Read the extract below and answer the question A : Let me choose, For as I am, live upon the rack. B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess What treason th...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2004 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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Read the extract below and answer the question

A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)

Speaker B is
Answer Details
Speaker B is Portia. The excerpt is taken from Act Three, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice." The dialogue occurs between two characters, A and B. Speaker A says, "Let me choose, for as I am, live upon the rack," indicating that they are experiencing extreme mental distress. Speaker B responds by asking, "Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess what treason there is mingled with your love." The name "Bassanio" indicates that Speaker B is addressing Bassanio's friend and lover, Portia. Therefore, Speaker B is Portia.
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