Many of William Shakespeare's works contain entertaining music. Music is added to plays and films to create more of an image for the audience, setting the mood, whether it be suspense or calm. For Hamlet, Frank Bridge, a British composer, created a piece that would bring Gertrude's lament scene back to life after Ophelia's passing. By looking at the rhythm, tempo, key signature, and orchestration in Bridge's piece, There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, we can bring the atmosphere into Gertrude's reactions and mind as she was suddenly struck by awareness. This piece of music is instrumental and brings out the instruments as voices to create the atmosphere of the scene. This piece starts with a very steady tempo, progresses rather slowly and builds up to the break. Also at the beginning of the piece there are increasingly complicated rhythms and the dynamics suddenly rise and fall, giving the audience a feeling of confusion, which is how Gertrude would have felt at this moment. Being a mother and seeing another child die is terrifying. This part of the piece is used...