I. Plot Timothy Mooney’s Breakneck Hamlet takes what would be a 4-hour play and breaks it down into just about an hour long performance. The story truly begins when Prince Hamlet’s father is murdered, believed to be murdered by his own brother and Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet’s mother than marries her now dead husbands believed murder and brother, Claudius. The rising action occurs when Hamlet passes up the opportunity to kill Claudius, as he appears to be praying and Hamlet does not want to give him the opportunity to go to heaven. The climax then occurs when Hamlet stabs Polonius, believing that he is stabbing Claudius. This results in ultimate conflict with Claudius. The falling action then occurs during the fencing match that ultimately leads
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It was clear that Hamlet wanted revenge throughout the play, however he kept appearing to be uncertain as to how he wanted to achieve this revenge. After a day to reflect on it, I still think the play is about revenge however, there may be less uncertainly than I originally thought. Maybe Hamlet was so certain about his revenge that he appeared uncertain due to his desire to complete his revenge in one specific way. As I was leaving the theatre, other people seemed to really enjoy the production as a whole. Mooney’s humor and his commentary really aided in the thought of this play. They thought it was a quick, funny, easy approach to theatre and Hamlet. Which I agree with.
IV. Language The language of Hamlet typically can be difficult to understand. However, Mooney performed an authentic performance of Hamlet, while adding his own touch to it. This allowed him as the narrator to help the audience better understand the content by adding in his commentary by using modern language. Mooney used different voices to add emphasizes to parts from the narrator, and to distinguish between the many characters. This was specifically helpful due to the sheer number of characters played by Mooney, and the lack of costume and scenery changes.
V. Music and
It was clear that Hamlet wanted revenge throughout the play, however he kept appearing to be uncertain as to how he wanted to achieve this revenge. After a day to reflect on it, I still think the play is about revenge however, there may be less uncertainly than I originally thought. Maybe Hamlet was so certain about his revenge that he appeared uncertain due to his desire to complete his revenge in one specific way. As I was leaving the theatre, other people seemed to really enjoy the production as a whole. Mooney’s humor and his commentary really aided in the thought of this play. They thought it was a quick, funny, easy approach to theatre and Hamlet. Which I agree with.
IV. Language The language of Hamlet typically can be difficult to understand. However, Mooney performed an authentic performance of Hamlet, while adding his own touch to it. This allowed him as the narrator to help the audience better understand the content by adding in his commentary by using modern language. Mooney used different voices to add emphasizes to parts from the narrator, and to distinguish between the many characters. This was specifically helpful due to the sheer number of characters played by Mooney, and the lack of costume and scenery changes.
V. Music and