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Act 4 Scene 3 Q1. Read the following extract and answer the questions. Silvius: I know not the contents; but as I guess, By the stern brow, and waspish action Which she did use as she was writing of it, It bears an angry tenor: pardon me, I am but as a guiltless messenger. 1. Who is Silvius? Whom is he speaking to? Who is he talking about? Ans: Silvius is a young shepherd in the Forest of Arden. He is speaking to Rosalind. He is talking about Phebe. 2. What does the first line of the extract mean? What is the relation of Silvius with the person he is speaking about? Ans: Silvius has carried a letter from Phebe to Rosalind. He says that he does not know the contents of the letter. Silvius is in love with Phebe. 3. What were the contents as read by the person to whom Silvius speaks to? Ans: Rosalind remarked that patience would be startled and be aggressive if she read Phebe’s letter. If Rosalind was able to endure that letter, she would be able to bear anything. She said that Phebe had written that Rosalind was not fair in appearance, that she was rude and Phebe could never care for a man like Rosalind‐Ganymede. Rosalind remarked that she was not looking for Phebe’s love. 4. What is Silvius suspected of by the person he is speaking to? Ans: Rosalind suspects that it was not Phebe but Silvius who has written the letter because a woman’s hand could not write such a letter. 5. Why is Celia sorry for Silvius when he knows the real contents? Ans: The letter which was given to Rosalind conveyed feelings of love from Phebe to Rosalind. She referred Rosalind as a divine power who had besieged the heart of a woman. She said no human eye could harm her. In her letter, Phebe refers to the chiding she received from Rosalind. If her chiding could make Phebe fall in love, what might Rosalind’s loving behavior accomplish! She wrote that Silvius who was carrying the letter was ignorant of Phebe’s love for Rosalind. She requested Rosalind to send her a reply in a sealed letter. If Rosalind rejected Phebe’s love then she would seek death as soon as possible. Thus Silvius was heartbroken and Celia felt sorry for him. Q2. Read the extract and answer the following. Oliver: And well he might so do. For well I know he was unnatural. 1. Where is Oliver? Who else is present there? Ans: Oliver is in the Forest of Arden. Celia and Rosalind are present there.
2. Who is he in the extract? What has been said about him? Ans: Oliver is the he in the extract. Oliver narrated the incident in the forest where Orlando saved him from a snake and a lioness. This surprised Celia and she asked Oliver whether it was the same cruel and wicked brother of Orlando. Celia and Rosalind were unaware of the true identity of Oliver. 3. What according to Rosalind was the correct punishment for the he mentioned above? How did she recognize Oliver? Ans: According to Rosalind, Orlando’s brother should have been left to fall prey to the hungry lioness. While narrating the incident, Oliver revealed his identity that he was the cruel brother of Orlando. 4. What had the brother done to Orlando earlier in the play? Ans: Oliver had treated Orlando miserably. He did not send him to school or give him food properly. He did not give his share of the will inherited from his father, Oliver had also tried to murder his brother Orlando. 5. What news did Oliver bring for Rosalind? What did he show them? Ans: Oliver had come with the news that Orlando could not keep his promise because he had met with an adventure and could not reach Rosalind on time. Q3. Read the following extract and answer the questions. Oliver: Be of good cheer, youth. You a man! You lack a man’s heart. Rosalind: I do so, I confess it. Ah sirrah! a body would think this was well counterfeited. .I pray you, tell your brother how well I counterfeited. Heigh ho! Oliver: This was not counterfeit: there is too great testimony in your complexion that it was a passion of earnest. Rosalind: Counterfeit, I assure you. 1. Where are they present? Who does Oliver refer to by man? Ans: They are present in the Forest of Arden. Oliver refers to Rosalind who is dressed in a man’s clothes. 2 .What did Rosalind counterfeit? Ans: Rosalind had swooned when she saw the blood soaked napkin shown by Oliver. He had said that Orlando was wounded by the lioness. But she told Oliver that she had pretended to faint, it was not real. 3. What change is noticed in Oliver’s character as told to Rosalind? Ans: Oliver had reconciled with Orlando amid tears. He was no more the wicked brother. 4. What advice does Oliver give Rosalind? What is Rosalind’s reply? Ans: Oliver advises her to show courage because she was a man. Rosalind agrees to follow his advice, though she says that she should have been a woman by right. 5. Why does Celia ask Oliver to accompany them? Ans: Oliver and Celia have been attracted to each other from the moment they met each others and so, she wants Oliver to be with her.
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