Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions

Why did Aunt Jennifer decide to create animals so different from her own character ? 

Adrienne Rich chose to express her silent revolt through her poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, just as Aunt Jennifer did with her embroidery. Explain.

How can we say that marriage was a compromise for Aunt Jennifer? Support your response with two justifications.

Explain the significance of the 'denizens pacing in sleek certainty' in the poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'.

What is the significance of the image "Massive weight of uncle's wedding band" in the poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'?

Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character?

Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.

How might the message of the poem, ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ be different, if the following last four lines were omitted?

When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.

Answer the following question in about 120-150 words.

The different portrayals of women in the texts 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers', 'Going Places', 'Lost Spring', and 'My Mother at Sixty-six', offer insights into the experiences of women in society.

You have been asked to address your peers and share -

⇒ the ways these portrayals highlight the diversity of the female experience.

⇒ the importance of understanding each individual woman's challenges and experiences.

Compose this draft, with reference to any three of these prescribed texts. listed above.

You may begin this way:
Good morning, everyone.
As I analysed the allotted texts...

You may end this way.
To conclude, I’d like to say that ...

Did the author believe in the prophetic ability of Frau Frieda?

Why did he think that Frau Frieda’s dreams were a stratagem for surviving?

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words.

What makes Marquez call Neruda a renaissance pope?

Why do you think Eveline let go of the opportunity to escape?

What type of relationship does Eveline have with Frank?

What were the personality traits that endeared Dr. Margolin to others in his community?

Why did Dr. Margolin not particularly want his wife to accompany him to the wedding?

What were the thoughts racing in Dr. Margolin’s mind, when he sat at the back of a taxi?

Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.

Why did Dr. Margolin not want to attend the wedding at Brownsville?

"If I find you fighting again, I’ll be back to stop it. Take care; you should not need a tiger to keep the peace." How do the above lines align with the novel ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’?

Describe the relationship between Captain and his wife in the novel ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’.

1. What does the poet mean by ‘the first’?
2. How are the first different from others that follow?
3. What is meant by love declining westward?
4. What does morning shadows represent?
5. What is the night symbolic of?
6. Which word is an apt synonym for ‘thine’
   1. Ours
   2. yours
   3. hers
   4. theirs