Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Read: ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry.
Advertisements
Solution
Do it yourself.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel − why is she always unhappy?
How is the problem solved?
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words :
Why was Mathilda always unhappy after her marriage?
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.
Read the following :
- The necklace
- an error
- all these things
- another woman
- one evening
- her husband.
In all these phrases we see some words used before the nouns. They specify or make it clear what noun we are talking about. These words that are used at the beginning of a noun phrase are known as determiners.
Determiners include articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, our, your, her, etc.), demonstratives (words like this, that), quantifiers (much, many, etc.), numerals, etc.
Write your phrases using each type of determiner.
Briefly state how Matilda invited ‘a dreadful life of necessity’ into her family.
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
Do you like to dress up for special occasions? How do you do that?
Who do you think was responsible for Mathilde’s misery? Was it her friend, she herself, her husband or the circumstances?
