Hamlet Movie Vs Play Essay

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The interesting moment while watching hamlet production on stage was when Hamlet went crazy after realizing that his father was murdered, Claudius killed hamlets father to usurp the throne and take Queen Gertrude as his bride, so in revenge Hamlet decided to kill Claudius which was very intense moment and the boring moment was the beginning of the play, the actors were talking a lot and there wasn’t any interesting action going. I was dozing off in the beginning of the play because the play was boring in the beginning when Hamlet was talking a lot. the lighting was well used in changing the scenes, the lighting was an important element in the play as it created a surprise for the audience by thinking what will happen next and looking at …show more content…
In the play hamlet an actor Ophelia who was degraded by Hamlet, Hamlet mother quickly married Claudius who was Hamlets uncle (1.2.146). Therefore, Hamlet lost all faith in women after having discovered his mother’s abominable marriage. Hamlet stated that all women plays with men and are not loyal to their husbands. Hamlet uses harsh and bitter language such as, asking Ophelia to go and join a nunnery to protect her virginity. The move ‘Help’ is very similar to the play Hamlet, in the movie The Help African American women were discriminated and degraded by their husbands and the society for example, when Minny lost her job later on that day her husband beaten her up and was insulting her, African American were only allowed to work for “white people” caring for their babies and doing chores for them in both movies/play the women were just another victim. I can also, compare Hamlet to Macbeth considering how they both were insane and died at the end. For instance, Macbeth was a noble man after his wife verbally influenced Macbeth to kill king Duncan and receive his power but later on the play Macbeth goes insane and tries to kill anyone that would stand against him or would be a threat, Macbeth also, seen a ghost which was Banquo similarity to how Hamlet seen his father as a ghost and was willing to do

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