Question

What choice did the writer of this adaptation make? The writer changed the character's demeanor. The writer altered Ophelia's gender. The writer made the language more modern. The writer relocated the setting of the play.

Answer 1

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.

Ophelia: My lord, I have remembrances of yours, That I have longed long to

re-deliver; I pray you, now receive them.

Read the adaptation of the excerpt.

Ophelia: I have some things here that I want to return to you. Please, take them

back.

What choice did the writer of this adaptation make?

A The writer changed the character’s demeanor.

B The writer altered Ophelia’s gender.

C The writer made the language more modern.

D The writer relocated the setting of the play.

Answer:

C The writer made the language more modern.

Explanation:

The primary aim of making an adaptation of a written work is to change some certain elements of the original work by making it more modern, more relatable, easily understood, or to make it adaptable to other formats, like making it a movie.

Therefore, from the excerpt of Act III of Hamlet, the writer of the adaptation chose to make the language more modern.