Comprehension Passage
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow
And the creature run from the cur?
There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office. -
Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand!
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;
Thou hotly lust’st to use her in that kind
For which thou whipp’st her. The usurer hangs the cozener.
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pigmy’s straw doth pierce it.
King Lear
In the passage, the church officer is asked to whip his own back rather than the prostitute's because:
1
as a religious man he should punish himself for others' sins.
2
he at one time had lusted after her.
3
men like him make them prostitutes.
4
he does not have the authority to whip a woman.