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प्रश्न
Form pairs and make a 'pair presentation' of any one of the two stories. To do so, each person presents only one sentence at a time, and the next one is immediately presented by the partner. Thus, each person in the pair presents alternate sentences without breaking the flow of the narration.
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उत्तर
First student: The Emperor entered the court with a very serious expression on his face.
Partner: As soon as he was seated, he said that he had a question for his courtiers.
First Student: He asked what the punishment should be for someone who pulls his mustache.
Partner: One nobleman said that the person must be flogged and given fifty lashes of the whip.
(The pair can complete the story in this way, with each person in the pair saying only one sentence at a time.)
Notes
Students must do this on their own.
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Why was Margot unhappy on Venus in “All Summer in a Day”?
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Benedick: I can see yet without spectacles, and I see no such matter. There's her cousin, she were not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December. But I hope you have no intent to turn husband, have you?
Claudio: I would scarce trust myself though I had sworn the contrary if I Hero would be my wife.
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"There's her cousin, she was not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December".
(iv) What does the comparison of Beatrice with May suggest about Benedick?
(v) What does Claudio mean by 'sworn the contrary'?
(vi) Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: possessed; fury; intent
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