Question

read the excerpt below from act 1.1 of the tragedy of julius caesar and answer the question that follows. cobbler: i am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes: when they are in great danger i recover them. which description fits best with what the cobbler means by the use of the wordrecover as a pun? he cures them and puts a new sole to \cover\ them. he uses his work to help him \get over\ what he is upset about. he has old shoes himself, so he cannot help anyone else. as a plebeian, he is not allowed to fix his own shoes.

Explanation:

The cobbler compares himself to a surgeon for old shoes. In the context of shoe - mending, "recover" means to fix the shoes by putting a new sole on them, which is like curing them.

Answer:

He cures them and puts a new sole to "cover" them.