Friday, 24 June 2011

Old Novels and Plays in Modern Day: Question 3

There are many reference made to the novel 1984, written by George Orwell. There was a Apple Macintosh commercial with a "1984" theme,depicting an Orwellian dystopia, directed by Ridley Scott. At the end of the commercial a young girl smashes the tele-screen and the commercial says " On January 24th Apple Computers will introduce Macintosh, and you'll see why 1984 won't be like '1984'. " Another media reference is Hamlet by William Shakespeare. His plays are quotes a lot in newspapers, movies, commercials etc. In the 1995 movie 'Cluless' Hamlet was quoted. 
Heather: It's just like Hamlet said, "To thine own self be true." Cher: Hamlet didn't say that. Heather: I think I remember Hamlet accurately. Cher: Well, I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn't say that. That Polonius guy did. 
Hamlet was also introduced in a episode of the hit animated show "The Simpsons", they take the play and put their own humorous spin on it. 


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