Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the answer in your answer sheet in one or two lines only.

“O Caesar! these things are beyond all use;
And I do fear them”
(i) Who is the speaker of the above lines?
(ii) Why is the speaker perturbed?
(iii) What does the speaker fear about?
(iv) What does the speaker want?

Answer 1

(i) Calpurnia is the speaker of the above lines.
(ii) Calpurnia saw bad omens in her dream regarding Caesar. So, she is worried for him.
(iii) Calpurnia is afraid for Caesar’s life and tries to convince him that he should not go out of the house and should not visit Senate-House.
(iv) She wants Caesar not to go to Senate House and stay at home.