How Does David Tenant Present The Ghost In Hamlet

In Burton’s portrayal of Hamlet during the ghost scene, the character of Hamlet and the ghost of King Hamlet are more highlighted than the rest of the clips. For example, the lack of scenery and props on stage emphasizes Hamlet’s body language and Hamlet’s voice shift that ranges from thunderous yelling to a moderate conversational tone. In addition, the lack of props displays how Hamlet can roam freely and shows how Hamlet has more free thoughts. Hamlet’s free roaming around the stage emphasizes his character of how he keeps thinking and not acting. The ghost of King Hamlet (portrayed as a shadow) is an important factor in this scene, because it’s colossal size displays the dominance of the father towards the son and emphasizes the contrast between Hamlet and the ghost. At some points, the voice of the ghost was unclear and hard to understand, probably to create a more ominous voice of the ghost. The use of German …show more content…
There seems to be more emotion shown in the faces of King Hamlet and Hamlet. It was very intriguing yet controversial when the ghost “grabbed” Hamlet, as ghosts usually don’t touch. Although ghosts don’t really seem to touch, the grabbing indicates how much power and intimidation the father has on the son. At times, it was interesting to see that the eye level of the ghost and Hamlet was on the same level. In addition, it was also interesting to see that the ghost was about the same size as Hamlet, like a real human. Both of these observations indicate that the ghost seems to be less intimidating, and the ghost looks less of a “giant”, like in the previous 2 clips. Interestingly enough, the setting seemed to be in a World War 2 like environment with soldiers hiding, while in the previous 2 clips, the scene looked like medieval ages with British