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The Timeless Bard: Hamlet’s Travel through Time and Space in Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy

. Meera Krishnadas*, Dr Sreenath Muraleedharan K Research Scholar, Department of English and Languages, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, India Assistant Professor [Sr. Grade], Department of English and Languages, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, K


Abstract

Hamlet, one of the most powerful tragedies of English literature is capable of seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others. The Hamletian influence is seen in all walks of life from the Disney’s Lion King to Bollywood’s Haider. I intend to look closely at the Sons of Anarchy, the recent TV adaptation of Hamlet by Kurt Sutter and delineate how human relations and power hierarchy are all pervasive and effortlessly travel across ages. This quasi-Shakespearean adaptation, a modern day retelling of the tragedy while demarcating itself from the source material, does not easily reveal its roots but is still bound to it, emphasizing the Bard’s timelessness.  The setting of the show distances itself from the Elizabethan world and yet the parallels presented unravel one truth: All the world is still a stage for Shakespeare’s timeless quill.

 

Index Terms- : Adaptation, Hamlet, Retelling, Space, Travel

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