Other further examples include his use of irony. Succession and Sibling Rivalry (King Lear) - The Godfather, Royal Tenenbaums, Ran. But I'm sure there are others.Ĭross Dressing - Disguising gender as a means to attain a goal (Twelfth Night, As You Like It) which can be found in a number of films such as Tootsie, Boy's Don't Cry, Mrs. Or as means of call to adventure (Hamlet), the only example I can think of at the moment is in literature, A Christmas Carol. The Use of Ghosts - They can be used to have the audience question the sanity of the main character (Hamlet, Macbeth) such as in films like The Black Swan, Jacob's Ladder, The Shining. You mentioned Inglorious Basterds, the opening scene is a good example (though we do discover in the end that Landa knew they were there), however, there are dozens of others. Pretty much any scene where a character is hiding in a closet or under a table unbeknownst to one of the characters in the room. I particularly thought there would be more on Shakespeare’s characters and how they’ve been used in films - isn’t Falstaff every sidekick in every film? Isn’t Richard III the archetype of the modern anti-hero? Isn’t Lady MacBeth a femme fetal done right? There must be plenty of use and reuse of these characters that’s not as obvious as it is in adaptations.why can’t I find anything :(Īs has already been stated Shakespeare relied on many of the principles of storytelling popularized by the Greeks but here are some examples off the top of my head.ĭramatic Irony - Every play of Shakespeare's is full of dramatic irony but let's use the popular example of Polonius hiding behind the curtain while Hamlet speaks to Gertrude. It is surprising seeing as Shakespeare is maybe the most famous person ever? Why is there this massive gap in research? Or am I totally missing where it could be? Welles and “Citizen Kane” as an effective degenerative narrative of a tragic hero that Shakespeare partially pioneered.Īpart from a few more brief arguments I’ve found comparing Batman’s Joker to Iago for example, there doesn’t seem to be much else of this kind of thing and not enough to create a strong argument in a 12000 word thesis. Tarantino and “Inglorious Basterds” in terms of splitting the film into five chapters (or five acts) and the self-reflexive use of film-within-film as compared to play-within-play conventions unique to Shakespeare. Hitchcock and “Vertigo” as compared to Hamlet and Hitchcock’s ‘bomb theory’ as compared to the initial exposition in Shakespeare’s plays. For instance I’ve found enough evidence scattered throughout several sources to write about the following films and filmmakers: Nothing to do with direct adaptations or even appropriations in my thesis I’m trying to discuss Shakespearean technique in non-Shakespearean cinema.Īfter roughly two months of research I can only find few articles that somewhat allude to these kinds of comparisons. Still struggling with my dissertation about Shakespeare’s influence on film.
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