A Visual Understanding

The play Hamlet is well portrayed in Branagh’s film Hamlet. Branagh uses the text from the play throughout the whole movie. This gives the reader a better understanding of the play because the actors are using the same text as the play, which creates a better visual for the reader, and makes the film easier to follow, it also allows the reader to see a different interpretation of Shakespeare's play. As you are reading Hamlet, I think it is important to consider all the emotions a character could have, and to see other peoples perspectives of the character, for example if the queens character married her husbands brother to stay queen or because she loves her son Hamlet, and wanted him to have a chance at becoming king. I thought the film portrayed Gertrude, as loving Hamlet, and wanting to protect him, while the book made her seem more selfish, and not caring about the death of Hamlets father. I think knowing different peoples opinion’s about the play, lets us discover the less obvious themes in the play, and helps us reach a better conclusion about what truly is happening.