The Soliloquies In David Tennant's Hamlet
Listening and watching the actors perform the soliloquies in Hamlet has enabled us, the audience, to understand the significance of the events present and to come, and have a better understanding of the character’s thoughts and emotions. The actors in this play have implemented various oral presentation strategies: the use of dramatic pauses, facial expressions, and placing emphasis on keywords. Hamlet is a performance written in Elizabethan English, also known as Early New English, which makes it somewhat difficult for the average reader or listener to understand the meaning of the words presented to them. Actors play a significant role; they help lift the words off the page and move you more as the audience by translating foreign words
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First, he has carefully used dramatic pauses to help the audience better understand what is going on around him, what he is feeling, and more importantly, how he communicates his emotions. Hamlet’s current state of mind is governed by reason and not frenzied passion; being unable to kill Claudius at that moment has made him ponder about life itself. David’s long pauses, with the compliments of spot-on word emphasis, has made it more obvious to the audience that Hamlet isn’t just occasionally thinking about life, but, in a long trance-like ponder due to the fears of what is yet to come. Also complimentary, his use of facial expressions eliminates the barriers to understanding how he feels; in the play, David is leaning on the palace wall, staring at the walls in front of him, exerting the emotions of fear, anger, and confusion. For instance, he closes his eyes during a period of deep thought and intensely stares at the camera with anger and fear when questioning the meaning of life. The uses of the oral presentation strategies have eliminated the barriers of language difference and imagination block, helping the audience relate to the emotions and thoughts of these characters, In conclusion, visual presentation or audio enhances the play because it helps the audience link foreign words into relatable emotions, to
First, he has carefully used dramatic pauses to help the audience better understand what is going on around him, what he is feeling, and more importantly, how he communicates his emotions. Hamlet’s current state of mind is governed by reason and not frenzied passion; being unable to kill Claudius at that moment has made him ponder about life itself. David’s long pauses, with the compliments of spot-on word emphasis, has made it more obvious to the audience that Hamlet isn’t just occasionally thinking about life, but, in a long trance-like ponder due to the fears of what is yet to come. Also complimentary, his use of facial expressions eliminates the barriers to understanding how he feels; in the play, David is leaning on the palace wall, staring at the walls in front of him, exerting the emotions of fear, anger, and confusion. For instance, he closes his eyes during a period of deep thought and intensely stares at the camera with anger and fear when questioning the meaning of life. The uses of the oral presentation strategies have eliminated the barriers of language difference and imagination block, helping the audience relate to the emotions and thoughts of these characters, In conclusion, visual presentation or audio enhances the play because it helps the audience link foreign words into relatable emotions, to