Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book; That show of such an exercise may colo
ur Your loneliness. Which adaptation of this excerpt best indicates a change in time period? Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone. If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone. Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him. To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.
The adaptation of this excerpt that best indicates a change in time period is Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
Explanation:
Hamlet was set in the late middle ages, then Ophelia would be reading a book as a leisure activity, at being alone in the place, while the adaptation takes the same situation to the modern era where we are surrounded by technology and we use them not only to work but for entertainment too, as Ophelia would be told to do so.
