tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post8191665858660974965..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Thoughts on HamletMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-23077620270872957312013-01-12T22:14:00.866-06:002013-01-12T22:14:00.866-06:00I really liked Hamlet, both when we read it and th...I really liked Hamlet, both when we read it and the performance itself. One thing I liked about the portrayal of Hamlet was that he came across as being much more light hearted at times, such as when the actors first arrive. This serves both as comic relief and to accentuate Hamlet's insanity by making him appear bipolar.<br />One thing that I wasn't really big on though was the fact that the actors appeared in contemporary clothes instead of Elizabethan clothes. While Elizabethan attire would have been considered "contemporary" by Shakespeare's audience, using modern dress seems a little clunky, particularly when you consider the gun-sword dynamic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822471654960563759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-44391655120019113452013-01-12T13:52:21.492-06:002013-01-12T13:52:21.492-06:00Personally, I've always found Ophelia's de...Personally, I've always found Ophelia's descent into insanity a little bit awkward. But not just in the play performed, but in Shakespeare's original play too. It's simply that unlike Hamlet (where we see the process that turned him insane very closely), Ophelia goes from a normal woman to completely insane. So, I find it sort of odd to watch that sudden transition without being like - wait a moment. <br />Linz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423788768959189483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-88600628978524840822013-01-11T18:30:01.564-06:002013-01-11T18:30:01.564-06:00I thought it was interesting that Polonius literal...I thought it was interesting that Polonius literally snapped his fingers to make his children "heel". The actor made his children look like animals. Someone in Notes from Underground does the same thing, and I'm wandering if the snapping that Dostoesvky is supposed to portray the same image that the actor from Hamlet was trying to accomplish. wkuehnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140410457017078868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-31479482660875638542013-01-11T18:17:25.046-06:002013-01-11T18:17:25.046-06:00Personally, I would agree with you on just about e...Personally, I would agree with you on just about everything you said. I think that the actor that portrayed Hamlet did an excellent job in doing so. He may not have been the most professional actor out there, but I felt that he was able to read the crowd, which happened to be a bunch of middle and high schoolers, so his childish antics were very appropriate. My only complaint about the play was really the audience, I think that the actors did a very good job on the comedic end, but the audience didn't "turn off their laughter" so to speak, and were laughing at times where they should have been serious. Basically what I am saying is that I don't blame the actors for this, it was more the maturity of the audience. Michell Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385512374457839527noreply@blogger.com