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Have you ever visited a fort or a castle?

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Have you ever visited a fort or a castle?

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Yes, I have visited the Red Fort in Delhi.

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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Warm Up [पृष्ठ १९]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Warm Up | Q b) | पृष्ठ १९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

How long had the soldiers been in the castle?


Who was the real enemy?


Human greed led to the mighty fall of the citadel. Explain.


Our captain was brave and we were true


What has Wordsworth sanctified in his poem?


Describe the reminiscences of the poet, when she sees the casuarina tree.


Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box to complete the summary of the poem.

Shakespeare considers the whole world a stage where men and women are only (1) ______. They (2)______the stage when they are born and exit when they die. Every man, during his life time, plays seven roles based on age. In the first act, as an infant, he is wholly (3) ______on the mother or a nurse. Later, emerging as a school child, he slings his bag over his shoulder and creeps most (4)______ to school. His next act is that of a lover, busy (5) ______ballads for his beloved and yearns for her (6) ______. In the fourth stage, he is aggressive and ambitious and seeks (7) ______in all that he does. He (8) ______solemnly to guard his country and becomes a soldier. As he grows older, with (9) ______and wisdom, he becomes a fair judge. During this stage, he is firm and (10) ______. In the sixth act, he is seen with loose pantaloons and spectacles. His manly voice changes into a childish (11) ______. The last scene of all is his second childhood. Slowly, he loses his (12) ______of sight, hearing, smell and taste and exits from the roles of his life.

attention treble reluctantly
actors maturity reputation
serious faculties composing
enter promises dependent

How does a man play a lover’s role?


Explain the following line briefly with reference to the context.

“Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation”.“They have their exits and their entrances;


Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.

“And one man in his time plays many parts”


‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?


‘He works his work, I mine’ – How is the work distinguished?


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

That ever with a frolic welcome took

The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed

  1. What do ‘thunder’ and ‘sunshine’ refer to?
  2. What do we infer about the attitude of the sailors?

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees:


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

He works his work, I mine.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

....you and I are old;

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven;


List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.


How would the poet’s advice help his son who is at the threshold of the manhood?


What has twisted good men into thwarted worms?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

“Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”

  1. How should one face life?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

“Life is a soft loam; be gentle; go easy.” And this too might serve him.

  1. Why does the poet suggest to take life easy?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Brutes have been gentled where lashes failed.


Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.


Who do you think is the narrator of the poem?


Why was the rider in a hurry?


Why did Napoleon’s eyes become soft as a mother eagle’s eyes?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

A film the mother eagles eye When her bruised eaglet breathes

  1. Who is compared to the mother eagle in the above lines?
  2. Explain the comparison.

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