Change Of Hamlet

In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare tells the story of the tragedy of a kingdom in which their king has died (which leads to the depression of the main character) and the kingdom ends up in the hands of the King’s brother. The main character finds out the truth about his father’s death and takes the responsibility to avenge his father. Although Hamlet is one of the best plays during Shakespearean times, it would be really interesting if the play was written at a different time. For example, if the play were to be written in 21st century, in England, it would change the plot, roles of character (each one would consider their own acts), and the outcome of the play.

There would be a change in the plot in the sense that Hamlet might not have even believed

For example, when Ophelia goes crazy due to her father’s death, her role or actions would change by her immediately going for Hamlet and could either blame him for her father’s death or find a way to get him killed or exiled. Another result would be that once Laertes finds out about his father’s death, he would go straight for both Claudius and Hamlet and kill them both without a second thought, which would later result in Laertes taking over the throne and change the whole kingdom to more violent ideas. This would end up changing the whole tone to the play by making it more gruesome or slightly more depressing depending on the way that Claudius and Hamlet are

For example, in the “Mousetrap” scene, Hamlet should have been able to kill Claudius while that was going on because the fact that Hamlet had already gained evidence that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father due to Claudius’s face of guilt, it gave Hamlet the chance to strike and get revenge for his father. Although the people would consider Hamlet as a murderer, he would have to explain to everyone why he did his actions and from there he would have to be judged either negatively or positively. Another way how the play could have ended would be in the scene of the sword fight between Laertes and Hamlet, Hamlet confesses about what he knows about the poisoning of his father and everyone turns on Claudius and Laertes confesses of both the poisoned blade and drink (to fully prevent Queen Gertrude from drinking it). Once they have confessed, they would both kill Claudius and Hamlet would have avenged his father and Laertes would have felt some type of relief from killing the “source” of his father’s death as well. This would later on create a bond between Laertes and Hamlet in which they would try to maintain the kingdom stabilized from any conflicts after a while. Also, Hamlet would actually be able to receive the message that Fortinbras would send to him after the battle that he had went through and confront Fortinbras himself. Depending on how the conversation