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Read the excerpts from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Excerpts from Hamlet Act I, Scene i and Act I V, scene v

Which statement best describes Laertes’s development between Act I and Act IV?

He becomes more interested in seeking political power.
He becomes more dedicated to intellectual pursuits.
He becomes less concerned with his family’s name.
He becomes less concerned with correct behavior.

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He becomes less concerned with correct behavior.

In Act I Laertes advises Ophelia to guard her reputation and act decorously toward Hamlet; by Act IV he returns angry and rash, openly demanding revenge for his father’s death and willing to conspire and use violence rather than observe proper restraint.