EXPOSITION: Introduces the setting and the characters
sets up or hints at the conflict
ANSWER
D. What conflicts are likely to happen with these characters?
Answer:
The author effectively shows the establishment of Elizabethan theaters:
d) by listing in chronological order when several important theaters were built.
Explanation:
In the passage, the theaters built back in Elizabethan England are not listed randomly. The author uses a chronological sequence, letting readers know which theater was built in which year:
- 1596: the Swan;
- 1597: the Blackfriars theater (opened its doors in 1599);
- 1599: the Globe;
- 1600: the Fortune.
The author does not use a humorous or a critical tone. He is straightforward, simply presenting information in an objective way.
Having all that in mind, we can safely choose letter D as the correct answer: by listing in chronological order when several important theaters were built.
It means he will pretend to be mad, in order to plot his revenge and act upon it. "Antic" used to mean "madcap", "bizarre", which suits Hamlet because he doesn't want to be taken seriously until he proves to himself that Claudius is really his father's murderer, and Gertrude complicit.
