Speaker: My wife! My wife! My wife? I have no wife, O, insupportable! O heavy hour! Me thinks it should be now a huge Eclipse of Sun and Moon, and that th'a...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2017 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

Question 1 Report

Speaker: My wife! My wife! My wife?
I have no wife,
O, insupportable! O heavy hour!
Me thinks it should be now a huge
Eclipse of Sun and Moon, and that
th'affrighted globe

(Act V, Scene Two, Lines 97-101)

The speaker has just_______________

Answer Details
The speaker has just smothered his wife. In the given lines, the speaker, who is Othello, is speaking after he has killed his wife, Desdemona. He is realizing the enormity of his crime and is lamenting the loss of his wife. The repetition of "My wife! My wife! My wife?" indicates his shock and disbelief that he has killed the woman he loved. The phrase "I have no wife" suggests that he has killed her and can no longer claim her as his wife. The phrase "O, insupportable! O heavy hour!" expresses his agony and remorse. Therefore, the correct answer is "Smothered his wife."

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