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1. Q "You are thought of here as the most, senseless and fit man for the constable of the, Watch. Therefore, you carry the lanthern. This is, your duty. You shall comprehend all vagrant, men, and in the name of the Prince, bid them, halt.", a)who is the speaker?, Ans. Dogberry, the Master Constable is the, speaker., b) To whom is the speaker saying this?, Ans. He is saying this to the watchman., c) Identify two examples of word confusion, from the given passage., Ans. Dogberry confuses one word for another., In this passage also he is carrying his, malapropism. For example:, Dogberry wants to meen 'sensible' but he has, used the word 'senseless', Again in place of 'apprehend' he has used, 'comprehend'., By using such bombastic words he wants to, show off and make his speech more valuable., But on contrary he has made his speech

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meaningless. However, acts like this has, added to the humorous side. the play., d) What does Dogberry say when the second, Watchmen asks what they should do if a, 'vagrant', man does not stop in the Prince's name?, Ans. When the second Watchmen wants to, clarify his doubts regarding what to be done,, Dogberry wants to show off his knowledge. But, with his pompous speech Dogberry says all, kinds of nonsensial things., Initially he says that it is the duty of the, watchman to stop and apprehend 'all vagrant, man' in the name of the Prince. But later he, says to ignore if the person doesn't wait., Dogberry says to call all the watchmen at a, time and tell them the incident and to be, thankful to God as He helped him to get rid of a, knave., It seems that Dogberry himself is not clear, what is to be done in situations like that., 2. 'We will rather sleep than talk. We know, what the duty of the watchman is .', a) Who is the speaker?, Ans. The second Watchmen is the speaker., b) To whom is the speaker saying this?, Ans. He is saying to Dogberry, the Master

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Constable., c)What instruction was given to the speaker, just before these lines?, Ans Just before these lines the speaker was, telling The Watchmen to make no noise in the, streets. He added that a watchman talking or, chattering would not be tolerated., d) What advice is given to the speaker after, these lines?, Ans. Dogberry says that there is no harm if a, watchman plays in his duty. Better than talking, he can sleep. According to Dogberry a, watchman should be wise and quiet.He should, be alert so that no one can steal his weapon., Further Dogberry says that the watchman has, to visit the ale-houses and tell the drunk people, to go to bed.