... Ellsinore Castle in Denmark. Discovered first by a pair of watchmen, then by the scholar Horatio, the ghost resembles the recently deceased King Hamlet, whose brother Claudius has inherited the throne and married the king's widow, Queen Gertrude- (Hamlet, 2004). Everyone is familiar with the renowned story of Hamlet, a creation of ... plan. Unlike Zeffirelli's version, Branagh's version possessed flaws in his direction. This was evident when Ophelia came to talk to Hamlet about her love for him. In Branagh's version, Hamlet is very brutal with Ophelia. He drags her across the room and pre...

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