Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Montague: Alas! my liege, my wife is dead to-night; Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath. What further woe conspires against mine age? What is the best paraphrase of the underlined text?
Answer
A
What does getting older have to do with suffering?
B
What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?
C
What is the reason only older people experience pain?
D
What has caused me to feel as if I am getting older?
Explanation
“Further woe” means additional sorrow or pain, and “conspires against mine age” asks what else fate has brought upon Montague in his old age. So the line means, “What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?”
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