Question

What further woe conspires against mine age?

What is the best paraphrase of the underlined text?

a)What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?

b)What is the reason only older people experience pain?

c)What does getting older have to do with suffering?

d)What has caused me to feel as if I am getting older?

Answer 1

The whole excerpt is the below:

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?

The answer is "What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?"

Answer 2

Answer: a) What other pain must I suffer through as I get older?

This line is uttered by Montague before he realizes Romeo is dead. He knows his son is now exiled, and the grief over the exile has killed his wife. Heartbroken over her death, he asks what other tragedies are waiting for him. Immediately after, he discovers Romeo, and the tragic outcome of his love affair with Juliet.