Hamlet's Soliloquies

To start off I thought the first soliloquy was better because the actor was able to interpret Hamlet in a way that people didn't expect him to be. He was able to act out the soliloquy in a more modern way. He had more rage and more movement in which he was able to express himself more. In the second version of Hamlet's soliloquy, the actor expressed himself in a more subtle way. For me he was what the typical image of Hamlet would seem like, and the typical way for him to act out the soliloquy. He was calm and more quiet, and the way the whole movie is made is a more classical way. He said the soliloquy to himself, under his breath, while the other said it to an audience. He was talking to the camera, looking at the camera, and you feel as if he is talking to while saying the soliloquy. In the second video you have no connection to the actor as he is talking and the soliloquy is also shortened so you don't get as much expression as the first video. If I were to act out Hamlet, I would do a mix between both videos: some expression but not too much, and still say it under my breath. It would also depend on how we would interpret Hamlet.

Krapp's Last Tape

Well hopefully it's his last tape.
For a play, I didn't understand it at all. Didn't like it, and for literature, it really had no point. I do not know why Krapp would listen to one of his old tapes, it just confused me. He was probably trying to listen to his memories and remember what he thought of the woman in his life. He got sentimental when listening over his memories of the woman. Krapp seemed to be an aggressive man, but when listening to the memories of the woman, his face changed. By going by the name of the play, if it was his last tape, then he was probably going to die soon.
The tape did not make sense at all. If the play did have a point then I think it was about someone listening to their memories, like when someone reads their diary to reminisce those memories.