2022/05/07 by Emma de Beus · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
paper · doi:10.13128/lea-1824-484x-13644
openalex publication_date 2022/05/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06
The aim of this paper is to examine the features of Hamlet that allow for a new understanding of the play through gendered mimesis. Long discussed as a revenge tragedy and as an exemplary model of mimes, Hamlet is in itself a deliberate and self-aware remake of earlier iterations of this tale and the revenge tragedy genre, and it has been more or less freely adapted over the centuries across multiple genres. Here two cinematic adaptations will be discussed: Ophelia (2018) and The Northman (2022), with special focus on the key female characters of Ophelia and Gertrude.