The counter-productivity of revenge is exposed from a Christian angle by the tragic fates of both Hamlet and Laertes while Fortinbras' ultimate triumph is predicated on his holding off on revenge. ... Upon first reading, Hamlet's soliloquies provided me with the insight into Hamlet's religious and social milieu. ... Hamlet's various plans educe a sense of intelligence, with Hamlet confiding in his trustworthy companion, Horatio, that he will "put an antic disposition on" and it is through Horatio, as a sounding board for Hamlet, that the audience is revealed of ...

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This is evident in Act 1, in which Hamlet's love and passion for his father naturally positions him to be inferior to King Hamlet's apparition. ... Hamlet's irrational and impulsive behavior coincides with A.P. ... As Mary Slater4 suggests, 'Hamlet's nature is philosophical. ... Following the Elizabethan interpretations of Hamlet, came the interpretation of Hamlet as an ultimately weak character, demonstrated in the dichotomy of his inaction and Fortinbras' portrayal as a stereotypical active male.This contradicts the perception that Shakespeare intentionally use...

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Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 version of Hamlet is no exception of this. ... Another example of Zeffirelli's "slash-n'-hack" approach is the total removal of Fortinbras's character from the film. ... In Shakespeare's original, Fortinbras represents all the aspects of character that Hamlet is not, and by the contrary of the two young royals, the reader can easily see Hamlet's flawed character as less of a "noble hero". ... By removing Fortinbras, the viewer can isolate the hero of the film to Hamlet, and Hamlet alone. ... Another addition that stands...

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A PERSONAL RESPONSE FOR KENNETH BRANAGH"S HAMLET Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet was, to place it simply, one of the greatest movies let alone version of any hamlet play I have ever seen. ... Another example was Fortinbras" quick introduction, displaying a young general who had high hopes and a will to conquer the great state of Denmark. ... Thoroughly enjoyed by all were the special effects, my most favourite example would be the marching of Fortinbras" army, it quite clearly projects an atmosphere and state of a warlike nature. The most melodramatic special effect would most like...

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"Hamlet" begins much the same as any other previous revenge play, with the visits from the ghost of King Hamlet and his requests of Hamlet to avenge his death. ... In "Hamlet", Shakespeare actively rejects this expected plot line and focuses instead on Hamlet's delay and struggle to take action, as opposed to the actual act of vengeance. ... Hamlet is so intent on making sure Claudius is guilty he employs actors to preform a play to the court, reenacting the way Claudius supposedly murdered King Hamlet as told by the ghost. ... After hearing of his fathers murder, Laertes actively seeks i...

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Hamlet In the opening scene of Hamlet Shakespeare introduces us to vital background information that evokes the action of the main plot. ... Horatio then answers "Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,/ Thereto prick"d on by a most emulate pride,/ Did forfeit, with his life, all those lands/ Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror" and now young Fortinbras plans to reclaim the Norwegian lands his late father lost to king Hamlet. ...

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