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Hamlet in todays society

            Do you think you have the tenacity to remake a masterpiece? To model and shape it into your dream? Has the last years of your life at this school been a waste? These are many of the questions you will be asking yourself in years to come.
             Good evening graduating class of 2003 of the National Film School. I am Christian Case many of you would have heard of me for my famous films and masterpieces that I produced. Let me tell you a little about me. I was born in Australia during the WW2, brought up in a large family with 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Since I was 5 I have loved watching movies and started to go to a school just like the one you are and I ended up in Hollywood making movies as you can see. And at the moment I am in the process of adapting Shakespeare's Hamlet for a film production. To bring the youth of society to see this play I thought to myself what would interest you? And I found, something that you can relate to and understand. So this is why I decided to put this film in a modern context and to change the characters around to a figure you could understand and relate to. To do this I have changed Hamlet to a female who is pregnant, and Ophelia is the father of the baby. The reason that I have changed Hamlet to a female is because I feel that there are certain feminine characteristics of hamlet's character that have been silenced in the original text. Throughout the play I see a reading that I think dominates hamlets character that is that hamlets problems and motivations originate from a problematic relationship with his mother and father. And the reason that I have changed Ophelia to a male is because of the situation that she is in when the king is using her to get to hamlet and her father is using her and she is being pulled around and used she would have to be a male with strong will power and mentally stable and because a male would represent her masculinity. .
             Winona Ryder will be cast to play the role of hamlet.


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1. Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, deals with many issues relevant to today's society. Many of the problems still take place today, as it did when the play was written. ... Of all the problems in Hamlet, several are pertinent to today's world, and are developed well and clearly. ... Most of the problems in Hamlet are pertinent to today's world, especially parents" treatment of their children. ... Today's society unfortunately still emulates the play, and these issues are still common in every day life. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

2. Hamlet

In today's society, there would be no difference in how the son of a mother might feel, but definitely a distinct difference in how all other people would feel. ... Lucky for us today, we do have these inconveniences, even though many people think they're useless and a waste of paper. ... Many people today, can relate to Hamlet's indecisiveness. In today's society, many people do not rely on their instincts, but go against them. ... Or, it's just the fact that something written so long ago, could still be cherished today, is all your own interpretation of his work. ...

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3. Hamlet and the Human Experience

The decision "to be or not to be" and the alternating seduction and repulsion of suicide is still relevant in our modern society, reflected in contemporary Beyond Blue campaigns. ... Upon first reading, Hamlet's soliloquies provided me with the insight into Hamlet's religious and social milieu. ... Hamlet is not only a staple in literary studies, but also forces intellectuals to discuss various aspects of life, one of the reasons that Shakespeare's masterpiece is able to resonate its message in today's society. ... In certain societies today, there is still a mo...

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4. hamlet

The was that men have dominated women in the early ages in such a barbarous way, by now women should have learned from this in today's society and overtake the men. ... Women's role in society has often turned out to decide the future of man. ... With the very important role that women play in today's society, women should have the power to overtake the men knowing that barbarianism is not used today as it was in Shakespeare's time. ... Hamlet confronts her and asks what her decision is, to which she replies: "O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain." ... Both...

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5. Hamlet

A Criticism on Hamlet Among the works of William Shakespeare, Hamlet stands out as a paradigm of human fault through the focus on the inability to control human emotion. ... Religion pervades all aspects of Hamlet. ... Hamlet invokes these and other sins as he describes his family. ... Ophelia's degeneration into madness disservices her gender but again parallels the underlying theme that women perform a subjacent role in Shakespeare's society. ... Hamlet remains today a widely criticized example of the inconsistent mortal elaborating the finer points of human emotion and explo...

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6. Hamlet

Hamlet will be interpreted differently depending on the reader. ... (I, ii, 138-159) Hamlet is ashamed of his mother's bed hopping. ... In today's society, there would be no difference in how the son of a mother might feel. ... Even in the act I, scene iv, Hamlet shows his deathly flaw. ... I"ll call thee Hamlet, / King, father, royal Dane. ...

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7. Hamlet

Shakespeare's great tragedy, Hamlet was written around 1600 which was known as the Elizabethan era in which many aspects of life may have bizarre and inequitable compared to the society in which we live in today. ... He compares Hamlet to the Greek mythological character Oedipus Rex. ... After failing to kill Claudius, Hamlet pays a visit to his mother in her bedroom. ... Almereyda used a very clever method in making Hamlet shoot the mirror because through the eyes of Hamlet he sees himself holding his own mother in a somewhat intimate way and by this stage it is clear to any audience ...

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8. Hamlet Today

Since Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, married Claudius less than two months after the funeral, Hamlet had been angry at them. ... She was the daughter from one of the companies Hamlet's family invested in. ... "Regarding Hamlet, please ignore his interest in you. ... In our society, girls who are abandoned by their boyfriends get a bad reputation. ... He knew that Polonius just wanted him to do better than Hamlet II did. ...

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9. The Deeper Meanings of Hamlet

"Hamlet is no abstract thinker and dreamer. ... I believe that many of Hamlet's speech in the play have a deeper meaning than what is there on the surface, and I believe that much of it has to do with life and society. ... And its not fun, its like punishments are being to severed to you everyday, according to Hamlet and Shakespear. ... Here, Hamlet is stating another ugly truth about society which applies to today still. ... This is one of the many riddles that Hamlet uses in the play. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

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