WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream Read the extract and answer the following question. As...

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WAEC 2023

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract and answer the following question.

As wagish boys in a game themselves forswear;

So the boy Love is perjured everywhere;

For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia's eyne,

He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;

And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,

So he dissolved and showers of oaths did melt

The speaker is
  • A. Egeus
  • B. Hermia
  • C. Demetrius
  • D. Helena

Correct Answer: D. Helena

Explanation

The speaker in the extract is Helena. This is evident from the context of the extract where the speaker talks about Demetrius' oaths of love to her before he fell in love with Hermia. In the play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Helena is the one who is in love with Demetrius and is hurt by his love for Hermia.



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