Being one himself, Mel Gibson does an excellent job in delivering it, in the Zeffirelli version. The soliloquy was made affective by the use of silence. Sometimes a well-placed pause can enhance the impact that a speech has on its audiences. Gibson utilized this technique appropriately. In fact, Gibson put a lot of emotion in his voice and expressed a very depressed and confused image that truly conveyed the emotions that Shakespeare himself tried to communicate in his writing. "Zeffirelli's screen interpretation centres on Mel Gibson's deft portrayal of the intense emotions throttling the mind and body of this melancholy Dane" (Brussat, Spirituality and Health). Branagh, in his version flatly regurgitated the soliloquy as he stared at a mirror expressionlessly. The most important speech in the play deserved a bit more than just that. Another technique that was used effectively in this scene was set design. Set design improved the quality of the scene as when Gibson said the monologue he walked over to a statue of a dead King in a cemetery and articulated that he wished to die. This meant that he actually portrayed in his mind a picture of himself lying in the middle of the cemetery just like the statue. He could feel that the still statue had so much peace in its isolation, and that this statue once belonged to a King that lived no more and had no more problems. The theme of death is simply summed up by the set "a cemetery of dead Kings. What is a better place to talk of Death than in the middle of the dead? Lighting was used creatively on Gibson when he stated that he would reconsider his plan to die and that he will need to fulfill his promises and finish his duties before he takes any such drastic step. This brightness in his thoughts and intelligence was illustrated by the sunlight that hits Gibson as he announces his action plan. Unlike Zeffirelli's version, Branagh's version possessed flaws in his direction.