Question

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.

Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book;
That show of such an exercise may colour
Your loneliness.

Which adaptation of this excerpt best indicates a change in time period?

Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone.
Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him.
To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.

Answer 1

"Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone."

This option explicitly introduces a modern object ("computer tablet"), clearly shifting the setting to a contemporary time period. The other options use modern language but contain no specific era-changing detail.