nd powerless and by having Claudius tell Hamlet that he was unmanly shows that Hamlet was acting like the women in the play. Claudius called Hamlet a girl by saying, “tis unmanly grief”.

Claudius was telling Hamlet to stop grieving over his father and consider him as his new father. In Act l Scene Hamlet was degraded by Claudius. In the play Hamlet was depressed and hurting and he could not really function. The movie depicted his character as being arrogant. Is he a lost little puppy or is he a violent lion? In the play, Hamlet was a young man who was weak because he had been betrayed but the movie did not show that he was hurting and weak. He highlighted the hatred that Claudius had toward both Hamlets and he also made it known that Hamlet hated Claudius even though in the play it was not that apparent. Although Kenneth did make the movie dramatic he did make right choices when showing certain themes such as hatred. Branagh chose to have Hamlet act extremely crazy but Shakespeare wrote Hamlet’s character as possibly being crazy but the reader does not know for certain. The movie was too over the top to really show true emotion.Īll of the scenes were very dramatic and Hamlet’s character was one that was too overdone. It is easy to feel sympathy for the characters that had lost people they loved such as Hamlet and Ophelia but the movie did not show that emotion. Hamlet’s own uncle killed his father and married his mother. The story of Hamlet is very depressing because many people are betrayed and die.

Kenneth chose the right direction to go in to keep the audience’s attention but it did not show the true tragedy of Hamlet. In the movie version of Hamlet the director, Kenneth Branagh, wanted the viewers to find Shakespeare interesting and full of action and drama. Whether it is a literal representation or a spin, directors like to show viewers the way they perceive the text. Shakespeare’s writing has had many different ways of being presented because people perceive it in different ways. Tony Robbins said, “To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others”.

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