Hamlet - Play Vs. Movie

Play vs. Movie

Watching both play and movie, makes you wonder about the differences and the

similarities. Paying attention to those kinds of things makes you realize your sense of

thought. In this essay I will be taking you into a deeper level on Hamlet.

Now by seeing the movie Hamlet vs. the play Hamlet, you will notice that scene

one came right after scene two in the movie. It threw me off a little bit because you were

least expecting it. The other change was when Ophelia was talking with her dad, that

never happened in the play. The last and final change was when they were barring

Ophelia , in the play she was in the grave and Hamlet had jumped in the grave to testify

his love for her, but now in the movie, she was laying on a white bed and they had place

her on the ground next to the the gave. My opinion on the changes is that by doing it

differently it made it more believable to me.

If you have seen both movie and play you notice things . Such as a scene being

cut out. This goes for the movie. As shown in the play Rosencratz and Guildenstern were

shown immediately in the play, but come to the movie they were never shown until the

middle, when the audience least expected it. Secondly, Fortenbras had also been cut out,

and to mention after Hamlet had died they never announced anyone as king, to where in

the play Fortenbras was king. Now when the audience probably watched the movie

Hamlet first, it most likely left everyone wondering, "Who will be king now?"

When making a movie the director wants it to be attention grabbing, he wants you