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Branagh�s Henry V: An Example of Pluralistic Shakespeare
In her essay �Shakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective,� Catherine Belsey argues for the incapability of film to offer the multiple interpretations that the Elizabethan stage presented. �Film is the apotheosis of the modern, and it is in this sense that it inevitably narrows the plurality of an Elizabethan text.� However, Kenneth Branagh�s Henry V, in its awesome deluge into Shakespearean realism, offered so much more than a poetic history. In light of recent military conflicts, the 1989 film presented one man�s awful discoveries while journeying through the horror of battle even in the light of victory. In this essay, I will argue against Belsey�s limitations of film and using Branagh�s Henry V, retort film�s great ability to reveal truth.
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