Branagh's Version Of Hamlet Be Or Not To Be Soliloquy

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Kenneth Branagh’s version of the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy, although slightly overdramatic, was superior in delivery and setting. First, Hamlet’s tone held a faint aggressiveness, which helped emphasize his growing dissatisfaction with his current disposition. The other films’ depictions of the scene were dull and lacked the proper emotion required to give life to Hamlet’s internal debate. In addition, the mirror Hamlet faces as he speaks alludes to the derivative and folly of his, and his father’s, vengeful pursuits. Hamlet’s obligation to fulfill his father's demands causes him to self loathe, which leads him to question his existence. As Hamlet approached the mirror with his sword drawn, both Polonius and Claudius flinched in fear,

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