Speaker Y’s speech can be described as?

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?

Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look’st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I’ll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 – 411)

A. cowardly
B. solemn
C. taunting
D. silly

Correct Answer:

Option C – taunting

Explanation

His speech intended to taunt Demetrius.