Voicing Ophelia: An Analysis of Franco Ze relli’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Representation of Ophelia

Autori

  • Marina Martins Amaral Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
  • José Roberto O’Shea Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/dramaturgias.v1i1.9039

Parole chiave:

Ophelia;Franco Zeffirelli;Kenneth Branagh; Madness; Hamlet.

Abstract

This essay compares and contrasts two different performances of William Shakespeare’s Ophelia. The first performance is from Franco Zeffirelli’s filmic produc- tion, Hamlet, from 1990, in which Ophelia is played by Helena Bonhan Carter, and the second is from Kenneth Branagh’s filmic production, Hamlet,from1996, in which the role is played by Kate Winslet. The scene here foregrounded is the famous “madness scene” (4.5), which dramatizes the character’s mental break down and serves as prelude for her iconic death. 

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Biografie autore

Marina Martins Amaral, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Bachelor’s degree in the Fine Artsfrom UDESC, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, with an academic extensionat Universidade de Coimbra, in Portugal. Master’s degree in the Fine Arts, also from UDESC, with the dissertation titled “Domingos Fossari: A Memória da Alma no Traço”. Marina is currently a doctoral studentat PGI, with the work inprogresstitled “Reminiscence of Images: Th e Representation of Shakespeare’s Ophelia in the History of Western Art”

José Roberto O’Shea, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

PhD in English and American Literature from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, and Master’s in Literature from The American University, Washington, DC, USA. Professor Titular (retired) from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, working full time with the post-graduate program in English.

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http://www.filmeducation.org/pdf/film/Hamlet.pdf

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Pubblicato

2016-10-31

Come citare

Amaral, M. M., & O’Shea, J. R. (2016). Voicing Ophelia: An Analysis of Franco Ze relli’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Representation of Ophelia. Dramaturgias, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26512/dramaturgias.v1i1.9039

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V. 1 N. 1 (2016): Shakespeare

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