The following links will bring you to the videos that we viewed in class. Take a moment to review them before considering the prompt.
Your Task:
Reflect on each film version of Hamlet's soliloquy in more depth. Consider using some of your notes about what Hamlet is saying in this speech to guide your analysis of how the directors and actors interpret this scene. Use the follow questions to guide your note-taking as you view each version, then evaluate each interpretation of this scene in no fewer than 500 words (due Wednesday).
- In each version of the play, what is the setting? What effect does this have? What is the director trying to convey by setting the scene here?
- Is there any music? What mood does this set?
- What choices does the director make about lighting or props? Do these choices reinforce the theme of his speech?
- What figurative aspects of the speech are represented literally (if any)? How does the director use these symbols throughout the speech?
- What is the emotion with which the actor repeats the lines? How does this change throughout the speech, if at all? What effect does this have?
- More broadly - Why are there so many versions of this play? What do you think that says about the universality of Hamlet? Which version of the play did you like the most (do not think of putting Schwarzenegger's)? What about this version was most effective in your opinion?
Just for fun...The Last Action Hero
Well, the last action hero scene was potentially the best thing ever.
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