WAEC Literature in English 1999 Question 45

Question 45

Set Text: Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Act I Scene 1)
The passage, as printed

Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare). The lines mean that the speaker

  1. A.is being pursued by cruel hounds
  2. B.has been turn into a hart
  3. C.is a victim of his desires
  4. D.does not understand himself.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (is a victim of his desires)

Explanation

His own desires hunt him like hounds: he is a victim of his passion.