The Three Hamlets

Each version of "Hamlet" scene 1 is portrayed differently to me. One gives a take on hamlet in an older era, one completely sticks to the play down to color of the characters hair and eyes, and the last was a modern take on it. Each had coinciding characteristics which brought all the plays together. Some being the mood of scene one. The dark lighting gave off an ominous vibe, one that was fit for the ghost of a king.

Hamlet in the first version seemed to be crazed and non composed. A response to a fathers death and seeing his ghost after should be nothing less than a traumatizing experience. However, I feel like the first Hamlet might have taken the composure a son of a former king should have had and masked it in full craze. His movements were very wild for a prince. I did enjoy the feeling the first video gave off. There was way more emotion in both the ghost and hamlet. Which may have been the reason for his outrageous response.

 The second video of the first scene was much more according to the book. I loved how the characters physically represented what the men and woman of Denmark would have looked like. Unfortunately I felt as though the ghost was emotionally disconnected whereas the first ghost evoked too much emotion. While watching the scene I didn't feel a fatherly vibe from the ghost while talking to Hamlet. I felt like he was just spouting words from a script in an angry voice. The ghost focused more on anger and revenge than anything. Even while saying "remember me" to his only son Hamlet.

I did not enjoy the first scene in the third Hamlet, I thought the modern take on hamlet was a bit unnecessary. Although the ghost did give off the right amount of emotion hamlets reactions to his fathers words weren't that good. He seemed so surprised at the fact that his father was present as a ghost that he didn't put the actual hamlets personality in full effect. Hamlet was a great listener and he remembers everything anyone says to him and puts it to use. The hamlet in the third video seemed almost dumb.

All in all each play had its similarities which tie into each other.

In addition how come the ghost in the third hamlet had to walk through a door? If he were a real ghost he cold have just walked through the door. Just saying.