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Paper 2 - 2007

Literature in English

(Two Hours)


Question 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-

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Octavius :  You may do your will;
   But he's a tried and valiant soldier.
Antony   :  So is my horse, Octavius; and for that
   I do appoint him store of provender.
   It is a creature that I teach to fight,
   To wind, to stop, to run directly on,
   His corporal motion govern'd by my spirit.

1.

(i) Where are Antony and Octavius? What are they doing? Who is being discussed in the above extract?
 

2.

(ii) Where has Antony sent the person being discussed and why? What is Antony's attitude towards that person?
 

3.

(iii) Immediately before the extract, what is the comparison Antony makes about the person being discussed?
 

4.

(iv) Later in the scene, Antony says, "And now, Octavius,
Listen great things". What 'great things' does he speak of?
 

5.

(v) State one characteristic of Octavius that can be observed from this scene. Justify your answer with an example. At the end of the play, how does Octavius pay homage to Brutus?
 


 
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