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WAEC - Literature In English (2024 - No. 40)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question:

So should the murdered look, and so should I,

Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;

Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear

As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question:

So should the murdered look, and so should I,

Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;

Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear

As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question:

So should the murdered look, and so should I,

Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;

Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear

As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere

The underlined lines portray the addressee as a 

coward
hunter
painter
traitor

Explanation

In the passage:

"So should the murdered look, and so should I,
Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;"

Demetrius compares himself to someone who has been "pierced through the heart," which evokes the image of a hunter striking down prey. This metaphor suggests that Hermia is like a hunter, and Demetrius is the wounded prey. 

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