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Branagh's Soliloquy Analysis

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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. Though he doesn’t know that Claudius and Polonius are behind the mirror in this version, but it

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