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JAMB Literature in English 2001 Question 26

Question 26

Set Text: Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (Feste's song)
The passage, as printed

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: In the lines above, the character is

  1. A.expressing his preference for a cypress coffin
  2. B.expressing his unhappiness about death
  3. C.lamenting over his unreciprocated love
  4. D.wishing for death to come
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (lamenting over his unreciprocated love)

Explanation

Feste sings this song for Orsino about a lover killed by a cruel maid, which matches Orsino's grief at Olivia's refusal of his love.