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Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama Answers

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

A
Actors should try to represent people as they really are.
B
Plays should impart a moral or religious lesson.
C
Actors are too tame and should be as loud and emotional as possible.
D
The theater is not a proper place for someone who is modest and virtuous.
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Which details from the passage support the idea that actors should try to represent people as they really are? Check all that apply.

A
“with this special observance”
B
“o’erstep not the modesty of nature”
C
“anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”
D
“both at the first and now”
E
“to hold . . . the mirror up to nature”
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Hamlet’s opinion that actors should try to represent people as they really are might reflect which development in Elizabethan drama?

A
the attempt to entertain audiences of all classes
B
the interest in exploring human emotions and experiences
C
the desire to include secular themes
D
the use of professional actors

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