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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2018 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Speaker: I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honest
Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other,
Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom
If any wretch have put this your head,
Let heaven requite it with the serpents curse
For if she be not honest, chaste and true
There's no man happy. The purest of their wives
Is foul as slander

(Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19)

The character being spoken of is described as___________

Answer Details
The character being spoken of is described as virtuous. The speaker is willing to bet his soul on her honesty and chastity, and believes that if she is not virtuous, then no one is happy and even the purest of wives are as foul as slander. Therefore, the speaker's language implies that the character being spoken of is morally upright and virtuous.