WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream Read the extract and answer the following question. As...
LITERATURE
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's mood stems from- A. being rejected by the lover
- B. having to go into the forest
- C. wanting to punish Hermia
- D. meeting with Hermia
Correct Answer: A. being rejected by the lover
Explanation
The speaker's mood stems from being rejected by the lover. The speaker talks about how Demetrius broke his oaths of love to her and fell in love with Hermia instead. This shows that the speaker is hurt and disappointed by Demetrius' rejection.
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