Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the answer in your answer sheet in one or two lines only.
CAESAR: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
i. Whom does Caesar console and why?
ii. Which quality of the speaker is revealed here?
iii. Explain: Cowards die many times before their deaths.
iv. Give the synonym of ‘Gallant’.
(i) Julius Caesar is trying to console his wife Calpurnia. Caesar was about to step out of his house when his wife pleads him not to. His wife, Calpurnia had a strange dream last night and she felt it was a bad omen that gave signs of an impending danger. She feared Caesar’s life was at risk. In her dream, she saw blood oozing out from Caesar’s statue and Romans bathing in that blood. There was ferocious lightning across the sky and ghost-like creatures roamed the Roman streets in strange whispers.
(ii) The speaker is Julius Caesar and his fearless side is best expressed in the above lines. He was not superstitious or coward. He was brave and believed in facing the real word without any fear.
(iii) Cowards are the ones who live in constant fear of dying. They cannot live freely and die several times because of their fear. Even before actual death strikes them, they are dead because of their stupid meaningless superstitions.
(iv) The synonym of ‘Gallant’ is ‘Brave’. Both the words have a similar meaning which is daring or heroic.
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