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प्रश्न
Group Work
The play revolves around a ‘perceived threat’ and how Lord Weston and Lady Weston react to it. Let’s reverse their roles. Imagine a panic-stricken Lady Weston and a frivolous Lord Weston. Read the following piece of dialogue from the play and rewrite it to suit the changed roles.
| WESTON | My dear, your husband’s life is in grave danger. |
| LADY WESTON | The last time it was in danger you had been eating game pie. What is it this time? |
| WESTON (annihilating her flippancy with one broadside) | Assassination! |
| LADY WESTON | Well, well! You always wanted to be a great man and now you have got your wish! |
| WESTON | What do you mean? |
| LADY WESTON | They don’t assassinate anybody. |
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उत्तर
| LADY WESTON | My dear, your life is in grave danger and you are being so cool. |
| WESTON | Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to me. |
| LADY WESTON | How can you be so sure? I found this small scrap of paper “Remember Caesar” and it doesn’t look like a joke to me. |
| WESTON | (Ha! Ha! Ha!) My dear lady, this is also another hoax. Why do you make a fuss asking the servants to bar and bolt the doors? |
| LADY WESTON | Why do you laugh? |
| WESTON | What else do I do dear lady? I had fixed an appointment with Mr. Caesar to meet me today to discuss planting rose trees in our garden as you had wished. |
| LADY WESTON | Oh! How could I have misunderstood the whole thing! So silly of me. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did Aksionov’s wife stop him from going to the fair?
What made Aksionov leave the inn before dawn?
What were the circumstances that led to Aksionov’s imprisonment?
Describe the life of Aksionov in prison.
Why was the great beast not behaving naturally?
Did Pi want Richard Parker to die? Answer, giving reasons.
If you were lost at sea for as long as Pi was, what is the one item you would want with you? Write a diary entry in which you identify the item and explain why it is the one thing you would want with you.
John feels Gresham deserves punishment. Why?
Why does John turn wild on hearing that Gresham had offered his father money?
What was Mr. Marshall’s offer to Baldwin?
How did Martha and John react when they came to know that Baldwin had rejected the generous offer made by Gresham?
Now match the idioms under column A with their meanings in column B:
| A. IDIOMS | B. MEANINGS |
| save one’s skin | a sudden unexpected event or news |
| make both ends meet | to be the most powerful |
| a bolt out of a clear sky | viewed with suspicion and distrust |
| go to grave | to protect oneself from difficulty |
| have the whip hand | manage one’s expenses within one’s income |
| under a cloud | to exit the world |
Where did Max try to hide himself?
Who was Henry? Why had he visited Ausable’s room?
Fowler was thrilled when he entered Ausable’s room. Why?
Was Ausable really waiting for the police? Give reasons.
How did Ausable outwit Max?
Based on your understanding of the story, complete the Graphic Organiser (GO) suitably.
What makes the earth the one and only living planet?
How is life in the planet Venus described?
How did Margot describe the sun to others?
Find out and encircle the following words in the word grid. (The words have been placed horizontally, vertically, diagonally and even back to front)
| fades | predict | discriminate | locks | reminded |
| experience | anticipated | unlock | recalls |
Now read the sentence below. Complete them appropriately with the word you identified from the grid.
William and other children have bullied her and ______her in a closet.
Study the title of the play “Remember Caesar”. Who is Caesar? What is he remembered for? Let us go through the pages of history succinctly to answer the above questions.
- Julius Caesar was a brilliant military general and great Roman monarch.
- He was born on the 13th of July in 100 BC (BCE).
- He created the Julian calendar which is the basis for today’s calendar.
- He was assassinated by a group of Roman senators in 44 BC(BCE).
- The day that Julius Caesar was murdered, 15th March was called the Ides of March in ancient Rome.
How did Lord Weston ‘defuse’ the ‘infernal machine’?
Whose life was of ‘great value’ to England? In what way?
Who reminded Lord Weston about Mr. Caesar?
