And Contrast David Tennants Interpretation Of Hamlet's Third Soliloquy

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David Tennant’s interpretation of Hamlet’s third soliloquy is better than Kenneth Branagh’s because of his more natural understated performance, his interactions with his environment, and his less explosive attitude. Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet is far too overdramatic and therefore less believable. He is acting like he is performing on stage and the overacting doesn’t seem realistic in a film. In contrast to this, David Tennant keeps his voice more level and natural. He doesn’t draw his words out so much and uses natural inflections which makes for a better on screen performance. The best example of this is the opening line “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!” (Shakespeare 2.2.550). Branagh draws the words out extremely long and uses an

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