Happenings of Hamlet

 In class, we were able to watch two different version of the theatrical, passionate play, Hamlet. The first version had Hamlet being portrayed crude and a man fully hating the world. He is young, and within his youthful life leaving out that strong directed emotion seen in the second version. Additionally in the second version, Hamlet is portrayed to be more of a manic character and you can see him spiraling down a hole even though the storyline is still the same between both. This is portrayed through the strong verbiage and emphasis on certain phrases as well as the increase in emotion when dialogue is elicited. He was one to experience multiple instances through many unfortunate deaths. One being his father, followed by Ophelia and many beloved characters close to him. To touch on Hamlet's father, in the first version he was a real person being seen. But, in the second, he is a light representing more of a soul and maybe even a figment of the imagination (reference to spiraling into mania) in a sense for increased audience perception of madness towards Hamlet. But nonetheless, Hamlet was experiencing extreme melancholy in both versions with grief and madness through a plethora of lenses throughout the piece. It is no surprise that hamlet is emotional and for lack of a better phrase "feeling all the feels" when something so extreme has occurred like losing many loved ones. Both plays have a very theatrical, pin pointing approach as to what is desired for the audience to recognize from the play. We know Hamlet goes a bit crazy (rightfully so... I suppose) but depending on which version you watch, decides how manic he truly became. 


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  1. Amir HamidpourMarch 2, 2023 at 8:41 PM

    I thought the opposite, I believed in the first one he seemed to be more manic, especially towards the end, and in the second film we saw a more tamed version of hamlet. In both versions, I saw the father is portrayed as the same but it seems we disagree on that. The development of emotions was what shocked me. There was almost no development in the second one but in the first one he was almost unrecognizable in the end, I also found their relationships with love shown differently as well.
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