Understanding Shakespearean Characters

The video tutorial discusses the importance of making Shakespearean characters believable to the audience. It highlights a sentence construction error where 'they' ambiguously refers to either the audience or the actors. The tutorial identifies the error in part C and suggests replacing 'they' with 'the actors' to clarify that the actors must come across as real people on stage. The correction is finalized by emphasizing the use of singular terms for clarity.

Why is it important for Shakespearean characters to appear as real people on stage?

• To confuse the audience

• To make the play shorter

• To engage and convince the audience

• To make the audience laugh

What does the narrator emphasize about the actors' portrayal?

• They should appear as real people

• They should be silent

• They should be funny

• They should be mysterious

What is the main issue with the pronoun 'they' in the sentence discussed?

• It is too casual

• It is unclear whether it refers to the audience or the actors

• It is grammatically incorrect

• It is too formal

What change does the narrator suggest to clarify the sentence?

• Replace 'they' with 'the actors'

• Replace 'they' with 'the audience'

• Remove 'they' entirely

• Add more pronouns

What is the effect of using 'the actors' instead of 'they'?

• It changes the meaning entirely

• It makes the sentence more confusing

• It clarifies who needs to come across as real

• It makes the sentence longer

Why is it important to use singular terms like 'a Shakespearean character'?

• To make it sound more dramatic

• To make the sentence longer

• To maintain clarity and focus

• To confuse the reader

What does the narrator suggest about the use of 'a Shakespearean character'?

• It should be omitted

• It should be plural

• It should be replaced with 'the audience'

• It should be singular for clarity

What part of the sentence does the narrator identify as having an error?

• Part A

• Part B

• Part C

• Part D

What is the narrator's final conclusion about the sentence?

• There is no error

• The error is in part A

• The error is in part C

• The error is in part D