Part one of term paper
1In the original version of the famous play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the character Hamlet, Prince of Denmark son of the late King Hamlet and nephew of the present king, is a melancholy protagonist and the main character of the play. This is also the case in two other movie versions of the play, one directed by Francis Zefferil ...

Part two of term paper
... that notably alters from Shakespeare’s version, to Zefferilli’s version, and to Branagh’s version, and these distinct stages of emotion constitute incontestable physical responses towards other characters in the play. In Shakespeare’s version, in the beginning of the story, Hamlet’s character was struggling with the sudden marriage of his mother, Gertrude, to his uncle, Claudius, a month after his father is death. He is disturbed at the speed with which his mother ...