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Comparison of Branagh’s Hamlet and Shakespeare Hamlet.

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Ankita Gohel

This document provides a comparison of Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet and Shakespeare's original play. It notes that Branagh's film is generally very accurate to the original text, but also adds some visual elements not present in the play, such as flashbacks. It highlights some differences in setting between the 19th century setting of the film versus the 11th century Danish setting of the original play. Overall, the document analyzes differences and similarities between Branagh's cinematic adaptation and Shakespeare's play.

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1) NAME :- Gohel Ankita Kishorbhai 2) Paper :- 1 (The Renaissance Literature) 3) Roll no :- 14 4) Topic :- Comparison of Branagh’s Hamlet and Shakespeare Hamlet. 5) Email Id: ak.gohel4433@gmail.com 6) Submitted To:- Smt. Gardi Maharaja Krishankumar Bhavanger University , Department of English
COMPARISON OF BRANAGH’S HAMLET & SHAKESPERE HAMLET 1)Kenneth Branagh's film version of Hamlet is a very accurate representation of Shakespeare's original Hamlet. 2) Brangh ‘s also very visual and it frquently use of flashback technique to depict the scene that are only described but many of things not performed in shakespere’s text. 3) Hamlet childhood friendship with Yorick or scene only implied by in the text but This is not shown in branagh’s hamlet.
4) Brangh’s set the internal scene in vidrantly colourful setting , featuring a thorne dominated by mirror door.His setting is a much modern than the original text. 5) In the movie we see that one character come in the scene at the time another character gone in the scene but in the original text, the character is moves parallel in the eyery scene. 6) Kennath branagh is very beautiful presenting the nunnery scene , mirror scene, ophelia madness scene , ghost scene and grave digging scene than original text. 7) The branagh’s film set in the 19 th century and that was not shakespere ‘s time because shakespere’s play set in 11 th century in dennmark.
8) In the play shakespere is presenting the days of ancient Rome or medieval denmmark and he used the custom, custume and scenery of his own time but in the film kennath branagh’s costuming the and Scenery of his victorian time.Here there are vast diffrences of culures and time. 9) Branagh’s does not add any languege to his version of hamlet that does not appear in shakespere ‘s original play itself. 10) If you watch this film you take special note of branagh’s delivery of hamlet famouse ‘To be or not to be soliloquy’ in third act and the unique way he presenting the scene.It is more visulized than the original play.
11) In the begging of the movie , branagh’s roll over his camera the statue of king hamlet outside of elsinore castle and the movie ends with the similar sequence where in the statue of king hamlet is hammered down to the dust.This is not seen in the original play . Branagh presenting the imagnative idea that it is not king hamlet ‘s ambition to avenge his death responsible for the of his kingdom which is symbolically pictured in last scene.
Comparison of Branagh’s Hamlet and Shakespeare Hamlet.

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Comparison of Branagh’s Hamlet and Shakespeare Hamlet.

  • 1. 1) NAME :- Gohel Ankita Kishorbhai 2) Paper :- 1 (The Renaissance Literature) 3) Roll no :- 14 4) Topic :- Comparison of Branagh’s Hamlet and Shakespeare Hamlet. 5) Email Id: ak.gohel4433@gmail.com 6) Submitted To:- Smt. Gardi Maharaja Krishankumar Bhavanger University , Department of English
  • 2. COMPARISON OF BRANAGH’S HAMLET & SHAKESPERE HAMLET 1)Kenneth Branagh's film version of Hamlet is a very accurate representation of Shakespeare's original Hamlet. 2) Brangh ‘s also very visual and it frquently use of flashback technique to depict the scene that are only described but many of things not performed in shakespere’s text. 3) Hamlet childhood friendship with Yorick or scene only implied by in the text but This is not shown in branagh’s hamlet.
  • 3. 4) Brangh’s set the internal scene in vidrantly colourful setting , featuring a thorne dominated by mirror door.His setting is a much modern than the original text. 5) In the movie we see that one character come in the scene at the time another character gone in the scene but in the original text, the character is moves parallel in the eyery scene. 6) Kennath branagh is very beautiful presenting the nunnery scene , mirror scene, ophelia madness scene , ghost scene and grave digging scene than original text. 7) The branagh’s film set in the 19 th century and that was not shakespere ‘s time because shakespere’s play set in 11 th century in dennmark.
  • 4. 8) In the play shakespere is presenting the days of ancient Rome or medieval denmmark and he used the custom, custume and scenery of his own time but in the film kennath branagh’s costuming the and Scenery of his victorian time.Here there are vast diffrences of culures and time. 9) Branagh’s does not add any languege to his version of hamlet that does not appear in shakespere ‘s original play itself. 10) If you watch this film you take special note of branagh’s delivery of hamlet famouse ‘To be or not to be soliloquy’ in third act and the unique way he presenting the scene.It is more visulized than the original play.
  • 5. 11) In the begging of the movie , branagh’s roll over his camera the statue of king hamlet outside of elsinore castle and the movie ends with the similar sequence where in the statue of king hamlet is hammered down to the dust.This is not seen in the original play . Branagh presenting the imagnative idea that it is not king hamlet ‘s ambition to avenge his death responsible for the of his kingdom which is symbolically pictured in last scene.