In another class, we're reading the script for Christopher Nolan's Inception from a Jungian/ archetypal perspective. Since I'm so entrenched in this process, I started to wonder about Hamlet through this lens. I wonder if it would be interesting to analyze and compare the two ... what universal themes and archetypes as expressed in Hamlet does Nolan carry forward into contemporary film?
I thought I'd do some preliminary study on Hamlet through archetypal or cultural criticism. Here are two articles I found: One is about the scapegoat archetype of Polonius and one about the universal disappointment in imperfect parents. It also brought me to a resource that many of you might find particularly useful, an online annotated bibliography to Hamlet research called Hamlet Haven.
I'd love to hear more about this, sounds very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea about imperfect parents. That can really mess people up, obviously, now that we know about Hamlet...
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