Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Kenneth Branagh’s version is visually appealing.  With its extravagant palace laced with red, gold, and white, and bright lighting, the viewer feels as if there are thousands of spotlights gleaming onto each one of the actors.  The director of the film has done what no other film has done, depicting the wedding of Claudius and Gertrude.  Here, the people of Denmark have flocked to see the ceremony and are wearing bright red and white garments.  However, when Hamlet walks in, one can truly sense his loss and the fact that he is still deeply grieving about the loss of his father.  The director wants to make it obvious to the audience that this is the case, so he has Branagh dress in all black, the color of death and funerals, instead of wearing white, the color of celebration and purity. 

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