Analysis of the video as it relates to the play

The video of Act 1 scene 1 in the play King Lear, seems to be both different and similar to the book, King Lear in several ways. Firstly, the video and the book are quite similar since they both have all the names of the characters in that first scene, which were King Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, Kent, Gloucester , Albany, Cornwall, the King of Burgundy and the King of France. In addition, all the lines were said and made clear throughout both the movie and the book, where each charter played his/her part in shaping the plot of the drama.

On the other hand, the book and the movie were quite different in a few ways. Firstly, the video brought out more emotion and meaning to the words that were spoken by the characters as opposed to the book. In the video, the tone and pitch of the words that each character spoke helped to show either the anger and rage that King Lear had when Cordelia was unable to profess his love for her as well as Cordelia being sad and confused at not knowing what to say. Furthermore, the video gave the audience a chance to actually view the characters of the drama. In this way, the emotions of each character were seen which made their character traits more evident to the audience, as well as the facial expressions and gestures made by each character. For example, the video expresses King Lear's expressions of hate, anger and disappointment known, as he shouts and lifts up his hands as he speaks which suggests his anger, as well as the way in the which he stands up on the table to shout at Cordelia. It also made Cordelia's sadness clearer when she is shown crying as she speaks to her father. More over, the clothing and the setting of the play gives the reader a sense of the time period the drama took place, which was the Elizabethan time period. All the different characteristics of the video helped to make the play more enjoyable and meaningful to the audience as opposed to the book, since the audience now has a true visual image of each character and the feelings are made clearer as well.