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Take a look at this image from Jonathan Price’s adaptation of Hamlet.Take a look at this image from Sir Lawrence Olivier’s adaptation of Hamlet.

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Both actors appear to be calm and logical, emphasizing the idea that Hamlet has not fallen into madness.
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Both actors appear to be angry and tormented, emphasizing the idea that Hamlet has fallen into madness.
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The actors are not wearing similar clothes, indicating that it is necessary to change wardrobes for each separate production.
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The actors are not expressing the same emotions, indicating that it is difficult for actors to agree about how to interpret Hamlet.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Hamlet: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause

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These choices emphasize the possibility that Hamlet has gone mad.
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These choices emphasize the idea that the ghost may be imagined.
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These choices emphasize the fact that Hamlet is seeking revenge against Claudius.
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These choices emphasize the fact that Hamlet is considering taking his own life.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book; That show of such an exercise may colour Your loneliness.

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Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
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If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone.
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Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him.
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To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.. . . who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?

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a weary life
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undiscover’d country
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puzzles the will
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those ills we have
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?

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He still loves Ophelia.
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He believes the ghost was real.
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He is planning his revenge.
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He is contemplating suicide.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

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He is confident that things will be better after death.
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He is uncertain about what will happen in the afterlife.
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He believes that death is like taking a very long nap.
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He believes that his soul is lost if he kills himself.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

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dying
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living
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dreaming
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sleeping
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Which factors should be considered when evaluating whether an adaptation is a success? Choose three answers.

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what choices were made in another adaptation
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the particular choices made in the adaptation
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how much more enjoyable the adaptation is than the original
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the effects of the choices made in the adaptation
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why the choices made in the adaptation are effective
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How does an adaptation where the ghost and Hamlet are played by the same actor differ from an adaptation where the ghost and Hamlet are played by two separate actors?

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By having the same actor play both parts, the existence of the ghost is proven and Hamlet’s madness is confirmed.
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By having the same actor play both parts, the need for vengeance is emphasized and Hamlet’s lack of madness is confirmed.
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By having the same actor play both parts, the two characters are separated and Hamlet’s lack of madness is confirmed.
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By having the same actor play both parts, the two characters become one and Hamlet’s madness is confirmed.

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