Waec Literature In English Questions
Question 166:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on 't;
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)
The person being referred to in the figure of speech is
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I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on 't;
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)
The person being referred to in the figure of speech is
Question 167:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
What has the speaker just done?
View Answer & ExplanationI do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
What has the speaker just done?
Question 168:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits
View Answer & ExplanationI do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits
Question 169:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?
View Answer & ExplanationI do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?
Question 170:
Read the extract below and answer the question:
......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a heart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
Who is speaking?
View Answer & Explanation......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a heart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
Who is speaking?