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| − | + | Hamnet is an historical drama based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name. The film is set in late-16th-century England and tells a fictionalized account of a real historical event: the death of William Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet. | |
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| + | The story centers not only on Shakespeare himself, but very much on his wife, Agnes. Agnes is portrayed as a deeply intuitive woman, skilled in herbal medicine, attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, and rumored to be the daughter of a forest-witch. She meets and marries young William--at the time a Latin tutor--and together they have three children: an older daughter, Susanna, followed by twins, Hamnet and Judith. | ||
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| + | As the family grows, William’s talents as a writer begin to draw him away from home. He spends long stretches of time in London, working in the theater, while Agnes manages the household and the children on her own. Life continues in a pattern of ordinary joys, but always under the shadow of illness and death that looms over families in this period. | ||
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| + | The rest of the film follows the family in the aftermath of that loss. Agnes struggles to go on without her son, and William, still divided between home and London, tries to make sense of his grief in his own way. Years later, William writes a play titled Hamlet, whose name echoes that of the son he lost. | ||
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| + | *I stand at the door and knock (death's door... life's door) | ||
| + | *Through a glass darkly (predictions and understanding) | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 10 January 2026
Contents
2 Samuel 12:15b-23 (OT p.285)
The Lord struck the child whom Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became very ill. 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17 The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. 18 On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “While the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how then can we tell him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.” 19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, he perceived that the child was dead, and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
20 Then David rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went into the house of the Lord and worshiped; he then went to his own house, and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate. 21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive, but when the child died, you rose and ate food.” 22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’ 23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Faith & Film XIV: Hamnet
- Film Clip #1: Trailer
Three-Minute Film Summary
Hamnet is an historical drama based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name. The film is set in late-16th-century England and tells a fictionalized account of a real historical event: the death of William Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet.
The story centers not only on Shakespeare himself, but very much on his wife, Agnes. Agnes is portrayed as a deeply intuitive woman, skilled in herbal medicine, attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, and rumored to be the daughter of a forest-witch. She meets and marries young William--at the time a Latin tutor--and together they have three children: an older daughter, Susanna, followed by twins, Hamnet and Judith.
As the family grows, William’s talents as a writer begin to draw him away from home. He spends long stretches of time in London, working in the theater, while Agnes manages the household and the children on her own. Life continues in a pattern of ordinary joys, but always under the shadow of illness and death that looms over families in this period.
When sickness finally arrives, it is Judith who becomes dangerously ill. Hamnet, her twin, stays close to her, caring for her and trying to protect her. Eventually, Hamnet becomes ill, while Judith recovers. Hamnet dies at the age of eleven.
The rest of the film follows the family in the aftermath of that loss. Agnes struggles to go on without her son, and William, still divided between home and London, tries to make sense of his grief in his own way. Years later, William writes a play titled Hamlet, whose name echoes that of the son he lost.
Theme 1
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Theme 2
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Theme 3
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Theme 4
- I stand at the door and knock (death's door... life's door)
- Through a glass darkly (predictions and understanding)
