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Who was the real enemy?

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“The gold” was their real enemy.

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अध्याय 1.2: The Castle - Exercise [पृष्ठ २१]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 1.2 The Castle
Exercise | Q 1. m) | पृष्ठ २१

संबंधित प्रश्न

Our only enemy was gold


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

The wizened warder let them through.


Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.

A little wicked wicket gate.


What is the creeper compared to?


How does the creeper appear on the tree?


Describe the garden during the night.


To whom does Toru Dutt want to consecrate the tree’s memory?


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound

No other tree could live. But gallantly

The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung......”


Discuss with your partner the different stages in the growth of man from a new born to an adult


What is the first stage of a human’s life?


What does he think of the people of his kingdom?


What has Ulysses gained from his travel experiences?


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle Well-loved of me,

  1. Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?
  2. Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

That ever with a frolic welcome took

The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed

  1. What do ‘thunder’ and ‘sunshine’ refer to?
  2. What do we infer about the attitude of the sailors?

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Death closes all: but something ere the end,

Some work of noble note, may yet be done,

Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.

  1. The above lines convey the undying spirit of Ulysses. Explain.
  2. Pick out the words in alliteration in the above lines.

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

……for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars, until I die.

  1. What was Ulysses’ purpose in life?
  2. How long would his venture last?

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

  1. Though made weak by time and fate, the hearts are heroic. Explain.
  2. Pick out the words in alliteration in the above lines.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

To follow knowledge like a sinking star,

Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

....you and I are old;

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;


What makes Ulysses seek newer adventures?


Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Repetition- It is a figure of speech.


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Yet learning something out of every folly

hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies


Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.


How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?


Where was the narrator when the incident happened?


Describe the posture of Napoleon.


When did the narrator find that the boy was badly wounded?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride Touched to the quick, he said:

  1. Why did the boy contradict Napoleon’s words?
  2. Why was his pride touched?

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

A film the mother eagles eye When her bruised eaglet breathes

  1. Who is compared to the mother eagle in the above lines?
  2. Explain the comparison.

The young soldier matched his emperor in courage and patriotism. Elucidate your answer.


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