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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2022 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?

Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)



Speaker Y's intention is to stop

Answer Details
Speaker Y's intention is to stop Speaker X from fleeing or running away from a fight. He taunts and challenges Speaker X to come back and face him, calling him a coward and threatening to whip him if he does not come back. Therefore, the answer is "flight".