Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Question 1

Based on the passage, what is Hamlet’s opinion about theater?

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A: Actors should try to represent people as they really are.

Question 2

Which details from the passage support the idea that actors should try to represent people as they really are? Check all that apply.

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B: “o’erstep not the modesty of nature”; C: “anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”; E: “to hold . . . the mirror up to nature”

Question 3

Hamlet’s opinion that actors should try to represent people as they really are might reflect which development in Elizabethan drama?

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B: the interest in exploring human emotions and experiences

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama Answers