Summary of Major Works

Kenneth Branagh worked on many films, one of the Shakespeare films that he worked on was Much Ado About Nothing. "Which faund favor with audiences and critics alike" (Answers.com). In this film everybody lies, one person tries to trick them into doing things to make the other person believe so they can break the weeding. "In the end, though, it all turns out to be 'much ado about nothing'" (Esser). Also they help a couple to confess their love for each other, all this began with a lie. Another Shakespeare film that Branagh worked on is Henry V, where young King Henry goes to war with France, "Henry's small but embattled army meet the french forces on the field of Agincourt" (Loh). Another film that Branagh worked on was Frankenstein, it was inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein goes to study to a university after his mother dies, "becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life" (McElwaine). He creates a creature and then he abandons it, after this the monster wants revenge because Victor abandoned him.


"Kenneth Branagh". Answers.com. 1 April 2010. http://www.answers.com/topic/kenneth-branagh

Esser, Liza. "Much Ado About Nothing". The Internet Movie Database. 16 April 2010. http://www.imbd.com/title/tt0107616/plotsummary

Loh, Keith. "Henry V" The Internet Movie Database. 16 April 2010. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097499/plotsummary

McElwaine. "Frankenstein". The Internet Movie Database. 16 April 2010. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109836/plotsummary