 However, elements of Belleforest's version do appear in Shakespeare's play but are not in Saxo's story, so whether Shakespeare took these from Belleforest directly or through the "Ur-Hamlet" remains unclear.It is clear, though, that several elements did change somewhere between Belleforest's and Shakespeare's versions.For one, unlike Saxo and Belleforest, Shakespeare's play has no all-knowing narrator, thus inviting the audience to draw their own conclusions about the motives of its characters.