Question

hamlet: be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you oerstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as twere, the mirror up to nature... -hamlet, william shakespeare. based on the passage, what is hamlets opinion about theater? actors should try to represent people as they really are. plays should impart a moral or religious lesson. actors are too tame and should be as loud and emotional as possible. the theater is not a proper place for someone who is modest and virtuous.

Explanation:

The passage emphasizes that the purpose of playing is to hold a mirror up to nature. This implies actors should represent people as they really are. There is no mention of moral/religious lessons, actors being too tame and needing to be louder, or the theater being improper for modest - virtuous people.

Answer:

Actors should try to represent people as they really are.