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1	Act I, Scene 2 of Hamlet: a Comparison of Laurence Olivier's and Tony Richardson's Films with Shakespeare's Play Baskin, Richard Lee 12 1900 (has links) In act I, scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, one of the key themes presented is the theme of order versus disorder. Gertrude's hasty marriage to Claudius and their lack of grief over the recent death of King Hamlet violate Hamlet's sense of order and are the cause of Hamlet's anger and despair in 1.2. Rather than contrast Hamlet with his uncle and mother, Olivier constructs an Oedipal relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude--unsupported by the text--that undermine's the characterization of Hamlet as a man of order. In contrast, Tony Richardson presents Claudius' and Gertrude's actions as a violation of the order in which Hamlet believes. Hamlet theme of order versus disorder Laurence Olivier Tony Richardson Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet. Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989. Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991. Hamlet (Motion picture : 1948) Hamlet (Motion picture : 1972)