Adaptatio Tation In Branagh's Henry V

In the play “Henry V,” written by William Shakespeare demonstrates how a King can be so manipulative and only watching out for himself and not the people. Henry V is one of the most dramatic plays Shakespeare has ever written or even known to ever write. The King, Henry V has a motive of his own as in once he has his mind set on something he wont stop until its accomplished. Actually the original text of William Shakespeare’s Henry V seems to portray Kind Henry as a character too ideal to be realistic. The people see him as the best Christian Monarch and the chorus describes him as the “mirror of al Christian Kings’ who's actions illustrate his many moralities, and becoming a saint to everyone eyes. As we know not everyone agrees with things. For instance not everyone see the kind as the goddess or saint most people see him as throughout the play. For example, Kenneth Branagh, in his screen
As Branagh himself recalls he wanted to explore Henry’s darker side, and to convey his “qualities of introspection, fear, doubt, and anger.” As an alternative of reinforcing the king’s image as a saintly figure, Branagh’s screenplay exposes him as only a human who is vulnerable to feelings of insecurity, vengefulness, and guilt. Using theatrical techniques such as flashbacks and threatening background music, Branagh portray the darker qualities in our “ideal” march.
In order to understand the connection that Henry has to the characters throughout the novel you have to go back and understand Henry V.
In the text William Shakespeare wrote originally was written in the we see Henry as the ideal and moral monarch but Kenneth Branagh’s screen explains otherwise. In the screenplay Henry is conscience about “fall of blood.” (1.2.25) And in act 1 we