After what has seemed like a long
time, we finally finished reading Hamlet out loud. Even though the daily activity
of reading out loud seemed tedious, I’m really glad we did it now, because we
got to stop at many different points and discuss what was going on. Those
discussions are what made me understand the basic plot, because often times the
language was hard to decipher. Also, reading the play out loud made me more aware
of the type of language Shakespeare used in the play, and how it differs from
our language and style now.
We also watched one full version of
the movie, and parts of another version. The second version we watched, was the
one I enjoyed a lot more. It was more emotional because the style of the movie
was different. The second version seemed more like a modernly made movie and
had a good setting. The first version we saw didn’t really have a good setting,
and often times the characters were just talking in front of a screen. It was hard to overlook that and focus on the
actual story of Hamlet. So in comparing the two movies, I wish we had watched
the entire second version and then parts of the first one. But I really
appreciate that we watch movies in addition to reading the book, because I like
to see how the movie compares to the book. The movie makes the story more
memorable in my head, when I see a visual representation of what I just read.
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