Hamlets Dilemma

    I disagree with Hamlets hesitation becasue if he really wanted to kill Claudius he could have been did it. I feel as though he does not really want to kill him because that is his uncle , he is just doing it becasue the ghost (his father) told him to do it. I honestly feel as though Hamlet does not want to kill hs uncle.

To Be Or Not To Be

   The setting took place at Blockbuster and it seems as if it was night time. They weren't a lot of people in the store maybe because it was late too. It seem as if he is crazy by walking into Blockbuster and starting to give his speech "to be or not to be." The effect it has is to show why he is wanting to take revenge. He is thinking and talking to himself about life, death, fear, what will happen when things are settle/etc. In this scene it is ironic because he is walking through the action section while he is talking about taking action.
    The part where he was waking past the televisions and fire was bursting , that was putting more emphasises and makes his speach more dramatic.

The First Ghost Scene

   In the second version ( Branagh ) , the beginning was very dramatic and dim. He used alot of fog and darkness to give this scene a ghostly feeling since Hamlet was talking to his father which was a ghost. The part where Hamlet was running through the forest he was singing very loud in an opera way . The way he was feeling was showed in that scene by the gound being lit up with fire and explosions.
   In the first version ( Zeffirelli ) , the beginning was not really that dramatic , but the message that was shown was very clear. I think Mel Gibson played this role very well because he shows more expression and passion when he see's his ghostly father. The ghost in this version was more sad about his death than in the other versions.
   In the third version ( Almereyda ) ,this version is a modern version of Hamlet. The ghost scene is not the same as the first and second verson. In this version the ghost scene is more filled with light and is not as dramatic.  Hamlet has more physical contact with his father in this version , meanng he is touching him more like he is really there. And in this scene the ghost uses a prop to show how he really died.