“I urge this childhood proof,
Because what follows is pure innocence. I owe you much, and (like a wilful youth) That which I owe is lost”
1. Who is the speaker of the above lines? To whom are these lines addressed? Where does this scene take place?
2. Which experience of his school days does the speaker relate to justify his plan for
What would the wind cooling the broth remind the speaker of? How does the
listener respond to this suggestion soon after this speech?
Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and
most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk:
when he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and
when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
repaying the loan?
3. What is the listener’s response to this speech?
4. Later in this scene, what reference does the speaker make to Jason and Colchis’ strand? Why?
5. What can you gauge about the speaker’s and listener’s characters from this scene? Justify with examples from the text.
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