Family Relationships Productions

Question 1

Tennant

Answer 1

Claudius is outwardly calm but breaks down in prayer scene (shows emotion)

Question 2

Branagh

Answer 2

Hamlet shows Gertrude; Claudius and Old Hamlet side-by-side

Question 3

Kinnear

Answer 3

Gertrude is in the middle of Claudius and Hamlet when they argue - opposite sides of grave

Woman in play only accepts man once he has crown

Ophelia is hurt when Polonius says they heard all

Polonius seems more tired than deceitful in cloud scene - Claudius seems unaffected by his death

Gertrude walks over portrait of Claudius

Claudius prays in front of desk

Question 4

Essiedu

Answer 4

Gertrude is in the middle of Old Hamlet and Hamlet

either shows Hamlets loyalties or Gertrude’s conflicting between loyalty to Old Hamlet and safety of Hamlet