Question

read the excerpt from hamlet. hamlet: follow him, friends: well hear a play to - morrow. exit polonius, with all the players but the first. dost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the murder of gonzago? first player: ay, my lord. hamlet: well ha t to - morrow night. you could, for a need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which i would set down and insert in t, could you not? first player: ay, my lord. to make the first player a complex character, shakespeare would need to make him represent a single idea. have few emotions. change over time. have a simple personality.

Explanation:

Complex characters change over time, showing growth, development or shifts in behavior and attitude. Representing a single idea, having few emotions or a simple personality makes a character one - dimensional.

Answer:

change over time.