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Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
The old woman said to Arun, “Can you help me to cross the street?”
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Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
How cruel Shylock was to demand his pound of flesh!
(Begin: It was cruel………………….)
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You are the editor of your school magazine. You have recently attended a cultural program in your city. Write an account of this program (in approximately 300 words) using the points given below:
| Date and venue — occasion — Chief Guest — other invitees — inauguration — events —other important features — highlights — reaction of audience — conclusion. |
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Did the author believe in the prophetic ability of Frau Frieda?
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Why did he think that Frau Frieda’s dreams were a stratagem for surviving?
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Why does the author compare Neruda to a Renaissance pope?
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Discuss in groups
In spite of all the rationality that human beings are capable of, most of us are suggestible and yield to archaic superstitions.
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Discuss in groups
Dreams and clairvoyance are as much an element of the poetic vision as religious superstition.
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The story hinges on a gold ring shaped like a serpent with emerald eyes. Comment on the responses that this image evokes in the reader.
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The craft of a master storyteller lies in the ability to interweave imagination and reality. Do you think that this story illustrates this?
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Bring out the contradiction in the last exchange between the author and the Portuguese ambassador
‘In concrete terms,’ I asked at last, ‘what did she do?’ ‘Nothing,’ he said, with a certain disenchantment. ‘She dreamed.’
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Comment on the ironical element in the story.
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Name the two characters in this story whom Eveline liked and loved, and two she did not. What were the reasons for her feelings towards them?
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Describe the conflict of emotions felt by Eveline on the day she had decided to elope with Frank.
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Why do you think Eveline let go of the opportunity to escape?
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What are the signs of Eveline’s indecision that we see as the hour of her departure with Frank neared?
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Deciding between filial duty and the right to personal happiness is problematic. Discuss.
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Share with your partner any instance of your personal experience where you, or somebody you know, had to make a difficult choice.
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The description in this story has symbolic touches. What do you think the ‘window’, the ‘gathering dusk’, the ‘dusty cretonne and its odor’ symbolize?
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Note how the narrative proceeds through the consciousness of Eveline.
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