Comparison / Contrast of Hamlet the play to the movie
Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a story about a king that was murdered by his brother and the prince has been asked by his father’s ghost to avenge his murder. The original story line has been altered a few times since it has been written. The original Hamlet the play and the altered Hamlet the movie are shown differently in many different ways. Hamlet the movie with Mel Gibson shows different things than the play, but there are three major differences between the two. The three major differences are in the way both of the productions start out, differences in the scene that the players put on a play, and differences in the way the productions end.
The first difference is in the way the play and the movie begins. The play starts out with guards standing guard at the castle with Horatio, Hamlet’s friend. The guards and Horatio are waiting for the ghost of Old Hamlet to arrive so they can find out why he is there. The......
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