Read the extract below and answer the following questions Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,...
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WAEC 2022
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 speech can be described as
- A. cowardly
- B. solemn
- C. taunting
- D. silly
Correct Answer: C. taunting
Explanation
His speech intended to taunt Demetrius.
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