Comparison / Contrast of Hamlet the play to the movie Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a story about a king that was murdered by his brother and the prince has been asked by his father’s ghost to avenge his murder. The original story line has been altered a few times since it has been written. The original Hamlet the play and the altered Hamlet the movie are shown differently in many different ways. Hamlet the …showed first 75 words of 565 total…

…showed last 75 words of 565 total…is Fortinbras, returning from his Polish adventures. Hamlet with his dying breath, names Fortinbras as his successor, then dies. In Summary, with these three examples it is shown that the play and the movie contrast quite a bit. Most of the story line and the dialogue were very similar to the original story in the movie but some things were changed, possibly to shorten the story to be able to make it into a movie.