Eliza's appearance as a prim and proper beautiful young lady coupled with her perfect English accent surprised the guests; and they began to speculate as to where she came from. As they listened to her talk, they found her weird but Prof. Higgins explained that it was the "new small talk."
Shakespeare's allusion to Hecuba suggests that Hamlet <span>is impressed by the actor’s ability to cry for a fictional character.
In the excerpt, Hamlet shows his surprise with the fact that the actor shows such emotions such as sadness and tragedy for a character such as Hecuba, someone who has never even existed outside of a novel or poem. He considers that real art.
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