Question

Hamlet: Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature . . . –Hamlet, William Shakespeare Which details from the passage support the idea that actors should try to represent people as they really are? Check all that apply. (Multiple Choice) with this special observance”

-“o’erstep not the modesty of nature”
-“anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”
-“both at the first and now”
-“to hold . . . the mirror up to nature”

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

-“o’erstep not the modesty of nature”

-“anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”

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

Step-by-step explanation:

In these lines, Shakespeare gives the actors advice on how to act in a way that is natural and believable. Shakespeare tells them that they should try to not "overstep the modesty of nature." This means that they should not do anything more than what people would do naturally. He also tells them that anything that is too exaggerated will seem like a joke, or a game (“anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing”). Finally, he tells the actors that they should try to hold the mirror up to nature, or to reflect nature as faithfully as possible.