Read the extract and answer Questions 31 to 35. Zounds, sir, y' are robbed! For shame, put on your gown! Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul. ...
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Read the extract and answer Questions 31 to 35.
Zounds, sir, y' are robbed! For shame, put on your gown!
Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul.
Even now, very now, an old black ram
is tupping your white eww. Arise. arise!
Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,
Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you
Arise i say!
(Act 1, scene one,lines 83 - 89)
The underlined expression implies an attitude of __________
Answer Details
The underlined expression implies an attitude of racism. The speaker is referring to a black ram mating with a white ewe, which is being used as a metaphor for a black man having sexual intercourse with a white woman. The language used is derogatory and shows a clear bias against black people. This type of attitude, which is based on prejudice and discrimination against people based on their race, is considered racist.
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