Why Does Gertrude's Use Of Setting In Hamlet

Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, while being an inherently visual work, lacks detailed stage directions, and instead consists mainly of dialogue. This ambiguity in Shakespeare’s intention for the space in which the play is to be presented is interesting because it allows directors and actors wide latitude with which to create a setting that accurately represents the tone and themes found within the dialogue of the play. However, the setting of the play is often irrelevant to portraying Hamlet’s themes because much of the meaning can be derived from the interactions and dialogue between characters. The role of setting is then most important in terms of keeping the audience engaged in the work when the characters recite monologues. For instance, Hamlet, during his monologues, often finds himself alone and as such the actor cannot portray the themes of the play through interactions with other actors but instead through interactions with the environment surrounding him. Various film versions of Hamlet do this in differing ways, however the most interesting of these films are those directed by Zeffirelli in 1990, Branagh in 1996, and Doran in 2009. Hamlet is played by Mel Gibson, Kevin Branagh, and David Tennant, respectively.
Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act I Scene ii has a consistent message in all
In Shakespeare’s text, Hamlet’s insistence that Gertrude has rushed to “incestuous sheets” conveys a far less sympathetic view of her character, and essentially putting her at fault for marrying Claudius and betraying the late King Hamlet. Instead, the directors use the nuances of a setting in order to shift the blame to Prince Hamlet and create a far less biased view of his emotions and motivations. As a result, Hamlet’s preoccupation with finding an entity to blame can be observed by the reader as a consequence of his being overwhelmed by various emotions, such as anger and possibly