Notsosuccessfulmodification

ThisfilmisareinterpretationofShakespeare’sclassicHamletfromafeministperspective.ThewritersmodifiedthestoryandreshapedthefateandimageofOphelia.Notably,womentakeamoreprominentpartinthemovie.Imeanemphasizingtherolewomenplayedinthehistoryisgreat.Butsomehowthedirectoroveremphasizeditandmadethestoryveryunnatural.Forexample,thedirectorreplacedthesceneoftheconversationbetweenHamletandhisfather’sghostwiththeconversationbetweenHamletandOpheliatoletHamletknowthetruth.Thiskindofsettingisnotthatconvincing.Besides,intheend,strangelyOpheliaseemedtoknowthatHamletwoulddieinthefightwithLeotiesandwithoutfurtherpersuasionshejustwentonherjourneytothenunnery.AndanotherpointisthatshecandresslikeaboytodisguiseherselfandsneaktoHamletpersuadinghim.Whycan’tshepersuadeherbrother?Isn’titmoreeffective?Theheroineisstressingtheimportanceofforgivingratherthanvengeanceallthroughthestory.However,sheistheonlyonewhoreallyforgiveandthebrightestspotofthisfilmisthevengeanceofthequeenandthewitch.Inthisaspect,themainpointwriterswantedtoconveyunfortunatelycontradictswiththeattractiveclimaxofthefilm.Inaword,thismovieisanicetrytomodifyclassicsintotoday’sworldview.Butthemodificationistoohardandtoopointedtoonesidethatitlosttheflavouroftheoriginalandmakethenewstorycreepy.