Question

Click on all of the statements that could be said to contain information related to characterization. Leave all unrelated statements unchecked. "Hamlet" is William Shakespeare's most famous play. "Hamlet" is set in Denmark. Hamlet is never afraid to express how he feels, but is constrained by doubt and despair. Hamlet's feigned madness is mirrored by Ophelia's actual descent into insanity. The dialogue in the play is often laden with philosophical conceits. Horatio is Hamlet's most faithful friend, while Rosencrantz and Gildenstern prove to be treacherous and untrustworthy. At the end of the play, nearly every major character ends up dead.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Hamlet is never afraid to express how he feels, but is constrained by doubt and despair.

2. Hamlet's feigned madness is mirrored by Ophelia's actual descent into insanity.

3. Horatio is Hamlet's most faithful friend, while Rosencrantz and Gildenstern prove to be treacherous and untrustworthy.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Hamlet is never afraid to express how he feels, but is constrained by doubt and despair.

Hamlet's feigned madness is mirrored by Ophelia's actual descent into insanity.

Horatio is Hamlet's most faithful friend, while Rosencrantz and Gildenstern prove to be treacherous and untrustworthy.

Explanation:

Characterization in literature is used in order to provide information on characters that the author judges important to share. Its role is to facilitate the reader's understanding of the upcoming events and plots as well as the behavior of the character in question.

Characterization can be explicit (it provides information directly, through the words of another character or the narrator for example) and implicit (informing us indirectly, which means we are to conclude from the character's behavior, appearance etc.).