Mel Gibson의 Hamlet과 Kenneth Branagh의 Hamlet, 그리고 원작과의 비교

This research tries to show how Shakespeare's Hamlet is adapted for the movies. Hamlet directed by Franco Zeffirelli focuses on the eternal triangle of Hamlet-Gertrude-Claudius and Hamlet's Oedipal complex. It deserves to be called the 'Gertrude-centered' version. Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet focuses not only on the desire of love but also on the desire for the power. So Branagh-Hamlet's desire is seen to expand into the world presented by Claudius. In the final scene Fortinbras's usurpation of Denmark shows that the change from the old order into the new one is performed by the law of the survival of the fittest. Branagh-Hamlet gains the meaning of the scapegoat figure by showing the solemnity of Hamlet's funeral and in conclusion, the Branagh-version of Hamlet also gains the scale of epic. In contrast with the Branagh version, Gibson-version lacks the epic-scale by focusing on the oedipus complex and showing the angle zooming out on the death of Hamlet on the floor in the ending. Its lack of the epic-scale, however, seems to appeal more to the public.