Rhetorical Analysis Of Kenneth Branagh's To Be Or Not To Be

However, Kinnear’s portrayal is not as good as Kenneth Branagh’s, as Kinnear fails to capture Hamlet’s anguish and rage in his expressions as well as Branagh does. Kinnear’s voice in the soliloquy is very clear with a sad tone expressing Hamlet’s displeasure of his mother’s marriage. His bodily movements from slamming his hands on a table to shrugging at Cornelius when compared to Hamlet’s father all express Hamlet’s feelings effectively, yet despite this Kinnear is missing something. Kinnear lacks the brimming rage that Branagh displays throughout his soliloquy by keeping a disapproving sneer as he talks about the marriage of Hamlet’s mother. By failing to show Hamlet’s teenage emotions ready to break free and try to fix the recent marriage, Kinnear expresses a less passionate Hamlet which is inferior to

The scene is also intense due to the audience being aware that Hamlet is speaking into a two way mirror in which there are to other characters watching him as he performs the soliliquy, which then leaves the audience wondering if Hamlet has any idea that he is being watched. If Hamlet does indeed know that he is beining watched does that knowledge contribute to the aggressiveness in his delivery that makes it seem as though he is trying to make up his mind on whether or not he wants to act and be great or not be great. In otherwords, Hamlet is trying to decide if he wants to put his human greatness out in front and act on the way he is feeling or leave his human greatness behind in the form of weakness and not act. The performance becomes nerve wrecking and raises anxiety when Hamlet whips out his weapon as he gives the speach even more aggressively and sends the whole speech into a more threatening direction. This is why Branaugh's performance of the to be or not to be soliliquy delivers a more intense, nerve wrecking and anxiety raising performance and makes the audience believe he is trying decide whether or not to be

This quote, and the lines before, show that Hamlet is still in mourning for his father. I think this shows a little bit of Hamlet’s personality, because it makes me think Hamlet loved

(III, i, 83-85). This was important to include because it showed the thoughts that the characters were having when deciding what actions to take. Hamlet in this moment was considering what God’s judgement would be if he was to go through with it. In the article, ““Shortly They Will Play Me in What Forms They List upon the Stage”: Hamlet, Conscience, and the Earl of Essex” by the author Jeremy Venema, he wrote, “Whether the act

Out of the three versions of the “To be or not to be” soliloquies, Kenneth Branagh’s version stands out more than the other two. Going into depth, Branagh’s version shows a mirror to where he is supposed to look at himself. He approaches closer as if somebody was leering him, and he makes physical motions such as drawing up his dagger. During his dagger movement, he approaches closely to the mirror as he assumes that he is drawing towards the murder, but he’s actually approaching closer to himself in the mirror. He actually goes into consideration to a philosophical question about life or death, and he tends to be brave throughout his soliloquy.

He begins to question the moral and ethical implications of seeking revenge. Through the use of monologues,Shakespeare gives us a glimpse into Hamlet's inner life. In Act III, Scene 1, Hamlet delivers his famous monologue, "To Be or Not to Be," in which he ponders the meaning of revenge and the meaning of life itself. This introspective speech uses metaphors and rhetorical questions to convey Hamlet's inner conflict. For example, the tropes of "slingshots and arrows of unimaginable destiny" emphasize the unpredictability and harshness of life, leading Hamlet to wonder if suffering is more sublime than acting.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini explicates the life of the main character Amir, and his relationship with his childhood best friend Hassan. Throughout the novel, Hosseini uses irony to show the growth and improvement of Amir’s character. Back when Amir and Hassan were little they used to be close. As children, they used to participate in Kite Fighting tournaments. One day, they went to Kabul with Amir’s father, Baba, to buy kites for the new season.

In Branagh’s version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the ‘To be, or not to be’ speech is interpreted differently than other actors’. Branagh’s character, Hamlet, knows he is being watched by Claudius and Polonius. His disclosure about not committing suicide for fear of the afterlife is part of his plan to keep Claudius at bay until he can convince himself that Claudius is the assassin and find a way to get revenge. The set of this scene includes mirrors and mirrored doors but it is difficult to tell them apart. These are used very intriguingly by Branagh.

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” This line is arguably Shakespeare’s most famous, and it comes from Hamlet, specifically from scene 3.1. In this scene, Prince Hamlet gives an impassioned soliloquy on the meaning of life and contemplates suicide. He then encounters his lover Ophelia, who tries to renounce her feelings for him as a part of a scheme created by King Claudius to uncover the motives behind Hamlet’s odd behavior. Hamlet soon realizes this plot and bursts into a fit of rage against Ophelia, exhibiting his ‘insanity’ for everyone to see.

Throughout the Zeffirelli and Branagh adaptations of Hamlet and the actual text itself, a variety of different views can be

Like many things, Hamlet is intelligent and honorable, but his indecisiveness is the cause of his tragic downfall. In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare portrays that Hamlet is very incapable of finishing the task at hand. Throughout the drama Hamlet faces many trials and tribulations due to his late father Hamlet, who was murderously killed by Claudius. His inability to kill Claudius and himself is one grand flaw of an epic hero. After King Hamlets passing, Hamlet entered an unknown state of mind that not only feared others for his wellbeing, but also feared himself.

This connects to the idea that hamlet is complete unsure what action to take, and he demonstrates this disdain trough a paradox that juggles his motives. 2. The antithesis in Hamlet’s comes in the first line: “To be or not to be, that is the question”. This comparison of two opposites imply that Hamlet is living due to his abstract thought, but with this abstract that he ponders

Throughout Hamlet, Prince Hamlet is faced against many situations that question his mental stability and ability to make decisions. His indecisiveness comes from the way he reacts to the situations he is put in and the way his mind presents these situations to him. The most important indecisive moments are Hamlet’s suicidal thoughts, his father’s ghost, and his vengeance to Claudius. When Hamlet is told by a ghost that has a resemblance of his father that Claudius had killed him, he vows to take vengeance and revenge his father’s death.

In the film directed by Kenneth Branagh I believe his synopsis of “To be or not to be” in Hamlet was the most effective portrayal. The video was able to accurately show the tone of Hamlet through the tone, posture, body movements, and facial expressions that create the video to have a more realistic appeal to the soliloquy. The entire scene being him, Hamlet, talking aloud in a round surrounded by mirrors which alludes to his self-reflection that Hamlet has done in the soliloquy. The scene takes place as Hamlet walks the empty and isolated halls of the castle all alone to connects to the way he feels, alone. This emotion relates to when he says “To be or not to be that is the question”

Hamlet is William Shakespeare 's renowned tale of mystery, intrigue, and murder, centered on a young misguided prince who can only trust himself. Some may say that the actions of Prince Hamlet throughout the play are weak and fearful, displaying a tendency to procrastinate and showing an apathetic nature towards his family and peers. Others spin a tale of a noble young scholar, driven mad by the cold-blooded murder of his father by his uncle. In truth, I believe Hamlet is neither of these things. Hamlet is a sort of amalgamation of the two, a bundle of contradictions thrown together into one conflicting but very human mess of a character.