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Marchbanks (seriously) : I suppose a machine could be made to write love letters. They’re all the…
Marchbanks (seriously) : I suppose a machine could be made to write love letters. They’re all the same, aren’t they?
Proserpine : (somewhat indignantly; any such discussion, except by way of pleasantry, being outside her code of manners) How do I know? Why do you ask me?
Marchbanks : I beg your pardon. I thought clever people- people who can do business and that sort of thing- always had to have love affairs to keep them from going mad.
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Where are Proserpine and Marchbanks? Who is Marchbanks?
(ii)[2.0]
Why is Proserpine annoyed with Marchbanks?
(iii)[2.0]
Why does Marchbanks feel that clever people had love affairs?
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What does Marchbanks conclude about Proserpine? What is his reason for doing so?
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What does Marchbanks go on to say about love affairs in the world?
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In what way, does Marchbanks feel that he is like Proserpine?
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From ISC 2019 Specimen English Literature Paper 1, question 2(b).