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Western feel to it, but Panjota’s clever use of shading and contrast makes upįor what the art lacks. The art of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has more of a Such, both manga adaptations fall just short of the mark. Emma Vieceli is a comic artist who is based in the United Kingdom. Tintin Panjota is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in It’s interesting to note that neither manga is drawn by a The reader has a hard time with Shakespeare to begin with, the additionalĪsides could make the text more confusing. Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet is truer to the text, but there is someĪrtistic liberty taken in an effort to give the text a more “manga” feel. The phrasing so that it’s a bit easier to follow. If you are familiar with the play, both Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet and Shakespeare’s Essentially, everyone who is important in the And, when Hamlet finally succeeds in killing The queen also mistakenly poisons herself. Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, is poisoned during The king’s two ambassadors, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are sent to theirĭeaths in Hamlet’s place after he discovers that the king wants him dead. Suicide following the death of her father and Hamlet’s rejection of her love. Prove the guilt of his uncle and avenge his father’s death. Many people die over the course of time that it takes for Hamlet to His father in an effort to be with the queen and assume the role of King ofĭenmark. His father and asked to avenge his death.įraught with grief, Hamlet agrees and discovers that his uncle murdered If you aren’t familiar with the tragedy, theīasic story is that Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is visited by the ghost of As such, it’s only fairĪre adaptations of the play. Of manga as an educational resource in the early 2000s. Both are a product of the push for the use There are two “definitive” manga versions of Hamlet: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Manga Edition by Adam Sexton and illustrated by Tintin Pantojaand Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet as To read or not to read: that is the question…This week, Literarily Manga is tackling the manga version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet.

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