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प्रश्न
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
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उत्तर
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans: To give Jim a wonderful Christmas gift in the form of a fob chain. | What actually happens: Della cannot use Jim's gift of combs because she has cut and sold her hair to get him his gift. |
| What Jim plans: To give Della a wonderful Christmas gift in the form of a set of tortoise shell combs. |
What actually happens: Jim cannot use Della's gift of a fob chain for his watch because he has sold his watch to get her gift. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Parents/ Grand parents : ______________.
Complete the following.
Della had saved ______________.
Answer the following question:
How much did Della save for Christmas? What does it show?
Why and how did Della sell her hair? Do you think she did well?
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim and Della want to present the gifts?
Complete the following activity :
Map the problems and solutions in “The Gift of the Magi” on the diagram below. Two problems have already been filled in.
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Justify the title of the story, ‘The Gift of the Magi’.
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Who were the very first people to give Christmas gifts? What had inspired them to do so?
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della’s elated mood underwent a change as she opened her gift.
