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Read the stanza given below and complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate option.
- The nightingale was sorrowful and pale because
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Read the stanza given below and complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate option.
The audience was tired of her song because
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Read the stanza given below and complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate option.
- She no longer enjoyed singing alone as
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How did the creatures of Bingle bog react to the nightingale's singing?
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Answer the following question briefly.
Which are the different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?
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Answer the following question briefly.
Why is the frog's joy both sweet and bitter?
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Answer the following question briefly.
Why was the frog angry?
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Answer the following question briefly.
How did the frog become the unrivalled king of the bog again?
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Bring out the irony in the frog's statement - 'Your song must be your own'.
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Do you think that the end of the poem is justified ?
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Do you think the nightingale is 'brainless'? Give reasons for your answer.
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Inspite of having a melodious voice and being a crowd puller, the nightingale turns out to be a loser and dies. How far is she responsible for her own downfall?
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Do you agree with the Frog's inference of the Nightingale's character? Give reasons for your answer.
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The Frog and the Nightingale is a spoof on the present society. Study the Mind Map given below. Divide yourselves into groups, select a box and discuss the statement given. Then present your views to the class.
Topics for CLASS DISCUSSION
a. How a person tries to put down another when that person is succeeding in his or her life.
b. Our self-image is often based on what others make us believe we are. A poor selfimage can do irreparable damage to us. Do you agree with this statement?
Elaborate with suitable reasons and examples.
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The nightingale has scaled the heights of success. But now the audience is dwindling, the frog is unhappy and reprimands her all the time. She is mentally and physically exhausted and fears failure. As the nightingale, write a diary entry highlighting her fears and analyzing the reasons for her failure.
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Write an obituary for the nightingale. You may begin like this: May the kind soul……… (or you may make use of your own beginning)
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Listen to your teacher recite the poem The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and compare the Fly to Vikram Seth's Nightingale.
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Look at the following picture carefully.
a) What has Time been portrayed as? Why?
b) What are the other symbols associated with Time?
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What are the things that last for centuries? List a few things around you that will survive four to five hundred years into the future.
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Think of things that will perish and/or be forgotten with the passage of time.
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