Question

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Excerpt from Richard II
William Shakespeare

Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet
May hourly trample on their sovereign's head;
For on my heart they tread now whilst I live;
And buried once, why not upon my head?

Which statement BEST summarizes the passage?

A) The king resigns himself to giving up his crown.

B) The king mourns the loss of all his possessions.

C) King Richard looks back on his reign with regret.

D) King Richard declares his attention to overthrow the current ruler.

Answer 1

A) The king resigns himself to giving up his crown.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this passage, the King resigns himself to the idea of giving up his crown, and thinks of what the future would hold for him if he were no longer a king. We learn that the king thinks of what life as a monk would be like, and he concludes it would be less difficult and stressful. Moreover, in this lines, he tells us that he would rather be buried in an unnamed tomb near a highway so that all his subjects can trample on his head as they walk by.