Questions and Answers: Give brief answers to each of the following question in English.“Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me! ”
The lines above are taken from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.” Taking the whole poem into consideration, what kind of person do you think the duke is?
【正确答案】:
A. HIS APPARENT INTELLIGENCE, EXCELLENT TASTE FOR ART SUPERIORITY AND ARISTOCRATIC MANNERS ARE PARADOXICAL.
B. HIS PRIDE, JEALOUSY AND BRUTALITY.
【题目解析】:A. His apparent intelligence, excellent taste for art superiority and aristocratic manners are paradoxical.
B. His pride, jealousy and brutality.