Question

4.
In truth, I know it is a sin to be mocker; but, he!
why, he hath
a horse better than the Neapolitan's; a better bad habit of frowning
than the Count Palatine; he is every man in no man; if a throstle
sing, he falls straight a-capering; he will fence with his own
shadow. If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands:
if he would despise me, I would forgive him, for if he loves me to
madness, I shall never requite him.
(i) Who is the speaker. Comment on the context of the extract. Who is 'He'
referred to in the extract? What is meant by 'He is every man in no
man'? Why is he so described?​

Answer 1

Here in this context, Portia is the speaker.

'He' is referred to County Palatine.He is a suitor who came to Portia with a marriage proposal.

Portia says that if she marries him it will be like marrying twenty husbands because he is every man in no man. 'Every man in no man ' is said because he do not have his own characteristics but have different man's characteristics.