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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1998 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)

Speaker B is worried about lllyria because the lady
Answer Details
Speaker B is not worried about lllyria because the lady is afraid of the people or is not familiar with the language or the government. Speaker B is simply answering the lady's question about what country they are in. The lady is worried about what she should do in lllyria because she is searching for her brother who she believes may not be dead, and is hoping that the sailors may have some information about his whereabouts.
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