Hamlet

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 Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet , is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatists the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude.
Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime.


   Hamlet by William Shakespeare and movie by Dir. Kenneth Branagh both have their qualities in performing the character of Hamlet.  As we learn something through video ,Audio or our experience this learning skill never be removed from our mind. First shakespeare's long book of Hamlet scared me a lot but after watching the movie i can understand it very well and briefly also. Here i am going to give the answers of the questions.

(1) The movie is very faithful to the original play. In          movie Kenneth Branagh's overall work is very noticeable and beautiful. The scenes of palace,war and characters are very nice. It's like a play's aliveness in 21cen. in a new way. Its totally changed by Kenneth Branagh. I like the scene " ophelia's madness and her drowned death " Its very tragic end of ophelia .Kenneth Branagh showed it very well.

(2) yes I noticed three changes in the movie. first while ophelia's madness there was a force of water on ophelia and she had one hidden key in her mouth. And in last after Hamlet's death the scene of  statue and the name plate of Hamlet were broken.

(3)  yes I felt "Aesthetic delight" when Claudius died and when Hamlet cried a little when he came to know about Ophelia's death.

(4) In the scene of Ophelia's madnees and death I felt"Catharsis"
because she became mad and  Hamlet didn't care about it even after her death.

(5) yes of course the screening of movies help us a lot in better understanding of the play. While examination some important dialogues we can remember it very well and they will help us to write the answer easily. And also from the character we can now easily analysis all the characters and can write a short notes on them briefly.

(6) In "cherish" moment i want to add a scene of Ophelia's trust and love for Hamlet , and Hamlet's cruelness.

(7) I like the last question very well. If i am a director of Hamlet,,,first I would like to add one song. Then I change the scene of Ophelia's death , In my movie Ophelia never dies even she will watch the death of Hamlet.
Then in my movie I shown Ophelia as a other country's princess.

                 Thank you..