Scene from Shakespeare's "Hamlet": To a Nunnery, Go.

Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet. Act Three, Scene One. I had a hard time trying to find this on Youtube for some reason.

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[beautylissy02]

here is the reason why i think hamlet is mean to ophelia in this scene:

1) his dad died

2) his jerk uncle took his rightful throne

3) he senses the ophelia's dad and his uncle are spying on them so he thinks she betrayed him

4) she's practically dumping him after all that's happened to him

i mean if i went through all hamlet's been through i would snap too

[alienapatricia]

did you guys know kenneth branagh was professor gilderoy lockhart in harry potter!?!???!!!!!!! well i guess you guys know that already lok

[MaRiAtheHeDg3hOg]

@beautylissy02 Really good points here! Unfortunately, there were some girls in my class who immediately hated Hamlet after this scene. I feel like there's some actual meaning behind his actions, you know?

Another possible reason would be that perhaps he's feigning indifference to her, because he's not sure what will become of him; so he basically just breaks up with her for her safety and dignity, to get himself out of her life. That's another point brought up in my class. :)

[mynameisroo94]

@beautylissy02 That's a really interesting point. I always thought that Ophelia wasn't rejecting him, although it seems so. But the reason she is there is because Polonius put her there as a way to spy on Hamlet and see if hes 'mad' because of her, so I always assumed that Polonius had probably told her to return the letters and reject him just like how in Act 1 Scene 3 Polonius commandes Ophelia to not 'give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet' and she obeyed then too.

[0alifish0]

You know right well you did!!!!!!

[SparsileStars]

I absolutely love Kate Winslet's Ophelia! Masterfully done! I have uploaded a video of the "O what a noble mind..." monologue, but I could never match Winslet's performance no matter how many years I practiced! <3

- Lisa

[kontrapunkti]

Absolutely Gorgeous Film

[Cendinka]

:( so sad the movie

[purple9414]

i watched this when i was in highschool and really all i wanted was to watch his scenes over and over again the actor is so emotional you just want to hug this guy :(

[gestalt422]

Even his seemingly disdainful, "Not I; I never gave you aught..." can be read to be an attempt to armor himself against the pain that he feels; it's not just a way of hurting her.

[gestalt422]

I noticed a few people on here made a similar observation about Ophelia that I am about to make. The idea that she is an "innocent" doesn't hold up. I am not saying that Hamlet is justified in the severity of what he did to her, but she did betray him, in at least one important way; she spied on him on behalf of men he knew to be his enemies. She may not have known all of what was up, but she did attempt to deceive him, and she did abandon him when he needed her the most

[94BethRose]

@Base2lovesBase1 i just bought it from Amazon. if you type in 'Hamlet, Kenneth Branagh' in the search bar, it is right at the top :)

[Base2lovesBase1]

I tried looking for this in form of DVD from Amazon.com, No luck. Does anyone know how to get your hands on this. I really like Kate Winslet. Such an angel, love the accent, great actress, and I love Shakespeare, but I really like it done by actors I prefer. If anyone has suggestions, please feel free to let me know, thanks!!

[gestalt422]

And, his own denunciation of himself as an "errant knave." The traditions of tragedy go back to ancient Greece, and to the Greeks, tragedy dealt with what, in nature and human nature, was inscrutable, and not subject to moderation or reason.

[gestalt422]

To continue...He could have taken his revenge, swept up Ophelia into his arms, and reigned as King of Denmark; maybe even reconciled to his mother. But, that is not tragedy: what Hamlet rages against is not just the finite evil and injustice of his "uncle-father", but what the chain of events reveal about humanity as a whole; and he does not exclude himself from this judgement.

Witness the lines: "Treat every man after his desert and whom shall escape whipping..." (continued)

[gestalt422]

At the risk of sounding conceited,,,The point of tragedy is that the characters do not do what is sane, or reasonable, or even morally right. These are always possibilities; that's what makes it tragic. There are ways in which Hamlet could have fulfilled the Ghosts commands that would not have ended with the deaths of virtually everyone around him, but then we would have had a simple revenge story, with some semblance of a "happy ending..."

[justforonelastkiss]

I have read Hamlet, it was a lovely book. And on the contrary to what multiple people are saying on here (ex: current top comments), I don't think poorly of him at all. If your dad died by way of your uncle, and said cruel, manipulative uncle took his place and expected you to look to him as your father, even though he killed your dad, you would be mad. No? Also note that your mom is a jackass, your beloved is two-faced, and you found out that your nice dad is rotting in hell. *empathy.

[calmemelloyello2]

I don't like his interpretation. Far too much yelling.

[Quamei]

Awesome scene unfortunately, I have to do this scene as Ophelia and be abused :'(

[itachideidara4eva]

@itachideidara4eva And her dumping and helping others spy on him! She's rotten as anybody else.

[itachideidara4eva]

@ophy4 lol I think she deserved it. She betrayed him. He can't trust anyone except Horation, really. And to think his loved one betrayed him...man, I wouldn't be happy either.

[CaptainFSU]

@beautylissy02

His uncle is also screwing his mom....

[ntherewas1]

I love how cute they at the beginning and I love Hamlet's 'huh?'s.