Questions and Answers

Comment on the theme and message of Ruskin Bond’s short story “A Face in the Dark”.

Why does the narrator call Sir Alexander Heathcote “an exact man” in Jeffrey Archer’s short story “The Chinese Statue”?

What are the similarities and differences between Antonio’s melancholy and that of Portia in Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merchant of Venice’?

Sarojini Naidu uses her descriptive skill to present facts in her poem ‘The Bangle Selles’. Discuss.

Thomas Hardy’s poem “The Darkling Thrush” presents the despair regarding the end of a century and the industrial revolution. Discuss. Or, Discuss “The Darkling Thrush” as an elegy for troubled 19th century.

Comment on the theme/ message/ central idea of Leigh Hunt’s poem “Abou Ben Adhem”.

What do the Red tribal people of America do after death as Seattle mentions in his speech? Why do they do so? Or, Describe the Red Indians’ attachment to their land.

Imagine what would have been the ending of the poem The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney, had one of the ‘six humans’ given his log to the dying fire.

In James Patrick Kinney’s poem The Cold Within, what was the rich man thinking and what light does it throw on his character?

Explain how R. K. Narayan has depicted the theme of innocence and poverty in the story A Horse and Two Goats with textual reference.