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प्रश्न
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
At the end of the story, O Henry remarks that of all who give gifts, Della and Jim were the wisest. Think and explain this paradoxical remark.
उत्तर
Jim and Della were initially foolish enough to believe that they needed to give material gifts in order to show their love for one another and that they had to sacrifice their most precious possessions to do so. However, they were also wise enough to know later that unselfish love is the greatest of all gifts.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
How much did Della save for Christmas? What does it show?
Answer the following question:
Why did Della take pride in the beauty of her hair?
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim sell his gold watch? Do you think he did well?
Answer the following question:
How beautiful was the gold watch chain? Would you have liked to own it?
Answer the following question:
What is the moral of the story?
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
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If you share this story with some friends in a junior class, how would they react in the end?
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.
