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William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream Read the extract below and answer the following questions...

Literature in English
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From the novel; A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

Go, Philostrate,
Sir up the Athenian youth to merriments;
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;
Turn melancholy forth to funerals:
The pale companion is not our pomp

Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp with triumph, and with reveling ( Act 1, Scene One, Lines 12-20)




The speaker's attitude towards melancholy is

  • A. adoration
  • B. dislike
  • C. intolerance
  • D. tolerance
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Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation

Asking that melancholy forths be turned to funerals show Theseus intolerance to melancholy.


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