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...

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)

''So they are'' refers to the