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प्रश्न
Read the following extract from H.W. Longfellow’s poem, ‘Haunted Houses' and answer the questions that follow:
| The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear; He but perceives what is; while unto me All that has been is visible and clear. |
- What makes the poet-narrator different from the stranger at his fireside? [3]
- What, according to the poet, turns a house into a ‘haunted’ house? [3]
- Where is one likely to meet the ‘phantoms’ in a haunted house? [3]
- What are the poet-narrator’s views on owning property? [3]
- How do the poet’s views of ghosts differ from the traditional perception of ghosts? How would you describe the mood that the poem evokes? Give ONE reason for your answer. [4]
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उत्तर
- He can see and hear what others cannot see or hear. The stranger senses 'what is' (the present), while the narrator perceives everything that 'has been' (the past).
- Haunted houses are believed to be haunted by the spirits of individuals who lived and died there.
- In entrances, staircases, passageways, and hallways.
- The living cannot claim ownership of their homes or property, nor can prior owners or inhabitants who are now deceased make a claim from beyond the grave.
- Typically, ghosts are perceived as eerie, supernatural beings that manifest from the afterlife to interact with or haunt the living. Longfellow presents ghosts not as fearsome supernatural entities but as memories and past experiences that linger in the mind. The "ghosts" are metaphorical, representing the remnants of past lives and events that the poet can see and hear, even if they are invisible and silent to others.
This mood is caused by Longfellow's focus on the past as something clear and visible to him, unlike to the stranger by the fireside.
In conclusion, Longfellow redefines the concept of ghosts from spectral hauntings to a haunting by memories and the past, changing the way these elements interact with the present. The poem evokes a mood of quiet reflection, colored by the enduring presence of what has been.
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Discuss in pairs and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. “Grandmother,” cried the little one, “O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree.” And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.
In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-year’s sun rose and shone upon a little corpse! The child still sat, in the stiffness of death, holding the matches in her hand, one bundle of which was burnt. “She tried to warm herself,” said some. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New-year’s day.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Why did the girl make haste to light the whole bundle of matches?
As it turned out, Luz broke his own past record. In doing so, he pushed me on to a peak performance. I remember that at the instant I landed from my final jump—the one which set the Olympic record of 26 feet 5-5/16 inches—he was at my side, congratulating me. Despite the fact that Hitler glared at us from the stands not a hundred yards away, Luz shook my hand hard—and it wasn’t a fake “smile with a broken heart” sort of grip, either.
You can melt down all the gold medals and cups I have, and they couldn’t be a plating on the 24-carat friendship I felt for Luz Long at that moment. I realized then, too, that Luz was the epitome of what Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, must have had in mind when he said, “The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What do you understand of Hitler from Jesse’s account?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Duke: What, is Antonio here?
Antonio: Ready, so please your grace.
Duke: I am sorry for thee: thou art come to answer
A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch
Incapable of pity, void and empty
From any dram of mercy.
(i) What are the terms of the bond that Antonio has signed?
(ii) Why does the Duke call Shylock ‘inhuman’? What does the Duke expect Shylock to do?
(iii) What reason does Shylock give for choosing rotten flesh over money? What are the things hated by some people?
(iv) State three examples Antonio gives to illustrate Shylock’s stubborn attitude.
(v) How is Shylock’s property distributed at the end by Antonio? Do you think Shylock deserves the punishment given to him? Give a reason to justify your answer.
Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
When do you think an adult would say this?
No one thinks you are funny.
Multiple Choice Question:
A house is made of ________
Answer the following question:
When and why did she go to the U.S.? Who did she marry?
With your partner, complete the following sentence in your own word using the ideas in the poem.
Words are the __________________ of thought.
Complete the following sentences from memory choosing a phrase from those given in brackets.
Tradesmen came to the village with all kinds of goods ____________
