SPEAKER A : What? I say, My foot my tutor? ( To Ferdinard) Put thy sword up, traitor; Who makest a show but darest not strike, thy conscience Is so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward, For I can here disarm thee with this stick And make thy weapon drop. SPEAKER B: Beseech you, father Who is Speaker A? To whom is he talking to? What situation is around the speaker? This is not to put one on an examination seat; this is just to cast one’s mind to the past (or to the future). Apparently what comes to one’s mind would probably be School Leaving Certificate Examinations written years back? But what memories does this bring? Good ones for those who had an A in literature or bad ones for those who tried hard but got a pass. By now a lot of answers must have be welling up in minds. But just before you try to fill in the correct answer with a light pen, this is an excerpt from Act I scene II of William Shakespeare’s play the Tempest , where Prospero, Miranda fathe...