Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Suicide Reflection - "To Be Or Not To Be"

"To be or not to be, that's the question." Each of these scenes varied independently in several ways. First, in the Olivier version, had a little bit of enthusiasm. Yet, in the other version, he expresses his emotions a lot more. In one of the versions, he is staring at himself in the mirror while proposing his speech. I think that truly shows the form of the speech in his inner tone. The music in this has a dark, intense feeling to it. In the last two versions of the play, they had a pretty bright tone. Each version of the play had their own language and emotion. In the Mel Gibson version, you can really feel his speech. That was my favorite because the other versions weren't as into it. There were so many versions of this play to show it in a variety of expressions and perspectives. William Shakespeare had his own perspective of the play as he wrote it. Though, I feel that each director of each version had their own idea of Hamlet.

1 comment:

  1. I disagree with what she has chosen. I thought that the Branaugh's version was the best out of the three. But, I do agree with her that my least favorite was the Olivier version. I thought that in the Mel Gibson version it was acted well, but overly dramatic then it should have been.

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