Hamlet Tone Analysis

The production, Hamlet by Shakespeare follows the struggles of Prince Hamlet who is deeply depressed by the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius. The tone of the play gives off a very dark, uncertain and introspective feel, as the line find quote from beginning of the play. These lines represent the distressing and mourning of the death of the King. Because of this gloomy tone, I chose a setting that was a rather dark period of time and expressed the same feelings as Hamlet.

Hamlet focuses on complications that arise from the King’s death so to correspond with his emotions I have set the play during the 1980-90’s, as this time period was when the subgenre of grunge reached its peak. The reasons for my