... This is because the audience is only too aware of the effect his father's death has had upon him. Subsequently, his resentment of the relationship between Claudius and Gertrude, could be perceived as a natural reaction, "A little month; or e"er those shoes were old with which she followed my poor father ... lies on top of his mother pretending to have sex with her whilst delivering the line, "Stewed in corruption, honeying and making love," with contempt. This not only shocks the audience by the manner in which Hamlet uncharacteristically loses control but also displays his disgust at the...

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... scenes that don't seem to exist in the original Hamlet. A scene that is unfamiliar to the original film would be at the wake of Hamlet's father where Hamlet, Gertrude and Claudius confront each other over the coffin. The women in the film add an element of true mothering characteristics despite the fact that in Zeffirelli's version there seems to be too ... much of an overwhelming love and sexual attraction between son (Hamlet) and mother. Zeffirelli did a wonderful job in contributing to the play the perfect detailed events that are clear to the audience and help explain ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate