The relationships between characters and their world are of the foremost importance to any text. It is this association that grants the thematic concerns to be unveiled. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 appropriation of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ adequately duplicates a euphoria of the original text to compose the foundation for the development of ‘Hamlet’s’ relationships with mortality, Elsinore and Claudius .Through Zeffirelli’s cinematic techniques, Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ gains a distinguished appreciation. Therefore, through the observations of each contemporary text, it is clear that characters and their relationships dominate important elements in revealing the quintessential concerns of both Shakespeare contexts to content.
The enduring longevity of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ owes its legacy to the universal themes of the human condition transcending through multiple epochs. Set in the Elizabethan era and influenced by Senecan and Greek Tragedy. Some of these elements of the classic…show more content… Becoming a militarised state, “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”, the metaphor utilized refers to battle that Hamlet is having with Elsinore once his home now a prison. ‘Hamlet’s’ fourth soliloquy illustrates his feelings about Elsinore. The metaphoric “Unweeded garden” illustrates that Elsinore was once a beautiful place but has turned horrid with his mother Gertrude fertilising this garden causing the disruption and taking away its beauty. The long shot of Elsinore presents an overview of the place Hamlet once called home , a place where he loved , his father King Hamlet maintained Elsinore whilst Hamlet fees Claudius and Gertrude are destroying Elsinore. Subsequently, through the utilisation of literary devices and Zeffirelli’s cinematic techniques Hamlet’s and Elsinore is further explained and discussed how Hamlet’s relationship with Elsinore has been