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प्रश्न
As a reader do you identify with Amanda? How?
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उत्तर
The reader may relate to Amanda's character since we are all caught in the human life cycle of having to comply with and carry out societal duties. Adolescent females are the ones who are most affected by these duties.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Who do you think is speaking to her?
Why are stanzas 2, 4 and 6 given in parenthesis?
Who is the speaker in stanzas 2, 4 and 6? Do you think this speaker is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7?
What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?
Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does she want to be Rapunzel?
Read the last stanza. Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody?
Comment on the tone of the speaker when she says ‘Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!’.
Mention any two issues over which Amanda was nagged and scolded?
Amanda did not agree with the restrictions put on her. Give two reasons to support the statement.
'I am an orphan, roaming the street'. Why does Amanda visualize this?
Ananda was blamed for a number of things. Mention any two.
Amanda's mother gives her a list of do's and don'ts. What impact does this have on Amanda?
Amanda gets a list of instructions from her mother of dos and dont's.
What do these tell you about the relationship between Amanda and her mother?
Answer the following question in 40 – 50 words:
In the poem ‘Amanda’, why does the poet use the famous fairy tale character, Rapunzel? Explain. (Amanda)
