Act 1 Scene 1 Hamlet Analysis

The play Hamlet by Shakespeare, contains many conflict, resolution, and action scenes. In an analysis of Act V, Scene I, also called the “Graveyard Scene.” This scene is tricky because it contains conflict, resolution, and action. They get to this point by a long, winding road of poetry. Hamlet is the main character of the play and his father was murdered by his own brother. That brother goes on to steal the throne from Hamlet and marries Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet’s father’s ghost told him this and also instructs Hamlet to seek revenge for him. Hamlet has a tragic flaw of over-thinking that ends up leading the demise of him and his friends/family. One of those friends was his love, Ophelia. She dies from either suicide or she actually drowns, we don’t really know. It is here burial that this analysis will be over. Two major suggestions I have for the director to do when filming this act and scene to benefit the the view in understanding, is to alter the lighting on Hamlet’s feelings throughout, and is how they portray the graveyard.
During this scene Hamlet starts in a good mood, showed by the joking he does with the clowns. Later in the scene he gets very sad when he realizes the the person who has died is Ophelia, his love. Later in the scene Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, jumps in her grave and says “Till I have caught her once more in mine arms. / Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead” (V.i. 247-48). This quotes shows you how much Laertes loves his sister and how much he mourns her death. When Hamlet sees, this he gets mad and jumps in after him. My suggestion is to alter the lighting as yellow when Hamlet is happy, blue when his is sad, and red when he gets mad. These lighting changes would help the audience understand how Hamlet is