Polonius Journal

Dear paper thou keeps my words,


How art thou, they ask? But one cannot be fine if one fouls off thy daughter. Hamlet is a mad man I say! But stay, and see what I shall do. I shall prove Hamlet is mad for my flower. Which my flower ‘asn’t bloomed. I’ll let loose my daughter while the eyes of mine see ta’en words that she will receive by this monstrous man. Pray thou will not hurt her. But I must prove that truth behind his actions. If this does not work, the king brought two of his fellows which might drag thy tongue away. This must all happen during the morrow, for during the moon he is a wolf. Betoken him to everyone thou true self. I must leave and do this task, and I shall write to you after this.

Polonius

thee is thy best version

As I am watching three different film versions of Hamlet one after another, I realize I prefer the Ken Branagh version. This film version of Hamlet was superior, because their text was highly close to the text of the actual play. Nevertheless, this version had a breathtaking ghost scene which captured my attention ad interest instantly. Also, this film had a high-quality opening as I pictured when I had read the beginning of the book.
On the other hand, when it comes to the similarities of the play I have read in class, to the version I have chosen, the similarities are strong. The text between both of them are almost identical. The book and the film equally have the ghost scene, which evenly are very interesting. On the contrary, there are barely any differences, besides when reading the text one might not have the right visual. Also, when I think about the characters, and which one was portrayed most realistically, I think of Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother.
At the same time, if I could ask the director to make one change of my favorite film version, it would be to change noting. As far as I watched into the film, which I must say was only five minutes, I liked everything. In addition, it is too soon to pick something to change for this version.