Hamnet is a heartbreaking and moving reflection on grief, highlighting the underlying meaning behind one of Western literature's most enduring plays. Hamnet focuses on William and Agnes Shakespeare during the height of the writer's career in England. However, their happiness is thrown into disarray when their son, Hamnet, dies.

Hamnet splits the run-time between their happy time together as a family and the pain of loss after Hamnet's death , leading to a deeply emotional and incredibly effective finale. Here's why Hamnet ends the way it does, and what it says about the film's perspective on life, death, and everything in-between.

Why Hamnet's Final Performance Is So Important

The emotional core of Hamnet is found in the climactic performance of Hamlet , which serves as

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