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प्रश्न
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
At the end of the story, O Henry remarks that of all who give gifts, Della and Jim were the wisest. Think and explain this paradoxical remark.
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उत्तर
Jim and Della were initially foolish enough to believe that they needed to give material gifts in order to show their love for one another and that they had to sacrifice their most precious possessions to do so. However, they were also wise enough to know later that unselfish love is the greatest of all gifts.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following.
Della wanted to buy ___________________.
Complete the following.
Della’s beautiful hair tell about _____________.
Answer the following question:
Why did Della take pride in the beauty of her hair?
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim and Della want to present the gifts?
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Complete the following basic plot diagram :

Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
What situation is the climax of the story? How does it end up as an Anti-climax?
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
If you share this story with some friends in a junior class, how would they react in the end?
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
The weekly income amount does not matter.
