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Act I, Scene 2 of Hamlet: a Comparison of Laurence Olivier's and Tony Richardson's Films with Shakespeare's Play

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500951
Date12 1900
CreatorsBaskin, Richard Lee
ContributorsWright, Eugene Patrick, 1936-, Ford, Howard Lee, Linebarger, J. M. (James Morris), 1934-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 69 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Baskin, Richard Lee, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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