Hamlet Videos

After seeing the videos of differently interpreted Hamlet scenes I noticed a lot of strange things that I wouldn't have imagined by just reading the script. Queen Gertrude is very sensual in most of these videos. She seems to attempt at seducing Hamlet and using that sexual power in order to persuade him to stay in Denmark. In other versions she seems extremely distant and unloving. The king can either be extremely condescending or extremely close to being sincere. He seems to be very static in most of the videos we saw and somewhat apprehensive at looking bad in front of the court. His distance in some of the videos is very important as well. The closer he gets to Hamlet, the more sincere and intimate he makes the scene seem. Most of the characters that played Hamlet had different attitudes in the scenes and some were completely different from what I had anticipated. in the overly emotional 1980 remake Hamlet is extremely impolite and sarcastic to both his mother and the king. In comparison to the static 2010 remake, the 1980 version uses emotion as a means to convey each character's true colors. Gertrude is seen in the 1980 version completely swoon by the king something I believe the Mel Gibson version didn't emphasize what so ever. All versions were completely different, but each interpretation leads to a deeper understanding of what the actual scene was like.