Comparsion Of Hamlet And Branagh's Film

From the stage to the screen, Shakespeare’s mysterious Prince of Denmark has captivated the audience for centuries. In the 1996 Hamlet movie adaptation, the ominous and complex nature of Hamlet is brought to real life in vivid cinematic detail, offering new perspectives to his continuous internal conflicts and turbulent emotions. This essay delves into the portrayal of Hamlet in both Shakespeare's original play and Branagh's film, highlighting how each medium interprets his relationship with other characters, such as Ophelia and Gertrude. But also exploring Hamlet’s struggles and internal turmoil leading to external conflicts with others. By examining these portrayals in both the Movie by Kenneth Branagh and the Shakespearean text, it would

For instance, in Hamlet's scene with her mother, telling her “Not this, by no means, that I bid you [Sleeping with him]” (Shakespeare 74), which his mother is emotionally hurt by and expresses her sorrow to Hamlet by “Be thou assured, if words be made of breath And breath of life, I have no life to breathe What thou hast said to me.” (Shakespeare 74). This part of the scene is seen in the movie between the timeline of 2:19:00 where Hamlet takes her mother’s hand and throws her on the couch until 2:24:00 where he leaves the scene with the dead body of Polonius he had killed prior. This scene between Hamlet and his mother is one of the vivid examples to showcase their broken relationship and the words getting spitted out of Hamlet’s mouth, hurting Gertrude’s emotions and leading to tearing up their mother-son relationship. By having the ghost on one hand, adding up to the flame of tension by telling Hamlet his father’s murderer is Claudius and his mother is married to this man, thus his madness has gotten to the extreme, impacting his relationship with not only his mother but every woman including Ophelia, calling them cheaters and