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Don John : I wonder that thou, being-as thou say’st thou art-born under Saturn, goest about to…
Don John : I wonder that thou, being-as thou say’st thou art-born under Saturn, goest about to apply a moral medicine to a mortifying mischief. I cannot hide what I am: I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man’s jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no man’s leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man’s business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humour.
Conrad : Yea, but you must not make the full show of this till you may do it without controlment.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING — Shakespeare
Question 1
Choose two of the passages (a) to (c) and answer briefly the questions that follow:
(i)[1.0]
Who are Don John and Conrad?
(ii)[2.0]
Who was born under Saturn? How does Saturn influence the temperament of people?
(iii)[1.5]
Explain the lines:
“I cannot hide what I am: I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man’s jests”
(iv)[2.0]
What advice does Conrad give to Don John regarding his brother Don Pedro? How does Don John react to it?
(v)[2.0]
Is John happy to take Conrad’s advice? What act of villainy does he plan to do next?
(vi)[1.5]
Give the meanings of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage:
claw; humour; controlment
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From ISC 2017 English Literature Paper 1, question 1(a).