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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.

Hamlet: Follow him, friends: we’ll hear a play to-morrow. [Exit POLONIUS, with all the Players but the First.] Dost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the Murder of Gonzago?

First Player: Ay, my lord.

Hamlet: We’ll ha ’t to-morrow night. You could, for a need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which I would set down and insert in ’t, could you not?

First Player: Ay, my lord.

To make the First Player a complex character, Shakespeare would need to make him

represent a single idea.
have few emotions.
change over time.
have a simple personality.

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Answer:

To make the First Player a complex character, Shakespeare would need to make him C.change over time

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

change over time.

Step-by-step explanation:

Complex characters undergo radical changes or transformations as they go through the experiences developed in the plot. In that matter, Shakespeare would need to make the First Player change importantly during the course of the play. However, he is a secondary character with little participation and dialogue, so there is little insight into his personality, thoughts and attitudes.

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