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Essay / Hamlet Interpretation of Hamlet - 1520
This makes the sentences “I loved you once”, “You should not have believed me”, “I did not love you”, appear one after the other next to the others. Bringing these emotional and contradictory messages so close together makes them less sincere. Additionally, he says the phrase "I loved you not" with much more deliberation, contrasting with Branagh's Hamlet who rushes into the statement very quickly. The lack of anger in Hawke's Hamlet makes it clear that this phrase came from rational thought rather than intense emotions. He seems to really mean what he said. Ophelia in this version seems to take Hamlet's words more harshly than Ophelia in Branagh's version. A clip of a plane in flight plays after Hamlet's words, before the camera cuts to Ophelia's face. The jet and its loud noise seem to express the shock that Ophelia feels, the buzz of different thoughts in her mind. She pauses for a long time before turning her head away and whispering, “I was even more deceived.” » Interpreting "I love you not" as a true statement completely changes Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia, giving it a darker aspect.