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Gretel Garrison Keillor 1 Interpret the story of “Hansel and Gretel” from feminist point of view. OR, Do you think Gretel represents modern feminist women?  OR, How is Garrison Keillor’s Gretel? Sketch the character of Gretel. Keillor’s “Gretel” is the feminist interpretation of the original story “Hansel and Gretel.” Here Gretel represents the modern feminist women. She raises voice against injustice and inequality. Keillor’s Gretel is strong, clever, brave and commanding. She guides Hansel in every difficult situation. She tries to convince the readers not to believe the original story. Gretel claims that she was deceived by both…

The Gingerbread House Robert Coover What are the most striking differences between Coover’s “The Gingerbread House” and Grimm brothers’ “Hansel and Gretel”. Hansel and Gretel The Gingerbread House There are five characters: the father, the step-mother, the two children and the witch.  There are four characters: the father, the two children and the witch. Stepmother is absent. The boy and the girl are identified by their names. They are identified only by the relation, not by names. This story begins in the house and ends in the house. This story begins and ends in the jungle. The main focus is…

UNIT 8: PLAYING WITH THE TEXT Hansel and Gretel Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 1 Narrate/Retell/Write/Summarize the story of “Hansel and Gretel”. Once a poor woodcutter lived near a big forest with his wife and two children, Hansel and Gretel. The wife was the stepmother of the children. Because of their poverty, they couldn’t feed their children properly. One day the stepmother made a plan and forced her husband to leave the children in the forest. Next morning they went to the forest with the children. On the way to the forest Hansel dropped the shining pebbles, which he had collected…

Purgatory W.B. Yeats 1 Summarize the play/drama Purgatory by WB Yeats.  There are only two characters in the play: a Boy and an Old Man. The Old Man is the Boy’s father. They are in front of an old house that has been burnt down. It belonged to the Old Man’s mother. She was from a rich family. She married her father’s worker. But he turned out to be a drunkard. She died giving birth to the Old Man. Afterwards the father wasted the property and burnt down the house. This was an honoured house where great people had lived…

UNIT 7: CRIME AND CONFESSION The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allen Poe 1 Justify the title “The Tell-Tale Heart”. The meaning of the title “The Tell-Tale Heart” is the heart that reveals a secret of the person himself. The narrator of the story is mentally ill and kills an old man. But his own heart betrays him. He cleverly plans the murder. He hides the dead body and leaves no sign of murder. He is very careful while talking with the police officers who come to investigate. But the heart knows he has done wrong. He starts hearing a sound that…

A Child Is Born Germaine Greer 1 How does a traditional society look into pregnancy? OR, What kind of treatment does a woman in Nepal/India/ Bangladesh/traditional society receive during pregnancy? Traditional societies view pregnancy as a great achievement for a woman. If she cannot bear children she is considered a failure in her personal life and useless in the eyes of the society. A pregnant woman has to observe certain taboos, prohibitions and rituals. All these help to keep her mentally free and lessen her pain and fear. She is helped by her husband and other members of family and…

The Children Who Wait Marsha Trought 1 According to Marsha Traugot, what changes are transforming the American adoption scene?  Marsha Traugot describes some changes that are transforming the American adoption scene. Before 1960, childless white parents adopted only healthy white children. Black and grown up children were not adopted. Physically or/and mentally disabled children were treated as damaged goods that no one wanted to keep. Now people have started adopting black, handicapped and grown up children as well. The writer presents the case of a black girl named Tammy who is suffering from a disease. Now children like her are…

UNIT 6: WOMEN AND CHILDREN Women’s Business Ilene Kantrov 1 What is the thesis/theme/main idea of the essay?  The thesis/theme of the essay is that women can also run business and succeed like men. The writer describes how women in America started and flourished business. The businesswomen mentioned in the essay adopted new business strategies to become successful. They also combined business with social service. They earned not only money but also respectable position in the society. The essay supports women’s equal rights and their social and economic reform. 2 How did the businesswomen (female entrepreneur) differ from their male…

UNIT 5: HUMAN RIGHTS I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. 1 What is Martin Luther King’s dream about the future of America? OR, Discuss Martin Luther King’s speech as a plea for equality and freedom. Martin Luther King’s speech is a plea for equality and freedom. He presents this plea in the form of a dream which must come true. King’s dream is deeply rooted in the American dream of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. It is the dream of future America which is free of racial discrimination and full of equality and where every citizen is…

UNIT 4: GOD AND MAN God’s Grandeur G.M. Hopkins 1 Critically appreciate the poem. OR, Write the central idea/theme/summary of the poem? The poem praises and glorifies God for his grandeur. God is present in the whole creation as electric current running through wires. His greatness is visible around us, shining like a newly made sword. It flows continuously like oil oozing from seeds. God is the supreme power and the omnipresent force although humans fail to pay attention to his divine authority. The eternal beauty of nature as the creation of God is in sharp contrast with the ugliness…

The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1 How does the nature of the boy change in the span of time from the first time he saw the ship to the time when he captures it? OR, Narrate the story of the boy’s growth from an ordinary boy to an assertive young man? “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship” narrates a boy’s growth from a weak child to a mature, assertive young man. This is linked with his encounters with the ghost ship. The boy’s nature change in the span of time from the first time…

UNIT 3: HUMOUR AND SATIRE    A Story Dylan Thomas 1 Give a short description of the uncle, Mr. Thomas. OR, Describe how the boy sketches the character of his uncle. The boy sketches the character of his uncle in a humorous way. The uncle looks so big as if he fills every inch of the little house. The boy describes him as a buffalo in a cupboard. He covers the whole furniture as he sits. He is very noisy, so his voice is compared with the trumpet of an elephant. His hair is so red that it is compared…

Travelling Through the Dark William Stafford 1 Show how the action develops in the poem Travelling Through the Dark The poem has five interrelated stanzas. In the first stanza, the poet finds a dead deer on the narrow road along a river. In the second stanza, he observes the stiff, cold deer and considers dragging it off. The third stanza shows the poet’s concern for the living young inside the deer as feels sorry for it. The fourth stanza describes the sound and light of the car in that lonely dark place. In the last stanza, he makes the decision…

Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star Lilla and C. Bishop Barry 1 How is Karnali economically linked with the Terai/lowland regions to the south? As described in the essay “Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star,” Karnali is economically linked with the Terai/lowland regions to the south on which the people’s economic activities depend. Farm product in Karnali is not sufficient for survival, so they depend on simple trade with the Terai. For the people of Karnali, The lowland regions are export centres, where they take their local products to sell. Some people carry herbs like silajit which have…

Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies William Shakespeare 1 Write an essay on “Life and art”. Life is a mystery and art represents life. Art is related to creation and life is related to experience. Life creates art and art represents life in a pleasing way. Life would be boring without art. Life is short, and time passes quickly. A small baby becomes young and then old and finally disappears from the world after death. In life, we come across sweet and bitter incidents. Life is mixture of tears and smiles, pain and pleasure. Life is full of feelings, ideas…