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* The scene when Insane!Ophelia comes wandering onstage, right as the newly-returned Laertes is flipping out at Claudius about his father Polonius' death. So his father's been murdered, and now his sister has lost it. A couple scenes later, he learns that she's drowned.
** Seconded. The Ophelia in the production I saw had a heartbreakingly plaintive voice--and there was an extra dimension added to the scene by the fact that the guy who played Laertes was ''really her brother.''
* This troper's (different troper) favorite Hamlet played the title character as highly emotional, almost [[Hot
* The 2008 RSC version is even worse about this-- rather than an epic, tragic moment, the end is filmed ''very'' intimately between Hamlet and Horatio. After Hamlet's death, Horatio, in tears, delivers [[Goodnight, Sweet Prince|his famous line]], kisses him on the forehead, and gently rocks his body. ''And that's where they end it''.
* The closet scene with Gertrude, especially when Hamlet presents her with the pictures of his dead father and his uncle and shouts at her for breaking her vows to his father.
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