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THE NORTHMAN

May 3, 2022 By Leave a Comment

THE NORTHMAN

Those familiar with HAMLET will find some familiar things in Robert Eggers’ THE NORTHMAN, and that is no coincidence. The source material for both is Sjón’s Gesta Danorum (circa 1200) about a prince with both mommy issues and a usurping uncle. Where Shakespeare adapted the story to his time creating an elegantly and eloquently melancholy… Read More »

Tagged With: dismemberment, fratricide, Gesta Danorum, Hamlet, human sacrifice, primal ritual, psychoactive substances, revenge, Shakespeare, Sjón, Valkyrie, visions

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