Read the extract and answer the question X : So they are. My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, The wrac...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2014 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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Read the extract and answer the question

X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)

The speaker is
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The speaker is Ferdinand. In this excerpt, Ferdinand is expressing his love for Miranda, whom he believes to be dead, and says that nothing else matters to him, not even his father's loss or being threatened by his captor. He wishes to see Miranda, even if it's just for a moment, and considers everything else to be meaningless in comparison.

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