WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2016 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract and answer the question

I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)

The speaker is

Bianca

Emilia

Clown

Desdemona

Answer Details

The speaker in the given extract is not explicitly mentioned by name, but based on the context, it can be inferred that the speaker is Emilia. Emilia is speaking about Desdemona's handkerchief, which has been a central plot device in the play. Emilia says that she is glad to have found the napkin, and reveals that her husband, Iago, has asked her to steal it several times. However, Desdemona loves the handkerchief and has been instructed by Othello to keep it always. This conversation takes place in Act III, Scene Three of Shakespeare's play Othello.






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