Shakespeare felt very strongly-and he should know-that it was most ideally situated psychologically speaking prior to giving Ophelia the boot by advising her to get herself to the nearest nunnery. Instead, what makes the most famous monologue that will likely ever be written by any human being of interest here is its placement within the narrative. What is significant in this version, however, has nothing to do with the actor’s delivery or even particularly interesting cinematic framing (as in, for instance, Kenneth Branagh’s version) or because the film is espousing any unconventional and rebellious interpretation. If there is anyone no longer in elementary school who is not familiar with at least the words and the character if nothing else, then someone should check the schools those people attended and immediately have them shut down. This is, of course, the single most famous line in the history of drama. Or to take arms against a sea of troubles The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer “To be or not to be-that is the question: Zeffirelli will continue beyond abridgment, however, so that even inclusion of lines is altered by performing them out of order. Abridging is a common enough occurrence on the stage in performances of the play since, after all, Hamlet is the longest play Shakespeare ever wrote and very likely the longest single play that is continually performed every year. Once the entirety of Scene 1 is added, the movie starts over 150 lines into the story. In the text of Shakespeare’s play, over one-hundred lines are spoken before this…in Scene 2. The very opening line of the movie quickly establishes that this is to be Zeffirelli’s vision of Hamlet rather than Shakespeare’s.

Than that which dearest father bears his son

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