Question

Which part of the original work should an adaptation retain?

A. The dialogue spoken by characters
B. The historically accurate details
C. The overall theme of the work
D. The time period the work is set in

Answer 1

Adaption needs to hold the overall theme which is C.

Answer 2

Read the following passage:

MACBETH. Seyton! I am sick at heart,
When I behold Seyton, I say! This push
Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now.
I have lived long enough. My way of life
Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf,
And that which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have, but, in their stead,
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath
Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not.
Seyton!

William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, scene iii
What evidence from the text suggests that Macbeth is prepared to die?
A. "Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath / Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not."
B. "This push / Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. / I have lived long enough."
C. "I am sick at heart"
D. "And that which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have"