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Hamlet 14 - College Essay

Hamlet 14

In Lesson 19 of the videotape “Literary Visions”, the actor performs two interpretations of the monologue, “To be or not to be”. As said in the video, there are many ways that an actor can choose to interpret that particular speech in Hamlet. Many actors relish the opportunity to perform Hamlet, because of that particular speech. In a play, the actors’ interpretation of the character is what gives the audience the background and insights into the characters’ feelings, since there is not a narrator, like in a short story. Each actor’s version of Hamlet is different, and therefore the interpretation by the audience will be different. There is ...

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in space throughout the monologue, as if he is asking a question and looking for the answer, since he is very perplexed about what he should do in order to “cleanse the state.” Hamlet is facing an internal dilemma because he has to decide whether or not he is going to kill in order to make things better. He ponders the pros and the cons of his decisions, in order to distinguish which choice would be the best. By speaking in a lower voice, and by acting so introspective, Hamlet seems like he has been defeated, as if he cannot decide what to do. Towards the end of the monologue, Hamlet does get a bit mad, out of frustration, since he cannot figure out what he should do.
In the second version of “To be or not to be”, the actor portrays Hamlet as if he is in a raging fury. His tone of voice is much louder in the second version and his facial expressions are extremely tense. He is a man who is raging out of despair. He speaks through his teeth, since he ...

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Added: 11/21/2005 06:50:21 PM
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