ethan hawke shakespeare review
Ethan Hawke: Hamlet soliloquy evaluation
Ethan Hawke uses a modern take on the famous Hamlet soliloquy to create an emotional attachment with the audience; aiding them to understand the emotions and feelings that Hamlet is going through in a deep and greater way. Hawke uses modern day technology as an aid of expressing Hamlet past, happy life and stereotypes the character as a grieving and depressed human being.
A soliloquy occurs when characters express their thoughts and feelings alone on stage. At the beginning of the clip; the camera panoramically sweeps around Hamlet’s ‘bedroom’, allowing the audience to see the state in which he is living in. The curtains are shut, the bed is unmade, the desk is piled high with letters, rubbish and unnecessary items and Hamlet is slumped in his chair with his head in his hands. Instantly, the audience can are able to see that Hamlet is either grieving or in some sort of depression – the dark, dirty atmosphere of his bedroom reflects the dark issues and torment that he has just gone through in his life. The subdued tone of low base background music aids the theme of depression and sadness.
Once the audience have been shown Hamlet’s room; the camera pans in behind Hamlet so we are able to see what he is doing. Hamlet is watching old family videos of his mother and father, who were at this time, a happily married couple. He is reliving memories and his past life, a time which he misses and wishes he could go back to. Hamlet is so distraught with the dramatic events of his father dying and his mother remarrying within a month, he continually cries out “oh god, oh god” as if he is pleading for things to go back to how they were.
Hamlet is so distraught by his mother’s actions, he whispers “frailty thy name is woman” – he cannot even bring himself to say it loud enough for people to hear. The quite hush to Hamlets voice, added with the close camera angles and dark aroma in his room; promotes the fact that Hamlet is
Ethan Hawke uses a modern take on the famous Hamlet soliloquy to create an emotional attachment with the audience; aiding them to understand the emotions and feelings that Hamlet is going through in a deep and greater way. Hawke uses modern day technology as an aid of expressing Hamlet past, happy life and stereotypes the character as a grieving and depressed human being.
A soliloquy occurs when characters express their thoughts and feelings alone on stage. At the beginning of the clip; the camera panoramically sweeps around Hamlet’s ‘bedroom’, allowing the audience to see the state in which he is living in. The curtains are shut, the bed is unmade, the desk is piled high with letters, rubbish and unnecessary items and Hamlet is slumped in his chair with his head in his hands. Instantly, the audience can are able to see that Hamlet is either grieving or in some sort of depression – the dark, dirty atmosphere of his bedroom reflects the dark issues and torment that he has just gone through in his life. The subdued tone of low base background music aids the theme of depression and sadness.
Once the audience have been shown Hamlet’s room; the camera pans in behind Hamlet so we are able to see what he is doing. Hamlet is watching old family videos of his mother and father, who were at this time, a happily married couple. He is reliving memories and his past life, a time which he misses and wishes he could go back to. Hamlet is so distraught with the dramatic events of his father dying and his mother remarrying within a month, he continually cries out “oh god, oh god” as if he is pleading for things to go back to how they were.
Hamlet is so distraught by his mother’s actions, he whispers “frailty thy name is woman” – he cannot even bring himself to say it loud enough for people to hear. The quite hush to Hamlets voice, added with the close camera angles and dark aroma in his room; promotes the fact that Hamlet is