Hamlet Part 5 Characteristics Of Elizabethan Drama

Question:

Answer: a new focus on secular, rather than religious, themes

performances in theaters by professional actors

exploration of human experience, as well as politics and philosophy

Question:

Answer: “gently”

“temperance”

“smoothness”

Question:

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

Question:

Answer: “o’erstep not the modesty of nature”

“anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”

“to hold . . . the mirror up to nature”

Question:

Answer: the interest in exploring human emotions and experiences

Question:

Answer: He shows a range of emotions over the course of the play.

Like a real person, he has a complicated and nuanced personality.

Question: Sort the characteristics of flat characters and round characters

Answer: Flat Characters:

• are standard types

• * are static and unchanging

• * represent abstract ideas

• Round Characters:

• * display a range of emotions

• * can grow or change

• * have complex personalities

• Question:

• Answer: He shows a range of emotions over the course of the play.

• Like a real person, he has a complicated and nuanced personality.

• Question: Hamlet resolves to kill King Claudius, but then he does not take advantage of an opportunity to do so. How does this show that Hamlet is a round character?

• He represents the concept of failure.

• He acts in contradictory ways.

• He has forgiven Claudius.

• He teaches the audience a moral lesson.

• Answer: He acts in contradictory ways.

• Question:

• Answer: He shows a range of emotions, including guilt.