Comparing Hamlet And Franco Zeffirelli's Film Version Of Hamlet

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Hamlet basically share the same characters and story. However, in Shakespeare’s ghost scenes, Zeffirelli uses narrative and film techniques to create a kind of suspenseful atmosphere and to cause feelings of compassion for Hamlet. In the film, Zeffirelli makes some changes in the narrative techniques, like act 1 of the play for example, by rearranging the plays story line, like adding to the settings of each scene, and not having dialogue. These changes Zeffirelli made I think interpret some of the elements of the play and really intensifying Hamlet’s dilemma for the viewer. Firstly, Zeffirelli changes the plot of the play and rearranges the action of Hamlet so he can get