Harrison Friday Mr. Lamb 1/25/09 English 11 Honors Hamlet, in regards to the consistency of the character Hamlet is not nessicaily a flawed one but just an overly complicated one. There are so many drives and emotions pushing him in different direction that he eventually becomes misunderstood. Luckily with a large amount of thinking on the perplexing motives of Hamlet, one can certainly figure out that Hamlet character is a constant one, changing only in small and necessary ways. Hamlet, in most respects is just a product of his environment, contrary to the popular belief of Hamlet being a product of a poor character development. According to many writers and scholars Hamlet changes from a slightly melancholy character into a gloomy depressed character.
The acting is spot-on in this film. Some other interpretations of Macbeth through film, or even in a theater production, can tend to be overdramatized and can really turn you off from the film/play from the get go. This is not the case in the Goold film. Patrick Stewart as Macbeth and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth speaking these lovely verses bring just the right amount of excitement and coyness to their roles. Its elements such as this that hook you from the beginning and keep you engrossed until the very end.
As authoritative figures, both characters show striking similarities, especially in the way they handle power. A deeper look, however, shows their evolution throughout each play is different: while Creon comes to realize his faults and desperately attempts to reverse his actions in the tragic denouement of the play, Torvald shows the worst of his character near the end, when he opens the letter, and lets down any expectations we had of him. These similarities and differences can be seen by looking at the way they perceive themselves as superior and how they handle power, as well as how they act at the end. Firstly, neither character handles power in a dignified way, as they let their pride take over their sense of reason. Creon, on his side, believes he is a sort of divine being: he has the power to dictate whom lives and who dies.
In act IV scene VII lines 123-164 of Hamlet there is a very long exchange of words of revenge towards Hamlet between Claudius and Laertes, but in the David Tennant version much of the unimportant speech is cut out and only the most important of the conversation is left. This appeals to a modern audience, because this particular scene is very long with many allusions and metaphors to seeking revenge on Hamlet, but in this version most of these are cut out and the point is made very quickly instead. The director, Gregory Doran, also chose to add parts and dialog to certain scenes, this passage is no different as the characters are talking about how the plan to take revenge the director adds the word rapier in to the dialog to let the modern audience know that they are talking about a sword, and later changes the word unbated to “unblunted” to describe to a modern audience who may not know the meaning of
In Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield makes it very clear that he does not like fake or phony people. Throughout the story Holden at times makes the reader feel like he or she should feel bad for him because of the hardships he's been through and how he has to deal with the "phonies" when he is actually one himself. As the story goes on Holden proves himself to be the real phony of the book because he never goes through with what he intends to do, he is overly concerned about sex but thinks its overrated, and he's very critical about other peoples lives. Holden Caulfield is the true phony and even more so a huge hypocrite throughout the novel. To start, All he wants to do is connect with someone but the boy has high standards.
“ Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout his life, he had been calm in temperament , kindly, though not of warm affections...but, as he proceeded, a terrible fascination, a kind of fierce...” ( Hawthorne 123.) This example shows that Throughout the novel chillingworth has changed for worse and that he used to be good and scholar-like but now he is “ugly” (Hawthorne 123). “I shall escape thee now!” ( Hawthorne 249). Here dimmesdale reveals everything and dies but while revealing this chillingworth argues and tries to stop him because he wants to do the harming and not have dimmesdale get out of his
When he is alone he beats and tortures himself because of the deep pain he feels for not confessing his sin. Dimmesdale also becomes very sick mentally because of the pain he puts himself through and also the pain of guilt that is built up inside him. When Dimmesdale is out in public he is seen as a pure Minister. To the Puritan community Dimmesdale is seen as a saint. This results in Dimmesdale having to hide his guilt when he is out in public, which in return slowly destroys his soul because he usually is not put into a position where he must lie.
Those outside the asylum seem relatively happy while they are doing what they are passionate about, Nick and Lucy there fight against the Vietnam war, and Lewis directing ‘Cosi’. There are a number of characters that ultimately appear to be very depressed and unhappy throughout Nowras black comedy. Henry, Zac and Ruth are quite similar because the all appear to be sad because of the fact that they all have had horrible backgrounds. Because Henry is very secluded he is unable to speak about his problems and is then unable to be brought out of his shell and be happy. Through the help of Lewis and Cosi Henry is able to gain slightly more confidence and experience some happiness.
Hamlet’s Scene Comparison due to his Madness Hamlet feigns madness due to the knowledge of being watched which is portrayed by all three directors of Bennett, Branagh and Zeffirelli as they utilize various differences in the line delivery, action, and settings in the “The Nunnery Scene” of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In Bennett’s, Branagh, and Zeffirelli’s films, the line delivery are contrasted in each version. In Bennett’s version of “The Nunnery Scene”, Hamlets line delivery in his “To be or not to be” soliloquy does not appear that he is contemplating suicide, he is calmer than he is crazy. In comparison to Branagh’s version, Hamlet whispers his soliloquy rather than showing his madness. To contrast both Bennett and Branagh, Zeffirelli illustrates
Abigail is the inciting villain of the story; the play lacked the proper 'punch' in the first half because the audience wasn't able to hate Abigail's deceit as Miller intended. Likewise, the old man playing Judge Danforth had a great persona for that character but apparently knew only a few of his lines -- the courtroom scene dragged despite evidence of good directing. Overall, the cast's Southern accents worked against their attempts at realistically portraying 1690s Salem, Massachusetts. And a few of the actors were just downright annoying. However, I was impressed overall with the directing of Smiths.