Hamlet, Part 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan Theater Answers

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Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i.Horatio: That can I; At least, the whisper goes so. Our last king, Whose image even but now appear’d to us, Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto prick’d on by a most emulate pride,Dar’d to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet— For so this side of our known world esteem’d him— Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal’d compact, Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit with his life all those his landsWhich he stood seiz’d of, to the conqueror;

In Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii, which dramatic convention does Shakespeare employ most?

What best describes characterization?

Shakespeare portrays Hamlet as a man who falls from a high status, which makes Hamlet an example of a(n):

In a drama, how do audiences learn about a character? Select four answers.