Hamlet - Character Comparison

Hamlet has been put through many things in so little time. His father, the king died and his mother re-married another king within a month. In the clip of Act 1 Scene 2 Hamlet is furious because his mother re-married someone else in  a short period of time. He does not agree with that. The Hamlet shown in this clip is shown as a gentle men by the way he walks and dreses, afterall the is a King. Eventhough he is devastated with his mom`s actions he does not loose himself by going crazy. The scene shows Hamlet as someone that can control himself. In the other clip, Act 2 Scene 2 the director shows the audience a transformed Hamlet. Hamlet seems devastated and upset with his mom, marrying another king and he is going crazy. Here Hamlet is shown as a completeley diferent character who does not look like a King. His costume represents a bad image of him, an image of a careless man because he is not in a formal uniform and is barefooted.

These two clips compared we can see two diferent Hamlets. Eventhoug both of them are devastated for the bad news of the queen they are shown as completley diferent people. Why might Hamlet have transformed so drastically? The same dilema was ocurring in boath scenes and many changes occur. The image of someone is important because it is what represents you. Here in both scenes it was the same Hamlet but since he had a different image it showed the viewer how weak can the character be or how strong can he reamin.