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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2012 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Come on then; down, and swear.
Y : I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster
A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him
X: Come, kiss.
(Act 11 scene two lines 139-143)

Speaker Y is a
Answer Details
Speaker Y is a jester. The use of words such as "laugh myself to death" and "puppy-headed monster" suggest a playful and humorous character. Additionally, jesters were often employed in the courts of kings and queens during the Elizabethan era to entertain with their jokes and witty remarks, which is consistent with the context of the passage being from a play by William Shakespeare.
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