Question

richard ii
william shakespeare
(richard ii speaking to himself in third person-)
what must the king do now? must he submit?143
the king shall do it: must he be deposed?
the king shall be contented: must he lose
the name of king? o gods name, let it go:
ill give my jewels for a set of beads,
my gorgeous palace for a hermitage,
my gay apparel for an almsmans gown,
my figured goblets for a dish of wood, 150
my sceptre for a palmers walking staff,
my subjects for a pair of carved saints
and my large kingdom for a little grave,
a little little grave, an obscure grave;
or ill be buried in the *kings highway, 155
some way of common trade, where subjects feet
may hourly trample on their sovereigns head;
for on my heart they tread now whilst i live;
and buried once, why not upon my head?159
(richard ii 3.3.143-159)
if this excerpt of a soliloquy from shakespeares play richard ii were to be transformed into a novel, what characteristics might that novel exhibit?
a richard would not be deposed in a novel form of this story; he would most likely keep the crown.
b instead of being sad at losing the crown, the character of richard would rejoice in his being deposed.
c richards emotions would probably be described by the narrator rather than stated directly to the reader in dialogue.
d a novelization of this moment would probably include much less parallel structure than is present in shakespeares words.

Explanation:

In a play, characters express their emotions directly through dialogue (like Richard's soliloquy here). In a novel, the narrator often describes a character's emotions rather than having the character state them directly in dialogue. Option A is incorrect as the plot (Richard being deposed) is part of the story's arc and wouldn't change just because of the medium. Option B goes against the emotional tone of the soliloquy (Richard is lamenting, not rejoicing). Option D is wrong because novels can and do use parallel structure (though in a different form than poetic parallelism in plays).

Answer:

C. Richard's emotions would probably be described by the narrator rather than stated directly to the reader in dialogue.