WHAT KIND OF A EUROPE ARE WE PRESENTED WITH IN THIS FILM MADE IN 1920, ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR?

IF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY FOREGROUNDS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS/UNCLES AND NEPHEWS, HOW ARE SUCH GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS PORTRAYED HERE?

THE ENTRENCHED BATTLE OF THE FATHERS:

THE HOPE OF A NEW GENERATION?

 

MY THOUGHTS BE BLOODY OR BE NOTHING WORTH?

1- IN SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT, HAMLET AND FORTINBRAS SHARE THE STAGE (IF AT ALL, DEPENDING ON FORTINBRAS'S EXIT) IN Q2 ONLY

 

WHY IS HAMLET'S SPEECH UPON SEEING FORTINBRAS'S POWERS SIGNIFICANT?

WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE THAT WE FIND ONLY IN Q2 SUGGEST ABOUT HAMLET'S CHARACTER?

WHAT OTHER PASSAGES ARE FOUND IN Q2 ONLY?

HOW IS THE HAMLET WE SEE IN THE FOLIO TEXT DIFFERENT FROM THE MAN WE SEE IN Q2?

 

2- "WHEN HE IS DRUNK, ASLEEP, OR IN HIS RAGE . . . THEN TRIP HIM"

HOW DO WE RECONCILE THIS HAMLET, A COLD-BLOODED MURDERER, WITH THE HAMLET WE SEE WITH FORTINBRAS EARLIER IN THE FILM?

HOW IS THE JOURNEY HAMLET TAKES IN THIS FILM SIMILAR TO AND/OR DIFFERENT FROM THE JOURNEY HE TAKES IN SHAKESPEARE'S TEXTS?