Human being’s suffering is unjustifiable. One could find himself in a difficult situation that could be hardly be traced its beginning or a times of suffering because of some incredible forces are behind it. One could be like a rudderless being knowing nothing of what is happening only finding him or herself in a valley of problems which are difficult to evade. The pearl’s characters are not an exemption as can be seen in the discussion.
Women in the society have always been victim of circumstances of the prevailing laws. Patriarchy is a law that paves a man to have all dominion over a woman in their higher rung, men have always propagated chauvinistic attitude an attribute that has always branded women as inferior and just be like a fluff before them since is a discourse generated by the very society whose both genders lives, women have always been susceptible only to remain submissive being rendering men to be like demigods before them.
Juana is a woman who finds it difficult to extricate her elf from this law of patriarchy which has given a man all the mandate of controlling any aspect of her life. Juana could not show elation physically when the family is to celebrate the fortune of getting the pearl. When she even asked what the family intends to do now that they are rich, she just remain quiet and glance towards Kino for the answer. Her attempt to solve the impending danger brought by the pearl meets a bull walk when Kino fills to listen because of his chauvinistic nature a thing that costs them much engulfing the loss of their son.
Kino is also a victim of the very loses as a man, it is unthinkable thing if he is to listen to his wife’s decision since a man is mandated to be at the epicenter of anything as far as family matters are concerned, Kino would be perceived as a weekly failure should he listen to his wife’s decision of throwing the pearl back to the sea or even destroying it as advised by her, perhaps he could have been laughed at as a womanish and even loose his reputation as a man.
Kino and villagers suffer as a result of the supernatural laws. Vulnerability of mankind to these beings makes them suffer unknowingly, Kino could hardly fathom his problems that have ensured could be from the divine sphere, Gods forbids a man to want something very much and Kino had wanted wealth very much, nothing seems to differ him from achieving his set target despite tough moment he undergoes. His resolution of changing a status quo of his family is obliterated by this gods by punishing him for being over ambitioned, Kino goes through another suffering the moment he steps out of la-paz. Since gods bars one from leaving his station of birth, Kino’s going out is meted with the death of his son coyotito which is the finest blow especially to one having one child and a believer of patriarchy.
The villagers who are fishermen ones also suffered loss when they unanimously agreed to be collecting their pearl and give one agent of their own who was to sell for them in the capital, their whereabouts was no traced when they fail to turn up since they left their station, perhaps they were punished immensely not even being able to return. In that note, fishermen are the victim of circumstance for they cannot risk vacating and refuse felling their pearl in la-paz. Though they are always manipulated by pearl buyers who buy them at a mega price, they have no alternative but to remain loyal and depend to them.
Indians are victims of colonialism. It is believed Indian race had been colonized over 400years by Spanish race. The current generation of Indian is suffering as a result of turmoil hipped on their preceded generation by colonizers. Since colonialism aims at controlling all hubs of the people under colonization, Indians are not exception. Spanish race is at center of every aspect of life. They control economical, religion and even political facts in entire la-paz. Their dominion segregates Indian even to acquire basic knowledge via formal education because of the highest illiteracy; Indians are vulnerable to fight for their own rights in their own land. Lack of knowledge plunges the whole race in an ocean of struggle to make ends meet. They cannot afford better clothing and housing. They live on a no diet. As their counterpart race lavish in good lifestyle. They are manipulated in economy and this is evident when Kino goes to sell his pearl, the price offered for his pearl is to meagre and they had strategize on how to cheat him. It is even ironical how this is extended to church a wholly place I also full of manipulation. Since Kino is not an erudite, the priest the moment he hears Kino has gotten the pearl he comes with fabricated stories in order to blackmail him. He praises Kino as a blessed man even is named after a very prominent person of the church and it is the books. Since he has no knowledge Kino presumes maybe it is true but convinces himself someday he and his people will know things that are in books and things that are not.
Coyotito also suffers as a victim of circumstance. As a child he is innocent knowing nothing of prevailing struggle under the tutelage of his parents and a toddler, he could not fathom out what is happening around him. He is like a sacrificial lamb to seal transition of his traditional father who is seen changed when he comes back in la-paz. He walks side by side with his wife Juana a thing that is alien to him and to his people. He also follows initial decision of Juana his wife of throwing the pearl back to the sea. His death could be a spot of self-realization what he’s chasing is beyond him.
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- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. Helmer: (Standing at the door) Yes, do .Try and calm yourself, make your mind easy again(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: (Standing at the door) Yes, do .Try and calm yourself, make your mind easy again , my frightened little singing bird.Be at rest, and feel secure; I have broad wings to shelter you under.(walks up and down by the door) How warm and cozy our home is , Nora.Here is shelter for you ; here I will protect you like a hunted dove that I have saved from a hawk's clawas;I will bring peace to your poor beating heart.It will come , little by little, Nora, believe me.Tommorrow morning you will look upon it all quite differently; soon everything will be just as it was before.Very soon you wont need me to assure you that I have forgiven you; you will yourself feel the certainty that I have done so.Can you suppose I should ever think of such a thing as repudilating you, or even reproaching you? You have no idea what a true man's heart is like,Nora.There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying, to a man , in knowledge that he has forgiven his wife - forgiven her freely, and with all his heart.It seems as if that had amde her , as it were , doubly his own; and she has in a way become both wife and child to him.s so you shall be for me after this, my little scared , helpless darling.Have no anxiety about anything, Nora; only be frank and open with me, and I will serve as will and conscience both to you. What is this? Not gone to bed? Have you changed your things?
Nora: (In everyday dress) Yes, tORVOLD, i HAVE CHANGED MY THINGS NOW.
Helmer: But what for? - So late as this.
Nora :I shall not sleep tonight.
Helmer: But , my dear Nora-
Nora( looking at her watch) it is not so very late.Sit down here, Torvold.You and I have much to say to one another.
(sits down at one side of the table)
Helmer: Nora- what is this? This cold, set face?
Nora: Sit down.It will take some time; I have a lot to talk over with you.
Helmer:(Sits down at the opposite side of the table) You alarm me,Nora! - and I don't understand you.
Nora:No , that is just it.You don't understand me, and I have never understood you either- before tonight.No, you mustn't interrupt me.You must simply listen to what I say. Torvold, this is a settling of accounts.
Helmer: What do you mean by that?
1.Place this excerpt in its immediate context.
2.How is the character of Helmer brought out in this excerpt?
3.Comment on the use of imagery in this excerpt?
4.What are the two main issues of concern that are addressed in this execerpt?
5.I shall not sleep tonight.(Rewrite as an interrogative)
6.What is the attitude of Helmer towards Nora in this excerpt.Explain
7.Explain the meaning of the following vocabulary.
i)Repudiating
ii)Reproaching
iii)Indescribably
iv)Anxiety
Date posted: March 16, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow. 1.Nora is contemplating suicide because she knows that her husband...(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: Miserable creature what have you done?
Nora: Let me go.You shall not suffer for my sake.You shall not take it upon yourself.
Helmer:No tragic airs, please .(Locks the hall door).Here you shall stay and give me explanation.Do you understand what you have done? Answer me! Do you understand what you have done?
Nora: (looks steadily at him and says with a growing look of coldness in her face) Yes, now I am beggining to understand thoroughly.
Helmer:(walking about the room) what a horrible awakening! All these years she who was my joy and pride a hypocrite , a liar, worse a criminal! The unutterable ugliness of it all! For shame! (Nora is silent and looks steadily at him.He stops in front of her) I ought to have suspected that something of the sort would happen.I ought to have suspected that something of the sort would happen.I ought to have seen it.All your father's want of principle has come out in you.No religion , no morality, no sense of duty.How I am punished for having winked at what he did! I did it for your sake, and this is how you repay me.
Nora: Yes, that's just it.
Helmer: Now you have destroyed all my happiness.You have ruined all my future.It is horrible to think of! I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what he likes with me ,ask anything he likes of me, give me any orders he pleases - I dare not refuse.And I must sink to such miserable depths because of a thoughtless woman.
Nora: When I am out of the way, you will be free.
1.Explain what has happened before this extract.
2.What does Nora mean by saying " You shall not suffer fro my sake?" Explain
3.How is Helmer's attitude towards Nora in this extract different from earlier in the plain.Briefly explain.
4.Discuss two themes raised in this extract.
5."Now you have destroyed all my happiness.You have ruined all my future." Discuss the style evident in the statement.
6.Isolate and explain the mood prevalent in this extract.
7."Here you shall stay and give me an explanation.' Rewrite beginning: You ........
8."When I am out of the way, you will be free."Give two possible meanings of Nora's words from the rest of the play.
9.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt.
i)Take it upon yourself
ii)No tragic airs
iii)Your fathers's want of principle
iv)Unscrupulous man
Date posted: March 16, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow. Mrs. Linde: Nora it was Krogstad who lent you the money!(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Nora it was Krogstad who lent you the money!
Nora:Yes, and now Torvold will know all about it.
Mrs.Linde: Believe me, Nora,that's the best thing for both of you.
Nora: You dont know all.I forged a name'
Mrs.Linde: Good heaves-!
Nora: I only want to say this to you,Christine - you must be my witness
Mrs.Linde: Your witness? What do you mean? What am I to- ?
Nora: If I should go out of my mind - and it might easily happen -
Mrs.Linde: Nora!
Nora:Or anything else should happen to me anything, for instance, that might prevent my being here-
Mrs.Linde : Nora! Nora! You are quite out of your mind.
Nora: And if it should happen that there were someone who wanted to take all the responsibility, all the blame , you understand-
Mrs.Linde : Yes , yes - but how can you suppose - ?
Nora: Then you must be my witness,that it is not true Christine.I am in my right senses now and I tell you no one else has known any thing about it; I and I alone, did the whole thing.Remember that.
Mrs Linde: I will, indeed .But I don't understand all this.
Nora: How should you understand it ? A wonderful thing is going to happen!
1.Briefly explain what has just happened before this extract.
2."Nora - it was Krogstad who lent you the money!" Explain the tone in Christine's words.
3."Believe me, Nora, thats the best thing for both of you." From later in the play, which reasons does Mrs.Linde give to support what she says now.
4.Discuss one character trait of Nora evident in this extract.
5.What would be the appropriate tone to use in reading Nora's parts in this extract?
Explain your answer.
6.Discuss one social theme raised in this extract.
7."Nora ! Nora! You are quite out of my mind." Add a question tag.
8.Nora says that a wonderful thing is going to happen.From the rest of the play, explain what she means by that.
9.Discuss one aspect of style in this extract.
10.Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the extract.
i)Forged
ii)Go out of my mind
iii)Prevent my being here
iv) Right senses
Date posted: March 16, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow. But you must believe me, Mr.Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you at all.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: But you must believe me, Mr.Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you at all.
Krogstad: Then it is because you haven't the will; but I have means to compel you.
Nora: You don't mean that you will tell my husband that I owe you money?
Krogstad: Hm! - suppose I were to tell him?
Nora:It would be perfectly infamous of you.(sobbing) To think of his learning my secret, which has been my joy and pride, in such an ugly , clumsy way - that he should learned it from you! And it would put me in a horribly disagreeable position.
Krogstad: Only disagreeable?
Nora: (impetuously) Well , do it then! - and it will be the worse for you.My husband will see for himself what a blackguard you ar, and you certainly won't keep your post then.
Krogstad: I asked you if it was only disagreeable scene at home that you were afraid of.
Nora: If my husband does get to know it it, of course he will at once pay you what is still owing you, and we shall have nothing more to do with you.
Krogstad: (coming a step nearer) Listen to me,Mrs Helmer. Either you have a very bad memory or you know very liitle of business.I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.
Nora:What do you mean?
1.Explain why Krogstad wants Nora to help him.
2.Nora says it is not in her power to help Krogstad. Do you agree with Nora that she cannot help him? Explain your answer.
3."To think of his learning my secret, which has been my joy and pride, in such an ugly , clumsy way - that he should learn it from you!" make notes on the events that led to the secret that Nora is talking about here.
4."I asked you if it was only a disagreeable scene at home that you were afraid of? Rewrite in direct speech.
5.From the rest of the play , briefly discuss the major aspect of style in this extract.
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the extract below and then answer the questions that follow. Nora: I don't believe that any longer.I believe that(Solved)
Read the extract below and then answer the questions that follow.
Nora: I don't believe that any longer.I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being,just as you are - or at all
events, that I must try and become one.I know quite well,Torvold that most people think you right, and that views of that
kind are to be found in books; but I can no longer content myself with what most people say, or with what is found in
books.I must think over things for my self and get to understand them.
Helmer: Can you not understand your place in your own home? Have you not a reliable guide in such matters as that? - have you no
religion?
Nora: I am afraid, Torvald,I do not exactly know what religion is.
Helmer: What are you saying?
Nora: I know nothing but what the clergyman said , when I went to be confirmed .He told us that religion was this and that, and
the other .When I am away from all this, and I am alone,I will look into that matter too.I will see if what the clergyman
said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.
Helmer: This is unheard of in a girl of your age!But if religion cannot lead you alright, let me try and awaken your
conscience.I suppose you have some moral sense?
Or -answer me- am I to think you have none?
Nora: I assure you,Torvold that is not an easy question to answer.I really don't know
The thing perplexes me all together.I only know that you and I look at it in a quite different light.I am learning , too,
that the law is quite another thing from what I suppose; but I find it quite impossible to convince myself that the law
is right according to it a woman has no right to spare her old dying father, or to save her husband's life.I cant believe
that.
Helmer: You talk like a child.You don't understand the conditions of the world in which you live..
Nora: No,I don't ,But now I am going to try.I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world or I.
1.Place this extract in his immediate context.
2.Discuss any two character traits of Helmer in this extract.
3.Give evidence that Nora is an assertive character
4.From elsewhere in the play how is Nora portrayed in a different light?
5.I do not exactly know what religion is( Add a question tag)
6.In which way does Nora conflict with the law?
7.Discuss one major issue of concern addressed in this context.
8.What is the mood in this context? Explain
9.What is the meaning of the following words?
i)Religion
ii)Clergyman
iii)Conscience
iv)Perplexes.
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow. Mrs.Linde :Is Doctor Rank a man of means..(Solved)
Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs.Linde :Is Doctor Rank a man of means
Nora: Yes he is.
Mrs Linde:And has no one to provide fro?
Nora: No, no one ; but-
Mrs Linde: And comes here every day?
Nora: Yes , I told you so.
Mrs. Linde: But how can this wellbred man be so tactless?
Nora: I don't understand you at all
Mrs Linde: Dont prevaricate, nora.Do you suppose I don't guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?
Nora: Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing! A friend realize what a horribly painful position that would be?
Mrs Linde: Then it isn't he?
Nora:No certainly not .It would never have entered into my head for a moment.
Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.
Mr.Linde: Well, I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora: No , it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am quite sure that if I had asked him -
Mrs.Linde: But of course you won't.
Nora: Of course not .I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary.But I am quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank----
Mrs.Linde: Behind you husband's back?
Nora: I must make an end of it with other one, and that will be behind his back too.
I must make an end of it with him.
Mrs. Linde:Yes that is what I told you yesterday but --
Nora: (Walkingup and down) A man can put a thing like that staright much easier than a woman-)
Mrs.Linde:One's husband, yes.
Nora:Nonsense!(standing still)When you pay off adebt you get your bond back, don't you?
Mrs.Linde: Yes , as a matter of course.
Nora: And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces, and burn it up - the nasty dirty paper!
Mrs.Linde(looks hard at her , lays down her sewing and gets up slaowly).Nora you are concealing something from me.
Nora: Do I look as if I were?
Mrs Linde: Something has happened to you yesterday morning, Nora, what is it?
1.What happens immediately after this excerpt?
2.Discuss any two issues brought out in this excerpt.
3.How is Mrs. Linde depicted in this extract?
4.In which ways does the playwright use dramatic irony in this excerpt?
5.Because you do as your husband wishes.Add a question tag.
6.How effective is the use of humor in this extract?
7.From this excerpt,Helmer is hardworking .How is this character trait brought out else where in the play and how does it complicate the drama.
8.Give the meaning of the following
i)A man of means
ii)Prevaricate
iii)Horribly
iv)Concealing
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Her dream was rudely and violently interrupted by a thunderous bang and a loud roar of laughter.She woke up with a start, jumped up to her feet and stared at the door with wide panic - stricken eyes. For a moment she could not figure out her surroundings and called out the name of her sister Taiyo. She was terrified.The door flung open and Olarinkoi staggered in.He was stone drunk. Resian stared at him unblinkingly as he walked towards her and she backed off terrified, squeezing herself flatly against the wall.He followed her there and got hold of her shoulders and shook her violently glaring at her with his glittering eyes.
"You silly thing," he thundered angrily."I tell you to prepare food and you refuse to do so, eh? Today you will know who the owner of this home is .If you are still in doubt,let me tell you frankly that from today on you are my wife, hear that , eh?You are my wife.For a long time you have been sneering at me, showing how highly educated you are .Today we shall see how educated your body is!Yes, we shall see!"
He got hold of her hand and began dragging her into the other room.At first she did not understand his intention until he began unfastening her buttons with his rough trembling hands.Then the truth came and with it , terror and panic.She tried to get away from him, but he held her effortlessly as he brutally continued fumbling with her dress, trying to loosen it.She screamed as loudly as she could while she pushed him away and thrashed frantically about.But that did not deter him and he totally ignored her screams holding her more firmly with his strong arms.Against her loud protest, he tore her garments and began to push her towards the bed.
Then desperately she took the last chance of self defense and self preservation.Mustering all her strength, she thrust his thumb into her mouth; sunk her teeth into the flesh like a ferocious animal and tenaciously held onto it, tugging at it fiercely like a lioness.She could feel the flesh tearing and she tasted the salt of his blood as it filled her mouth but she clung the thumb as Olarinkoi howled with pain.
1.Make notes on the contents of Resian's dream.
2.Discuss one character traits of Resian in this excerpt.
3.What has greatly changed in Olarinkoi in this excerpt compared to his earlier conduct in the novel?
4.Identify and illustrate two aspects of style in this excerpt.
5.Explain two major issues raised in the excerpt.
6.Explain what happens immediately after the excerpt.
7."Today we shall see how educated your body is" Rewrite in reported speech.
8.Explain the meaning of the following expressions in the passage.
i)Unblinkingly
ii)effortlessly
iii)Mustering
iv) Howled
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Krogstad : Are you sure of that?
Mrs.Linde: Quite sure , but--
Krogstad: ( with a searching look at her) is that what it all means? - that you want to save your friend at any cost?Tell me frankly.Is that it?
Mrs.Linde: Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another's sake doesn't do it a second time.
Krogstad: I will ask for my letter back.
Mrs. Linde: No, no
Krogstad: Yes , of course I will.I will wait here until Helmer comes; I will tell him he must give me my letter back - that it only concerns my dismissal- that he is not to read it -
Mrs. Linde: In my first moment of fright, it was .But twenty - four hours have elapsed since then, and in that time I have witnesses incredible things in this house. Helmer must know all about it.This unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a complete understanding between them which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on.
Krogstad: Very well, if you take the responsibility.But there is one thing I can do in any case and I shall do it at once.
Mrs Linde( listening) You must be quick and go!The dance is over; we are not safe a moment longer.
Krogstad: I will wait for you below.
Mrs.Linde: Yes, do .You must see me back to my door-
Krogstad: I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!
1.Explain what happened before this excerpt.
2.Why does Krogstad say he would ask for his letter back? Explain
3."Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another's sake doesn't do it a second time."
Briefly explain what makes Mr.Linde say this?
4.Identify one character trait of Mrs. Linde in this extract.
5.What is so surprising in this extract? Explain.
6."But there is one thing I can do in any case and I shall do it at once." What is it that Krogstad does and how does it affect the rest of the play?
7."I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!" Rewrite beginning : Never.............
8.What makes Krogstad say that he has never had such good fortune in his life?
9.Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in this excerpt.
i)At any cost
ii)Recall
iii)Elapsed
iv)Incredible things
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
"Nothing is wrong with me," Resian retorted furiously.And pointing at the living room,with her figure, she fiercely charged," I have no quarrel with my father for whom ,I have tremendous respect.It is the likes of Olarinkoi I am mad at, and all those other males who come here ordering us to do that or the other for them, simply because they are males.When women visit us, they do that or the other for them, simply because they are males.When women visit us they give us the leeway to respond to their requests,But as we burn our fingures here Mr. Olarinkoi is dozing off comfortably in our living room waiting for his lunch and possibly a little angry and impatient with us for delaying it'
"It is enough," cried Yeiyo - Botorr viciously.She instantly abandoned the peeling of potatoes and threw the knife into the pail that held the peeled potatoes.Supporting herself by holding onto a nearby wall, she painfully lifted a large, heavy body."My enkaini, I agree with you that something is wrong withour child, and I think I know what ails her.Come along with me and I will tell you what I think ails her." I am not sick....." Resian was saying that when she was cut short by Taiyo."Even if you are not sick, you cannot argue with Yeiyo Botorr,"Taiyo told her sternly as soon as they were out of earshot of their mother with Yeioyo Botorr,"there are things one has to learn on their own,One of them is that you cannot antagonize the older people by arguing with them, however, untenable their argument may be.That goes without saying, my dear little sister."
1.What happens before this extract?
2.Comment on any two stylistic devices used in the extract.
3.Explain any theme bought out in this extract.
4.What is the character of Yeiyo - Botor from this extract?
5.From elsewhere in this text, how does Olarinkoi contribute to the plot development of the novel?
6.Rewrite and add a question tag.
Nothing is wrong with me........
7.Write the meaning of the following vocabulary.
a) Sternly
b) Antagonize
c)Retorted
d)Leeway
8.What happens immediately after this extract?
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another.I ordered it. Torvold mustn't know it.
Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret.
Nora: Of course.Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room.Keep him as long as--
Rank: Make your mind easy; I won'tl et him escape.( Goes into the Helmer's room)
Nora; (to the MAID) And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: Yes ; he came up the back stairs.
Nora: But didn't you tell him no one was in?
Maid: Yes, but it was no good.
Nora: He won't go away?
Maid: No; he says he wont until he has seen you ,ma'am.
Nora: Well, let him come in but quietly.Helen, you mustn't say anything about it to anyone.It is a surprise to my husband.
Maid:Yes, ma'am, I quite understand.(exit)
Nora:This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen in spite of me! No, no, no , it can't happen - it shan't happen!
1.Place this excerpt in its immediate context.
2.What does " it " refer to and what does it reveal about the character of Nora?
3.Identify and explain one type of irony in this excerpt.
4.Who is being referred to as he and why has he come?
5.Then that was the great secret.Add a question tag.
6.Describe one theme raised in this extract.
7.What dreadful thing does Nora fear might happen? Explain your answer.
8.Describe the character of the maid.
9.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt.
i)Make your mind easy
ii) I wont let him escape
iii)It was no good
iv)Dreadful
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
Nora: I didn't find it dull.
Helmer: (Smiling) But there was precious little result, Nora.
Nora: Oh, you shouldn't tease me about that again.How could I help the cat's going in and tearing everything to pieces?
Helmer: Of course you couldn't, poor little girl.You had the best of intentions to please us all, and that's the main thing.But it is a good thing that our hard times are over.
Nora: Yes, it is really wonderful.
Helmer: This time I needn't sit here and be dull all alone, and you needn't ruin your dear eyes and your pretty little hands-
Nora(Clapping her hands) No, Torvold, I needn't any longer, need I! Its wonderfully lovely to hear you say so!(Taking his arm)Now I will tell you how I have been thinking we ought to arrange things,Torvold.As soon as Christmas is over_ (A bell rings in the hall).There's the bell.(She tidies the room a little)There's someone at the door.What a nuisance!
Helmer: If it is a caller,remember I am not at home.
Maid:(In the doorway) A lady to see you, ma'am,-- a stranger.
Nora:Ask her to come in.
Maid(to Helmer).The doctor came at the same time sir.
Helmer: Did he go straight into my room?
Maid: Yes, sir.
1.What does Nora refer to in her opening words in this extract?
2.What has happened that has made the couple happy?
3.Discuss two themes evident in this extract.
4."There's someone at the door." Add a question tag
5.A lady has come to see Nora as reported by the maid.Who is this lady and how does her coming affect the Helmers from the rest of the play.(Write your answer in note form)
6.Discuss one aspect of style in this extract.
7.Briefly explain what happens after this extract.
8.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt.
i)Tease
ii)Dull
iii)Nuisance
iv)A caller
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: (Advancing towards him).Speak low-- my husband is at home.
Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora:What do you want from me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste then.What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it Mr.Krogstad. I fought as hard as could, on your side, but it was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to , and yet he ventures-
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?
Krogstad: I didn't suppose so at all.It would not be the least like our dear Torvald Helmer to show so much courage -
Nora : Mr.Krogstad, a little respect for my husband please.
Krogstad: Certainly --all the respect he deserves. But since you haven't kept the matter so careful to yourself,I make bold to suppose that you have a little clearer idea,than you had yesterday, of what it actually is that you have done?
Nora: More than you could ever teach me.
Krogstad: Yes, Such a bad lawyers as I am.
Nora: What is it you want of me?
Krogstad: Only to see how you were,Mrs .Helmer. I have been thinking about you all day long.A mere cahier , a quill -driver, a--- well, a man like me...even he has a little of what is called feeling, you know.
Nora: Show it, then, think of my little children
Krogstad: Have you and your husband thought of mine?But never mind about that.I only wanted to tell you that you ned not take this matter too seriously.In the first place there will be no accusation made on my part.
Nora: No, of course not: I was sure of that.
Krogstad: The whole thing can be arranged amicably; there is no reason why anyone should know anything about it.It will remain a secret between us three.
Nora: My husband must never get to know anything about it.
Krogstad: How will you be able to prevent it?
Am I to understand that you can pay the balance that is owing?
Nora: No, not at present
Krogstad: Or perhaps that you have some expedient for raising money soon?
1.Place this extract in its immediate context.
2.Why does Nora ask Krogstad to speak low?Why has he come to see her?
3.Does your husband love you so little then? Why does Krogstad ask this question?
4.Why does Nora insist that her husband should not know anything about it?
5.Discuss one theme evident fro this extract.
6.Identify and illustrate one stylistic device evident in this extract.
7."The whole thing can be arranged amicably" from elsewhere in the play what does Krogstad have in mind?
8.Give the meaning of the following words as used in the extract.
i)Dismissal
ii)Ventures
iii)Amicably
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: Very very well,I will think it over, we shall manage to hit upon something
Nora: That is nice of you.( Goes to the Christmas tree.A short pause .)How pretty the red flowers look-- But tell me, was it
really something very bad that this Krogstad was guilty of?
Helmer : He forged someones's name .Have you any idea what that means?
Nora: Isn't possible that he was driven by necessity ?
Helmer; Yes; or, as in so many cases, by imprudence.I am not so heartles as to condemn a man altogether because of a false step of that kind.
Nora: No, you wouldn't would you,Torvald?
Helmer: Many man has been able to retrieve his character, if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his purnishment.
Nora: Purnishment--?
Helmer: But Krogsatd did nothing of that sort; he got himself out of it by a cunning trick, and that is why he has gone under altogether.
Nora: But do you think it would be.......?
Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and plau=y the hypocrite with every one. how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near and dear to him even before his own wife and children.And about the children --- that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.
Nora: How?
Helmer: Because such atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home.Each breath the children in such a house full of germs of evil.
Nora: (Coming nearer him) .Are you sure of that?
1.Put this extract in its immediate context.
2.Was it really something very bad that this krogstad was guilty of? Why does Nora feign ignorance about Krogstad?
3.How is Helmer Torvald portrayed in this excerpt?
4." He got himself out by a cunning trick" From elsewhere in the play explain the trick.
5.Discuss one theme brought out in the excerpt.
6.Identify and illustrate two aspects of style evident in this excerpt
7."Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home."
This foreshadows what happens later in the play.Explain
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
At seven o'clock in the evening after the lights had been up on, and the traditional esuguroi drink had been served in generous measures,tongues loosened and hearts gladdened.Soon after, the party gathered momentum and voices rose.Within no time, one could hardly be heard over the hubhub of talk and laughter.And as the pleasurable and lively celebration progressed, voices became animated ; hands and arms gesticulated vigorously while heads turned more often.Eyes searched out acquaintances within the throng of revelers.
And it was all pomp and gaiety as ivory adorned and bejeweled fingers fluttered; bare shoulders gleamed in the light multi co loured bead ornaments glittered upon elaborately bedecked necks; pendulous ilmiintoni of all colours dangled loosely down extended earlobes: and the bright colours of lesos, Knagas, red shukas and multi coloured blankets , all turned the Ole Kaelo living room into a kaleidoscope of shifting light and colour.
1.Place this extract in its immediate context.
2.State and explain two thematic concerns in this context.
3.What is the significance of the use of words like esuguroi, ilmiintoni, lesos,kangas and shukas.
4.Identify and explain two character traits of Ole Kaelo.
5.Eyes searched out acquaintances within the throng of revelers.Rewrite to form a question.
6.Which other party has an equal weight from the rest of the novel.What is its significance?
7.Comment on the prevalent mood in the context.
8.Explain the meaning of the following words:
i)hubbub
ii)Gesticulated
iii)Gaiety
iv)Dangled
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
'Yes, Papaai," Resian said apprehensively."I am here .Taiyo tells me you are calling me?'
'Yes,yes ,her father replied."Please take a seat."
Yes , Papaai ,"Resian repeated as she sat on her chair far away from her father.
"Come nearer..... child," her father said pleasantly."Why do you sit a mile away?
Come nearer."
Resian moved her chair hardly an inch from where it was and them she looked up into her fathers face with eager expectation.
"If I do remember well," her father began in a low even tone," you will be nineteen in September this year, am I right"
"You are quite right,Papaai ."Resian answered eyeing him curiously.His face was unusually kind.His eyes held hers as he smiled broadly."That's it!"she thought triumphantly.
That must be it!
"You and I have not discussed important issues for a long time,"he said with a friendly chuckle and was intended to bring her closer to him."I thought today would be the best day to break the news.Your future is very important to me, my dear child."
Resian thought the concern in her fathers voice,rang false.She hesitated , but could not hold herself any more.The anxiety was too great.
Papaai, is it Yeiyo or Taiyo who spoke to you?she asked sensationally, thinking she was sating the obvious .But seeing her father's face cloud, she added quickly.
Who between them spoke to you about our enrollment at the Egerton University?"
"What are you talking about child?Her father , who seemed dumbfounded , asked after a long and uncomfortable silence.
Both Yeiyo and Taiyo promised to talk to you about it and I thought she had."
what, in the name of God are you talking about,child.I repeated , this time agitated and shaking his head vigorously.No I have never spoken to anybody about any of you enrolling at the university.Never! when I said I wanted us to discuss your future , that isn't what I meant at all.Of course not! Resian looked at her father's face enquiringly.
1.What has happened just before the excerpt?
2.Explain the irony in this passage? Explain your answer referring else where in the novel.
3."Your future is very important to me , my dear child" From else where in the novel ,explain why Ole Kaelo tells his daughter so.
4.Discuss two character traits of Resian in this excerpt.
5.What theme is addressed in this excerpt?
6. Explain what happens after this excerpt.
7."Who between them spoke to you about our enrolment at the Egerton University?
Rewrite in the direct speech.
8.Apart from Irony, discuss any other aspect of style evident in this excerpt.
9.Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions used in the excerpt.
i)Apprehensively
ii)Sit a mile away
iii)Hold herself
iv)Agitated
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)