Pg. 728 Dialogue between King, Hamlet, and the Queen
My character: The Queen
When I was deciding how I was going to go about the acting notes for the queen during this moment, I first read the scene outloud and discovered an almost forced tone that was attempting to be genuine. More specifically I felt like the Queen was trying to be persuasive as a mother in order to calm or pacify Hamlet; therefore, I believed the queen should take on a pacifying and soothing tone. But I also felt like she was holding some of her own feelings back: perhaps they were shut down by the king's authority; as a result I simultaneously adopted a somewhat insecure attitude for the queen . There were also a few moments where The Queen was trying to make logical claims with a furthered effort to placate Hamlet. For example the line " all that lives must die" --- Here I find it appropriate to acquire an assuring tone as well as a persuasive one...in order to satisfy Hamlet.
Overall, in my opinion, the queen's tone of voice is very gentle-- exemplifying her motherly role--- while at the same time, she is not fully absorbing all of Hamlet's emotions enough to give credit to his mournful state because she is inherently insecure.
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