This introduction to Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh captivated my attention, especially in the techniques he uses to portray the significance of the play itsel
f, and also, convey the themes that it involves. Just as Orson Welles used the eyes and the hands, the blood, and the obscure scenario to evoke the thematic of Macbeth, the usage of mirrors in Branagh’s Hamlet is a perfect technique to give more momentum to the frequent soliloquies in the play. And if we are talking about Hamlet, which frequently is dubbed as the play of all plays, the tragedy of all tragedies, and the climax of Shakespearian tragedy, we as readers/audience should have very high expectations of the work itself. What’s my main expectation? To know why “There’s no good or bad but thinking makes it so” (Hamlet) or “To be or not to be” (Hamlet) are more transcending phrases in society than “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Macbeth).
f, and also, convey the themes that it involves. Just as Orson Welles used the eyes and the hands, the blood, and the obscure scenario to evoke the thematic of Macbeth, the usage of mirrors in Branagh’s Hamlet is a perfect technique to give more momentum to the frequent soliloquies in the play. And if we are talking about Hamlet, which frequently is dubbed as the play of all plays, the tragedy of all tragedies, and the climax of Shakespearian tragedy, we as readers/audience should have very high expectations of the work itself. What’s my main expectation? To know why “There’s no good or bad but thinking makes it so” (Hamlet) or “To be or not to be” (Hamlet) are more transcending phrases in society than “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Macbeth). 
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