When I first read Shakespeare's Hamlet, the scene where king
Claudius, queen Gertrude and Hamlet talk about Hamlet's Father, the setting,
wording and the tone appears as a private family argument. On the contrary, in
most of the Hamlet film versions, this scene is made very public and is
oriented more towards making the king look as authority and makes Hamlet look
submissive. This scene in BBC's Derek Jacobi film version of Hamlet is more of
a private meeting where Gertrude is gentler than in the other film versions
with Hamlet and seems to be happier whenever she leaves Hamlet. The king also
seems to give more relevance to his hunting activity than family and personal issues.
He seems relieved when he hears the hunting dogs as if he was trapped with
Hamlet. In addition, the queen nods to the king to leave as if it were planned.
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