1. Royal Deceit vs. Mel Gibson's Hamlet
Gibson seems not to give us a true Hamlet, although we do get the notion that there is nothing wrong with him till his father dies and his mother marries his uncle. ... The film takes places in a spectacular location in northern Scotland where we can actually see Shakespeare's imagination come to life. ... We also see how Mel Gibson portrays "young Hamlet" as a moody -miserable yet clever man. ... In the Royal Deceit we see how they focus more on the Ophelia -Hamlet relationship as oppose to Mel Gibson's version of which the focus is on mother-Hamlet relationship. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate