Ophelia is very happy Essay

The Nunnery scene in the Gibson version occurs in a large open residence h all in allway or court, Claudius and Polonius observe from a balcony above, giving a slight suspensive atmosphere with the thoughts of the crowd wondering if village result discover them or whether he knows they be in that respect already. Ophelia is stood clutching few belongings and she tries to be very kind and considerate to Hamlet, and Hamlet seems to be acting odd towards her, but not nasty or violent at this stage, just a little thoughtless with his emotions and seek to demonstrate his antic zest.Hamlet begins to speak with Ophelia quite strangely, with a very jumpy attitude, grabbing her and so pushing her away. Ophelia has overt love for Hamlet however she fears him because of his apparent madness. Hamlet sees the shadows of Claudius and Polonius, and suddenly has a much serious, less playful tone with her. He asks where her father is, and she replies with a lie, telling him he is at ho me. This is an obvious turning point for Hamlet as he suddenly becomes quite enraged, and is quite aggressive with Ophelia, pushing her and shouting loudly, as he makes his exit with an insult, declaringI say, we will have no more marriages. Those that are married already, all but one, shall live the rest shall keep as they are. To me this scene is very triple-crown in conveying all four of the characters thoughts, emotions and feelings for each other(a). Hamlet is busy p chain reactorting and scheming in his mind, yet becomes emotionally wounded by the fact Ophelia lies to him and betrays him to his enemy. Ophelia is torn between her father and her love for Hamlet, and when he tries to leaven his antic disposition to her, with the tense atmosphere increasing it becomes very apparent that she is doubting whether he loves her at all anymore.Claudius and Polonius both show slight emotion on their faces, seeming surprised at some of Hamlets strange and slightly insane reactions to Ophelia. In the Brannagh version, the scene takes place directly after the soliloquy as Shakespeare intended, and there are very high emotions between the two who obviously love each other strongly, with much hugging and kissing to start with. Also the atmosphere from the soliloquy scene is still in the air. Ophelia is very happy, and Claudius and Polonius observe from behind a mirror, quite inanimately. There is an obvious turn in Hamlets deportment when she offers him the gifts back.He slaps them to the floor and begins to shout at her, then quite violently grabs her and drags her over to the mirrors in the hall where he one by one starts opening them looking for a spy, ranting and raving in quite an insane manner. He gets to the mirror where Claudius and Polonius are sat and presses Ophelia against it, and the audience are left unwitting as to if Hamlet is aware of their presence or simply a suspicion or is all oblivious, either way the mirror plays a role in this, Hamlet pres sing her against it shows he is trying to make her look at herself and at her life, as he has been doing.He finishes his rant, then proceeds through with(predicate) the mirror to an empty room as Claudius and Polonius have already fled. This scene also has a lot of tension, with quick flying emotions and sudden changes of attitude toward one another. It is successful at showing Hamlets antic disposition to the audience, and makes Claudius and Polonius aware of his earth. Also, it is apparent that Ophelia begins to doubt whether Hamlet rattling loves her or not, and allows the audience to in truth feel the sore emotions felt by each of the characters. In the Hawke version the scene takes place in Hamlets apartment, where Ophelia sits at a table with some gifts.They talk quite unemotionally in a laid back manner, Hamlet offers her a beer e. t. c. They begin to talk and they get quite emotional, or lustful, and begin kissing and groping in a sexual manner, and Hamlet opens her top and finds a wire which Ophelia seemed to have forgotten about in the heat and passion of the moment. Hamlet is angered and begins to shout, Ophelia is evidently distressed, Hamlet is quite aware that Claudius and Polonius are auditory modality and shouts down the microphone, making it apparent to the audience that Hamlet feels distraught and betrayed.With his anger there is an obvious letdown in his feelings as he believes that Ophelia loves him but she lied to him which saddens him greatly. The decision to play out this scene in a modern apartment is an innovative idea, and will appeal to a modern audience, but resembling the other scene it lacks the atmosphere, it leaves out a lot of the raw, heartfelt emotions which are conveyed much better by traditional settings and acting.Also, this version seems to focus on Hamlets depression, rather than on his humanity and contemplative states of mind, which again will relate to a modern audience more, but lacks a lot of his true charac ter. Overall I think the three approaches were very well thought out and planned, and the use of language, settings and re-arranging the scenes worked well in all three versions, but overall I am more of a fan of the Zefferelli version, perhaps cod to Gibsons excellent portrayal of Hamlet as an unstable man with too much to charter with, but I felt he could get the emotional regard as the audience needs to really feel Hamlets character.Brannaghs version also was very successful at conveying the emotional state of hamlet, but somewhat lacked the antic disposition part, which helps make Hamlet. The Hawke version was also very successful, but I feel it was trying to please the modern day audience rather than produce a really good Hamlet play, focusing on a depressing point, lacking the insane, raw emotional value the other versions succeeded in conveying.