Answers26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan DramaQuestion 9
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Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Question 9 • 26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12

What line from Act III of Hamlet supports the conclusion that Shakespeare is critical of actors?

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for in the very torrent, tempest, and—as I may say—whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness
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it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters
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but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance
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And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them
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