Hamlet

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The character of Hamlet in the film with Mel Gibson seems to be an accurate portrayal of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s play. In both the play and the movie Hamlet is viewed by many to be insane. Mel Gibson did a great job in playing the role of Hamlet for many reasons. First, Mel Gibson does a wonderful job by not giving way by not revealing the secrecy of his madness to anyone. The character of Hamlet in the play is also failed by women, first by his mother and second by Ophelia., the woman he is in love with. This is seen with much detail in the movie. Mel Gibson also did a great job in expressing Hamlet’s emotions and enthusiasm to reveal Hamlet’s actual feelings throughout the movie. The characterization of Hamlet in the play as well as the movie are very similar.
Hamlet is very smart character in the play. Many of the characters in the play believe the Hamlet is mad. Hamlet uses this to his advantage by pretending to be mad so he can view how other characters view him. When someone is considered insane or mad people around them tend to speak more openly and freely and Hamlet is aware of this.
At one point in the play Polonius approaches Hamlet to see if he can finess a little information that he needs out of Hamlet. Hamlet knows Polonius very well but when Polonius approaches him he makes believe that he barley knows him. This makes Polonius question Hamlet as a rational man:

Polonius. Still harping on my daughter. Yet he knew me
Not at first; ‘a said I was a fishmonger. ‘A far
Is gone.

Again he knows who Polonius is, but by calling Polonius a fishmonger and asking if he has a daughter makes Polonius believe that Hamlet is mentally ill. In the movie Mel Gibson portrayed this seen with greatness because he never gave away his true feelings about the situation at hand.
Mel Gibson also does an excellent job in revealing Hamlet’s emotion’s towards his mother for marrying his Uncle s...