This reveals a new side of Hamlet, a softer, more emotional and mature version of himself. He explores the consequences of each outcome and decides whether it is worth being alive or dead. Hamlet’s most famous soliloquy is a great example as it is the most thought-provoking speech in the play.
Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet was one of the many versions we watched as a class The overthinking is something that I have not seen in the comedies that I have studied, and this is one of the main reasons why he is considered to be such a complex character. Shakespeare portrayed Hamlet as a person who battles with his own mind, to the point where he is constantly torn between thought and action. For this discussion, I said that “I am looking forward to how Shakespeare depicts Hamlet as the most human character.” After watching various interpretations of Hamlet, his humanity is still the most captivating thing I find about him. There were many aspects of Hamlet that I really liked and they will be further explained as you read on.Īt the beginning of our unit, we watched a well-animated video from TED-Ed and answered questions based on the video. The tragedies of Shakespeare just looked more engaging as they felt more ‘real’ as had genuine problems that interested me. It was refreshing to see that we were watching/reading Hamlet this year for a change, and I was interested in what else there was to the play, other than the “To be, or not to be?” soliloquy. However, the characters may have been this way to better suit the comedic style of the plays which I have studied: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night.
Every time we had a Shakespeare unit in English, I would always dread it mainly because I had difficulties in understanding the language and honestly, the characters just seemed delusional. I have never enjoyed reading the plays of Shakespeare.
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