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प्रश्न
What is the Sage's request?
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उत्तर
The Sage demands that the monarch allow him to be hanged instead of his disciple.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Do you watch TV serials? Which ones?
What is the name of the town?
What is the name of the King?
What Indian proverb is reflected in the play?
What are the titles of King Chaupat?
Can we call thieves ‘truly hard-working and honest’?
If you had been the merchant, what would you have said?
What is the Mortar-maker's excuse? Is it believable?
List the characters that have appeared so far in the play.
List all the different titles they use to address the King.
Copy the orders (imperative sentences) from the play.
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Mortar-maker
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Merchant
What should the King have said to the Thief?
What is the Goldsmith’s excuse?
Is the Goldsmith telling the truth? Give reasons for your answer.
What does the king want to know?
What is your opinion about the king - is he wicked, greedy, stupid or all of these? Which of his actions/words show that?
The Goldsmith was hanged.
The noose did not fit the Goldsmith’s neck.
The Sage wanted to die on that day.
Write any three instances of funny rules and twisted logic used in Andher Nagari.
List the proverbs and sayings used in the play.
Form groups. Translate one page of the play into your mother tongue as a group activity. Gather the pages translated by different groups and prepare a translated script of the entire play.
Divide the play (Part I as well as Part II) into sections. Form groups and assign roles. Practise your lines in groups. Hold play reading sessions in the classroom. Which group/student presents the most effective reading?
Note the features that make an oral presentation effective. Some of them are :
- Meaningful reading - taking proper pauses (breaking the speech into meaningful chunks)
- Using suitable intonation
- Speaking clearly
- Good pronunciation - using English sounds and stress patterns
- Pleasant and confident appearance of the speakers.
