Look Beyond the Actor

In the different interpretations of Hamlets "To Be" scene, the viewer gets a different sense of Hamlets character. In the Kenneth Brannagh clip he doesn't seem to be crazy but just a man pondering the world in a normal way. There are really no signs that say he is unstable in any sort of way while in the David Tenant clip, it is clear the person is unstable. It is not just the actor's performance that leads to this conclusion but also the diagonal lines around him that in video studies, actually means mental instability. The Ethan Hawke interpretation makes any smart person laughs seeing how as he is delivering his lines, he is walking through the action section of a movie rental place. This adds some dark humor to the scene since all Hamlet does is think and not take action at all. It is not only the actors performance that shows the characters mentality but also what surrounds them, so in any case the character of Hamlet can be shown having a sane mind or a crazy one depending on what is surrounding him on a visual basis.