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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2000 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

Speaker A is
Answer Details
Speaker A is Duke Orsino. In the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, Duke Orsino is a nobleman and the ruler of Illyria. He is in love with Countess Olivia and often speaks to his attendants and musicians about his feelings. In the given extract, he is talking to a young musician, B, about a tune and complimenting him on his musical talent.
Read lesson note on General Literary Principles (JAMB)
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