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* HotterAndSexier: Not a very severe example seeing as it's rated PG-13, but this iteration of ''Hamlet'' has more of an emphasis on romance and sensuality, including several make-out scenes between Ophelia and Hamlet. Even Claudius and Gertrude get a few make-out scenes too and it turns out that Gertrude likes to read the medieval equivalent of ''Mills and Boon'' in private (though nothing that explicit is mentioned). Also, while the original story is [[DidTheyOrDidntThey a bit ambiguous]] as to how far Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship went, in this case [[spoiler: it's made very clear that they did have sex after secretly marrying. Ophelia even has their daughters [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy after Hamlet has died]]]].
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* HotterAndSexier: Not a very severe example seeing as it's rated PG-13, but this iteration of ''Hamlet'' has more of an emphasis on romance and sensuality, including several make-out scenes between Ophelia and Hamlet. Even Claudius and Gertrude get a few make-out scenes too and it turns out that Gertrude likes to read the medieval equivalent of ''Mills and Boon'' in private (though nothing that explicit is mentioned). Also, while the original story is [[DidTheyOrDidntThey a bit ambiguous]] as to how far Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship went, in this case [[spoiler: it's made very clear that they did have sex after secretly marrying. Ophelia even has their daughters daughter [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy after Hamlet has died]]]].
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* TimeShiftedActor: Three characters are played by younger actors at the beginning of the film, due to the characters being significantly younger; fifteen-year-old Hamlet is played by Jack Cunningham-Nuttall, young Ophelia is played by Mia Quiney and young Laertes is played by Calum O'Rourke. In a flashback, nineteen-year-old Mechtild is played by Anna Rust.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Three characters are played by younger actors at the beginning of the film, due to the characters being significantly younger; fifteen-year-old Hamlet is played by Jack Cunningham-Nuttall, young Ophelia is played by Mia Quiney and young Laertes is played by Calum O'Rourke. In a flashback, nineteen-year-old Mechtild is played by Anna Rust.Creator/AnnaRust.
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* HotterAndSexier: Not a very severe example seeing as it's rated PG-13, but this iteration of ''Hamlet'' has more of an emphasis on romance and sensuality, including several make-out scenes between Ophelia and Hamlet. Even Claudius and Gertrude get a few make-out scenes too and it turns out that Gertrude likes to read the medieval equivalent of ''Mills and Boon'' in private (though nothing that explicit is mentioned). Also, while the original story is [[DidTheyOrDidntThey a bit ambiguous]] as to how far Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship went, in this case [[spoiler: it's made very clear that They Did]].
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* HotterAndSexier: Not a very severe example seeing as it's rated PG-13, but this iteration of ''Hamlet'' has more of an emphasis on romance and sensuality, including several make-out scenes between Ophelia and Hamlet. Even Claudius and Gertrude get a few make-out scenes too and it turns out that Gertrude likes to read the medieval equivalent of ''Mills and Boon'' in private (though nothing that explicit is mentioned). Also, while the original story is [[DidTheyOrDidntThey a bit ambiguous]] as to how far Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship went, in this case [[spoiler: it's made very clear that They Did]].they did have sex after secretly marrying. Ophelia even has their daughters [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy after Hamlet has died]]]].
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* HotterAndSexier: Not a very severe example seeing as it's rated PG-13, but this iteration of ''Hamlet'' has more of an emphasis on romance and sensuality, including several make-out scenes between Ophelia and Hamlet. Even Claudius and Gertrude get a few make-out scenes too and it turns out that Gertrude likes to read the medieval equivalent of ''Mills and Boon'' in private (though nothing that explicit is mentioned). Also, while the original story is [[DidTheyOrDidntThey a bit ambiguous]] as to how far Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship went, in this case [[spoiler: it's made very clear that TheyDo]].They Did]].
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* BackToCameraPose: A teaser poster depicts Ophelia standing with her back to the viewer, looking out across a river and Elsinore Castle – the latter is the primary setting of the film and the former is foreshadowing of Ophelia's watery fate. A theatrical poster depicts Ophelia standing away from the viewer, though with her face turned to show her in profile; this illustrates that Ophelia is stepping out of the background to have a more prominent role in this retelling.
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* MistakenForUndead: On the night the king dies, Ophelia tries to follow Gertrude from her chambers up to the battlements. A black-cloaked figure looms out of the darkness at her, but when she turns back it has disappeared, leading her to ponder if it was a ghost; when Hamlet later tells her people have apparently seen his late father's ghost, Ophelia remarks she herself thought she saw such a thing. However, Ophelia later sees the same figure leaving Mechtild's hovel in the daylight. [[spoiler:Later still, Ophelia sees Claudius removing an identical cloak and realizes it was him she saw on both occasions]].
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** Hamlet mentions the rumors that people have sighted his late father's ghost, but the scenes where Hamlet actually sees the ghost himself are AdaptedOut. Ophelia ''thinks'' she sees a ghost on the battlements the night the king dies, but it later turns out [[spoiler: she saw Claudius in disguise, leading her to suspect him of murdering his brother]].
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** Hamlet mentions the rumors that people have sighted his late father's ghost, but the scenes where Hamlet actually sees the ghost himself are AdaptedOut. Ophelia ''thinks'' she sees a ghost on the battlements the night the king dies, but it later turns out [[spoiler: she saw Claudius in disguise, leading her to suspect him of murdering his brother]]. Notably, Hamlet doesn't realize his father was murdered by Claudius because his father's ghost tells him, but rather because [[spoiler:Ophelia tells him of her suspicions after putting together the clues]].
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** Gertrude is the Mother; she's the mother of Hamlet and a maternal-figure to Ophelia, with her relationships with them playing a large role in her character arc. She's more experienced in matters of sex and romance than Ophelia, having been married for many years and developing a relationship with Claudius. That said, although she has her moments of motherly instinct, she's not exactly aging gracefully and still tries to cling to her youth (notably, she commissions a tapestry depicting her as Artemis, but an unwitting Hamlet says he thinks the goddess looks too old and would be better depicted as youthful). In the end, her maternal love for Ophelia and Hamlet takes precedence, though it's too late to mitigate some of the damage by this point. [[spoiler:She does manage to help Ophelia (who is likely pregnant witch her grandchild) escape to freedom and kills Claudius to avenge her son]].
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** Gertrude is the Mother; she's the mother of Hamlet and a maternal-figure to Ophelia, with her relationships with them playing a large role in her character arc. She's more experienced in matters of sex and romance than Ophelia, having been married for many years and developing a relationship with Claudius. That said, although she has her moments of motherly instinct, she's not exactly aging gracefully and still tries to cling to her youth (notably, she commissions a tapestry depicting her as Artemis, but an unwitting Hamlet says he thinks the goddess looks too old and would be better depicted as youthful). In the end, her maternal love for Ophelia and Hamlet takes precedence, though it's too late to mitigate some of the damage by this point. [[spoiler:She does manage to help Ophelia (who is likely pregnant witch with her grandchild) escape to freedom and kills Claudius to avenge her son]].
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* TheHecateSisters: Ophelia, Gertrude and Mechtild resemble this both visually and in terms of their personal traits and relationships to each other.
** Ophelia is the Maiden; she's the youngest of the trio by quite a few years, is virginal [[spoiler:at first]], and represents the rebellion and idealism of youth. She's directly compared to Artemis in one scene, a goddess often associated with the Maiden aspect of this trio. She also gets mentored by both Gertrude and Mechtild, to some degree.
** Gertrude is the Mother; she's the mother of Hamlet and a maternal-figure to Ophelia, with her relationships with them playing a large role in her character arc. She's more experienced in matters of sex and romance than Ophelia, having been married for many years and developing a relationship with Claudius. That said, although she has her moments of motherly instinct, she's not exactly aging gracefully and still tries to cling to her youth (notably, she commissions a tapestry depicting her as Artemis, but an unwitting Hamlet says he thinks the goddess looks too old and would be better depicted as youthful). In the end, her maternal love for Ophelia and Hamlet takes precedence, though it's too late to mitigate some of the damage by this point. [[spoiler:She does manage to help Ophelia (who is likely pregnant witch her grandchild) escape to freedom and kills Claudius to avenge her son]].
** Mechtild is the Crone; she's technically the same age as Gertrude [[spoiler:(being her twin sister)]], but looks older and more weathered. She generally comes off as more knowledgable than the other two women, and tends to be stern and cynical, though she occasionally shows a softer side. Her experience with romance and motherhood was brief and ended tragically long ago. She's also directly associated with witchcraft, even being called a witch a few times (the Crone is often linked to the goddess of witchcraft, Hecate).
** Ophelia is the Maiden; she's the youngest of the trio by quite a few years, is virginal [[spoiler:at first]], and represents the rebellion and idealism of youth. She's directly compared to Artemis in one scene, a goddess often associated with the Maiden aspect of this trio. She also gets mentored by both Gertrude and Mechtild, to some degree.
** Gertrude is the Mother; she's the mother of Hamlet and a maternal-figure to Ophelia, with her relationships with them playing a large role in her character arc. She's more experienced in matters of sex and romance than Ophelia, having been married for many years and developing a relationship with Claudius. That said, although she has her moments of motherly instinct, she's not exactly aging gracefully and still tries to cling to her youth (notably, she commissions a tapestry depicting her as Artemis, but an unwitting Hamlet says he thinks the goddess looks too old and would be better depicted as youthful). In the end, her maternal love for Ophelia and Hamlet takes precedence, though it's too late to mitigate some of the damage by this point. [[spoiler:She does manage to help Ophelia (who is likely pregnant witch her grandchild) escape to freedom and kills Claudius to avenge her son]].
** Mechtild is the Crone; she's technically the same age as Gertrude [[spoiler:(being her twin sister)]], but looks older and more weathered. She generally comes off as more knowledgable than the other two women, and tends to be stern and cynical, though she occasionally shows a softer side. Her experience with romance and motherhood was brief and ended tragically long ago. She's also directly associated with witchcraft, even being called a witch a few times (the Crone is often linked to the goddess of witchcraft, Hecate).
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* AntiClimax: {{Defied|trope}}. [[spoiler:Having faked her death to save her own life but returned to Elsinore in disguise to save Hamlet, Ophelia pleads with her beloved to abandon his quest for vengeance and leave with her while they have a chance, stating [[LampshadeHanging "Not every story must end with a battle."]] Hamlet refuses and the story subsequently plays out much as it does in Shakespeare's tale, ending in a bloodbath that leaves nearly every named character dead]].
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* AntiClimax: {{Defied|trope}}. [[spoiler:Having faked her death to save her own life but returned to Elsinore in disguise to save Hamlet, Ophelia pleads with her beloved to abandon his quest for vengeance and leave with her while they have a chance, stating [[LampshadeHanging "Not every story must end with a battle."]] Hamlet refuses and the story subsequently plays out much as it does in Shakespeare's tale, ending in a bloodbath that leaves nearly every named character dead]].
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** Although it's expected the audience will already know this, Ophelia comes realize that Claudius poisoned his brother to become king and thus is far worse than anyone realized. She tells Hamlet of her suspicions, who finds a way to discern it's true and swears revenge.[[spoiler:Gertrude herself starts to realize what a terrible person her husband is and that her son has been right all along, and becomes increasingly distressed, seeing as it was her love for him that enabled him to become king and likely gave him the idea of murdering his brother. It gets worse still when Ophelia tells Gertrude that Claudius was also the man who seduced amd abandoned her sister Mechtild all those years ago, driving her into exile]].
** [[spoiler:Ophelia figures out and informs Mechtild that Claudius was the first one to spread rumors of her being a witch after she miscarried, taking advantage of the tragedy to be rid of Mechtild rather than be revealed as her lover. Mechtild initially denies it, but given how quickly she accepts it's true, it's implied she had already begun to suspect this but didn't want to believe it]].
** Although it's expected the audience will already know this, Ophelia comes realize that Claudius poisoned his brother to become king and thus is far worse than anyone realized. She tells Hamlet of her suspicions, who finds a way to discern it's true and swears revenge.[[spoiler:Gertrude herself starts to realize what a terrible person her husband is and that her son has been right all along, and becomes increasingly distressed, seeing as it was her love for him that enabled him to become king and likely gave him the idea of murdering his brother. It gets worse still when Ophelia tells Gertrude that Claudius was also the man who seduced amd abandoned her sister Mechtild all those years ago, driving her into exile]].
** [[spoiler:Ophelia figures out and informs Mechtild that Claudius was the first one to spread rumors of her being a witch after she miscarried, taking advantage of the tragedy to be rid of Mechtild rather than be revealed as her lover. Mechtild initially denies it, but given how quickly she accepts it's true, it's implied she had already begun to suspect this but didn't want to believe it]].
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* PanUpToSkyEnding: The final shot of the film pans up from [[spoiler:Ophelia and her daughter walking across a hill to a flock of birds soaring across the sky, symbolizing that Ophelia has found freedom and happiness]].
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* PanUpToSkyEnding: The final shot of the film pans up from [[spoiler:Ophelia and her daughter walking across a hill to a flock of birds soaring across the sky, symbolizing that Ophelia has found freedom and happiness]].
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* DoomedByCanon: Just about ''[[KillEmAll all]]'' the main characters [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope except]] for Ophelia herself, who ultimately survives in this version]].
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* DoomedByCanon: Just about ''[[KillEmAll all]]'' all the main characters [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope except]] for Ophelia herself, who ultimately survives in this version]].
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* TimeShiftedActor: Three characters are played by younger actors at the beginning of the film, due to the characters being significantly younger; fifteen-year-old Hamlet is played by Jack Cunningham-Nuttall, young Ophelia is played by Mia Quiney and young Laertes is played by Calum O'Rourke. In a flashback, nineteen-year-old Mechtild is played by Anna Rust.
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->''"You may think you know my story. You've heard it ends in madness, hearts broken, blood spilled, a kingdom lost. That'' '''''is''''' ''a story.'' ''[[spoiler:But it is not mine]]."''
->''"You may think you know my story. You've heard it ends in madness, hearts broken, blood spilled, a kingdom lost. That'' '''''is''''' ''a story.'' ''[[spoiler:But it is not mine]]."''
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** Gertrude is married to King Hamlet and has some affection for him, but also begins developing feelings for Claudius, especially as her husband can be neglectful. Claudius is not too subtle in his attempts to seduce Gertrude, much to his brother's displeasure, although it's unclear if any of them truly love her. Claudius ends up [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering his brother]] to marry Gertrude, although she's unaware about the murder [[spoiler:at least at first]].
** As it turns out, this also applies to Gertrude and her sister, [[spoiler:who both fell in love with Claudius. Mechtild is extremely bitter and jealous when she learns Gertrude has married Claudius, who was once her lover. Gertrude later tells Ophelia that she had no idea Claudius and Mechtild had been romantically involved, although Mechtild appears to assume she did know and resents her for it. They don't get a chance to talk things over and properly reconcile before Gertrude dies. Claudius ends up manipulating and using both sisters for his own gain, and Ophelia states she doesn't think he ever loved either of them]].
** Gertrude is married to King Hamlet and has some affection for him, but also begins developing feelings for Claudius, especially as her husband can be neglectful. Claudius is not too subtle in his attempts to seduce Gertrude, much to his brother's displeasure, although it's unclear if any of them truly love her. Claudius ends up [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering his brother]] to marry Gertrude, although she's unaware about the murder [[spoiler:at least at first]].
** As it turns out, this also applies to Gertrude and her sister, [[spoiler:who both fell in love with Claudius. Mechtild is extremely bitter and jealous when she learns Gertrude has married Claudius, who was once her lover. Gertrude later tells Ophelia that she had no idea Claudius and Mechtild had been romantically involved, although Mechtild appears to assume she did know and resents her for it. They don't get a chance to talk things over and properly reconcile before Gertrude dies. Claudius ends up manipulating and using both sisters for his own gain, and Ophelia states she doesn't think he ever loved either of them]].
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* CallBack: When Hamlet encounters Ophelia swimming early in the film and won't look away so she can get out, she remarks "There are two sides struggling in you. One is baser, one better." Near the end of the film, she repeats this line to him [[spoiler: as she's trying to persuade him not to throw everything away to get revenge on Claudius]].
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** When Hamlet encounters Ophelia swimming early in the film and won't look away so she can get out, she remarks "There are two sides struggling in you. One is baser, one better." Near the end of the film, she repeats this line to him [[spoiler: as she's trying to persuade him not to throw everything away to get revenge on Claudius]].
** At their wedding feast, Claudius affectionately tells Gertrude "let us eat", with Gertrude stepping around Hamlet following his tirade against the marriage to join her new husband. Later in the film, they're eating in the great hall when a now-insane Ophelia disrupts the feast. Claudius snaps at Gertrude to continue eating, but this time she angrily states "I am no longer hungry" and goes after Ophelia; the contrast is used to show how their relationship has shifted over the film.
** When Hamlet encounters Ophelia swimming early in the film and won't look away so she can get out, she remarks "There are two sides struggling in you. One is baser, one better." Near the end of the film, she repeats this line to him [[spoiler: as she's trying to persuade him not to throw everything away to get revenge on Claudius]].
** At their wedding feast, Claudius affectionately tells Gertrude "let us eat", with Gertrude stepping around Hamlet following his tirade against the marriage to join her new husband. Later in the film, they're eating in the great hall when a now-insane Ophelia disrupts the feast. Claudius snaps at Gertrude to continue eating, but this time she angrily states "I am no longer hungry" and goes after Ophelia; the contrast is used to show how their relationship has shifted over the film.
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* WhamLine: When Mechtild tells Ophelia of her DarkAndTroubledPast, Ophelia asks what became of her lover. Mechtild replies [[spoiler: "He was very quite recently married", revealing that Claudius was her lover]].
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* StormingTheCastle: In the climax, King Fortinbras of Norway and his army storm Elsinore Castle [[spoiler:with Mechtild having helped guide them through the forest to get into the castle undetected]]. By the time they turn up, the king and the prince of Denmark are both already dead, and they make short work of the castle guards.
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* ThroneRoomThrowdown: The climax largely takes place in the castle's throne room, where Hamlet and Laertes duel before the court, with Hamlet intending to finally kill Claudius. And then the invading Norwegian army bursts in and ''everyone'' starts fighting. [[spoiler:Ophelia herself doesn't stick around the castle to watch the bloodbath, though it cuts between Ophelia's escape into the wilderness and the fighting at the castle]].
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** The way the characters are positioned (in particular Claudius and Gertrude sitting on thrones above Ophelia and Hamlet, with Hamlet lying on a fur rug next to Ophelia so he can watch Claudius) and the reddish lighting in the Mousetrap scene is highly reminiscent of [[https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Play_Scene_in_Hamlet.jpg Edwin Austin Abbey's painting]] depicting the same scene.
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* RedFilterOfDoom: Intentionally invoked in the play-within-a-play scene; the play is performed using the actors' silhouettes behind a lit screen. When the play reaches its murderous climax, a red filter is used to make the screen and surrounding room glow an eerie red. At this point, Claudius realizes that the play is recreating his own murder of his brother and flies into a panicked rage.
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** At one point, Ophelia reads part of an erotic romance book to Gertrude, about a lonely noble woman who "married for her fortune" and conducts an affair with a dashing gentleman. This reflects Gertrude's own unhappy marriage and her illicit relationship with Claudius...or at least that's [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel how Gertrude views it]]. It's also implied to spark a sexual awakening in Ophelia, as soon after she becomes more interested in men and develops romantic feelings for the newly-returned, all-grown-up Hamlet.
** Later in the film, Hamlet stages a short play for the court that tells the story of a king's brother seducing the queen and murdering his brother to take the throne, which re-creates the 'Mousetrap Play' from the original ''Hamlet''. As in the original, Hamlet uses the play to gauge Claudius' reaction, as Hamlet suspects him as having committed the same crimes as his fictional counterpart.
** At one point, Ophelia reads part of an erotic romance book to Gertrude, about a lonely noble woman who "married for her fortune" and conducts an affair with a dashing gentleman. This reflects Gertrude's own unhappy marriage and her illicit relationship with Claudius...or at least that's [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel how Gertrude views it]]. It's also implied to spark a sexual awakening in Ophelia, as soon after she becomes more interested in men and develops romantic feelings for the newly-returned, all-grown-up Hamlet.
** Later in the film, Hamlet stages a short play for the court that tells the story of a king's brother seducing the queen and murdering his brother to take the throne, which re-creates the 'Mousetrap Play' from the original ''Hamlet''. As in the original, Hamlet uses the play to gauge Claudius' reaction, as Hamlet suspects him as having committed the same crimes as his fictional counterpart.
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** Gertrude and Claudius share a few dances during his seduction of her. Gertrude clearly wants to go dancing during court festivities but her husband isn't interested, so she's only too happy to oblige when Claudius asks her.
** Early in their courtship, Hamlet specifically asks Ophelia to dance with him one day, though she replies "I'm afraid I dance like a goat". Later during a ball, Hamlet briefly does persuade Ophelia to dance with him and she enjoys it, only for Cristiana to muscle in. This prompts Ophelia to head outside nearly in tears. When Hamlet notices her leaving, though, he follows her.
** Gertrude and Claudius share a few dances during his seduction of her. Gertrude clearly wants to go dancing during court festivities but her husband isn't interested, so she's only too happy to oblige when Claudius asks her.
** Early in their courtship, Hamlet specifically asks Ophelia to dance with him one day, though she replies "I'm afraid I dance like a goat". Later during a ball, Hamlet briefly does persuade Ophelia to dance with him and she enjoys it, only for Cristiana to muscle in. This prompts Ophelia to head outside nearly in tears. When Hamlet notices her leaving, though, he follows her.
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* CallForward: In the first act, Ophelia hides in an alcove concealed by a long curtain in Gertrude's chambers and overhears Gertrude and her husband arguing. Much later in the film, Polonius hides behind this same curtain and overhears an argument between Gertrude and her son, though anyone familiar with the play will know this ends badly for Polonius.
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* OutdoorBathPeeping: Shortly after arriving at Elsinore, Hamlet and Horatio decide to go fishing at a river outside the castle, not realizing it's also Ophelia's favorite bathing spot. The two men stumble across her as she's swimming in just her shift; Horatio and Ophelia are both embarrassed and Horatio tactfully suggests they leave, while Hamlet is instantly attracted to the "wondrous fish" and tries to coax her into climbing out. Ophelia refuses though she approaches the situation with good humor; when Horatio and Hamlet lose their balance and fall into the water, Ophelia takes the opportunity to run for her clothes.
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* GrossUpCloseUp: Immediately after Hamlet confronts the newly-crowned Claudius and his mother, the scene cuts to a close-up of some dogs feeding on rotting animal carcasses in a courtyard, as a visual representation of there being "something [...] rotten in the state of Denmark".
