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At first glance, the Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Henry V are not similar. This is because they truly are not similar – not in genre, since Hamlet is a tragedy and Henry V is a historical play; not in plot, since the protagonist in Hamlet hides in the shadows of conflict while the protagonist of Henry V charges head-first into it; and certainly not in tone, where Hamlet is disastrous and Henry V is triumphant. It is these dissimilarities of context that make Henry and Hamlet’s similarities in identity

Hamlet Vs. Hamlet: A Comparison Between Films Laurence Olivier (1948) and Kenneth Branagh (1996) both created films about the Shakespearean play Hamlet, yet they are both very different. The two films were created fifty years apart and present their film using their own perspectives and interpretations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet while using the same themes Shakespeare had. Two important themes are the use of technology and treatment of women. In Laurence Olivier’s 1948 film, women are objectified; this

Hamlet Transcendent Themes in a Disinterested Age Modernized versions of classic performances often run into the issue of being simply too long for a modern audience to sit through, with the dangers of audiences simply being too bored in an age where the average movie is about 110 minutes. By making decisions that appeal to the visual side of Hamlet as opposed to altering the auditory work in any way Kenneth Branagh succeeds in maintaining both artistic authenticity and audience in a way that

The number and variety of religion has so many numerous beliefs and religious practices that people have a hard time to decide exactly on one religion. The main religion that people know and believe is Christianity which practices the belief that there is a god and Jesus Christ. Religion is not really about demanding and making rules on people for what they should do. It is more of different people believing in what they want and then what they want to do with it. Religion is a common thing that

Like any other human Hamlet has experienced the loss of his father. Although the loss of a loved one is a very common feeling that every person will experience, Hamlet had lost his father and his mother even though she was still alive. She betrayed his by marrying Hamlet’s father within the same week as his father, her husband, passing. Also Hamlet had to watch his uncle become the new King. Hamlet despite all the negative surrounding him experienced some of the same feelings that anyone going through

Over the years, many different directors have tackled the action packed film Hamlet, each adding their own special twists to the story line. Most importantly, the famous To be or not to be soliloquy. Throughout this scene, Hamlet is struggling with the idea of suicide and is contemplating if life is worth all the pain he has been facing and is working up the courage to avenge his father's unkindly death. Of the three versions studied, Kenneth Branagh’s was superior in expressing the overall intentions

Within this passage of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Hamlet alludes to a romanticized definition of a perfect king within Elizabethan society, and by comparing Claudius, a man who is the exact opposite of Elizabethan ideals, the audience of Elizabethan times would feel the same disgust as Hamlet when faced with Claudius being crowned king. Within Elizabethan society, murder, or simply any crime, was deemed not honorable. Alternatively, duels were considered the formal and just way of resolving wrong doings

There are often times in film and literature where a character reaches the “point of no return.” That is the point when their actions force them to either give up or resolve themselves and move forward. In Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Claudius reaches his “point of no return” when he allows his wife to drink the poison he originally set to kill his own step-son. The main plot of Hamlet deals with a young man’s journey to avenge his father’s murder by killing the perpetrator

Kifaayat Kaafi Hamid Teacher: Ms. Lajeunesse ENG4U1-03 December 13th, 2016 Explore on how the topic of ‘regret’ share commonality between “Old Hands” and “Hamlet” The short story, “Old Hands” by Mathew Howards and the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, both share commonalities on the topic of regret. The narrator from “Old Hands” and King Claudius from “Hamlet” suffer because of their inability to overcome the regret they have for their past actions committed against their family members. The

To Be, Either/Or Not To Be “Do it or do not do it – you will regret both” (Kierkegaard 72) is a quote that echoes and expounds upon the famous “To be, or not to be” (Hamlet 3.1.56). The former quote was written by none other than Danish philosopher and poet, Søren Kierkegaard. Born in 1813, Søren Kierkegaard was well acquainted with Shakespeare’s text and often referred to it in his writings. When watching Kenneth Branagh’s unique, unabridged adaptation of Hamlet, it is apparent that Kenneth Branagh