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Is it ‘selfishness’ and ‘callousness’ that makes the poet break her childhood promise to her grandmother of renovating the house? Why does she do nothing about rebuilding the house?
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What do you understand of the conflict in the poet’s conscience?
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What are the links between natural jobs, labor, and slavery?
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What ought to be the object of all governments, and what do we actually find it to be?
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What causes the master class to be more deluded than the enslaved classes?
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According to Aristotle, what are the conditions to be fulfilled for the common people to accept law and order, and government, and all that they imply?
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How can reasonable laws, impartially administered, contribute to one’s freedom?
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What are the ways in which individual freedom gets restricted?
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Why do most people find it easier to conform, imitate, and follow a self-appointed guru?
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What is the inward struggle that the author refers to?
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Point out the difference between the slavery of man to Nature and the unnatural slavery of man to Man.
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What are the ways in which people are subjected to greater control in the personal spheres than in the wider political sphere?
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List the common misconceptions about ‘freedom’ that Shaw tries to debunk.
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Why, according to Krishnamurti, are the concepts of freedom and discipline contradictory to one another?
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How does the process of inquiry lead to true freedom?
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According to the author, the masses are prevented from realizing their slavery; the masses are also continually reminded that they have the right to vote. Do you think this idea holds good for our country too?
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‘Nature may have tricks up her sleeve to check us if the chemists exploit her too greedily.’ Discuss.
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Respect for elders is not to be confused with blind obedience. Discuss.
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Both the texts are on ‘freedom’. Comment on the difference in the style of treatment of the topic in them.
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When Shaw makes a statement he supports it with a number of examples. Identify two sections in the text which explain a statement with examples. Write down the main statement and the examples.
Notice how this contributes to the effectiveness of the writing.
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