Devoted sons Bit/Bits • Rakesh scored the highest rank in the country for his Medical Examination. • Instead of getting lost in the most envied success, Rakesh bent down and touched his father’s feet. This cooled the father for it was another reason for the vegetable vender to be roud of being Rakesh’s father. • !or an uneducated family like Rakesh’s, this success brought cheers. "etting Rakesh educated was #arma$i’s greatest dream. • %eighbors came to cong ratulate the winner , his father # arma$ i and his mother . • &resents flowed into #arma$i’s house as garlands, halwa, arty clothes and fountain ens to last years, even a watch or two. • To his neighbors #erma$i told about his son’s touching his feet even after becoming a doctor with a first rank. • 'ome of the good neighbors areciated this son and this father while others, envious as neighbors are, felt that #arma$i was giving himself airs. • 'oon Rakesh cleared his M( course with flying colors. • )aving won a scholarshi, Rakesh went to the *'+. #a rma$i didn’t know the difference between *'+ and +merica- • Rakesh worked in some most restigious hositals in the *'+ and won encomiums from his +merican colleagues which were rela yed to his admiring and glowing family. • !inally Rakesh returned to his native village. )is brothers and sisters came to embrace him but the great son of all times you will see why- bent down and touched his father’s feet. • Rakesh married a girl that his mother wanted him to marry and set uhis own clinic. 'he was a girl of double standards. ill she suit Rakesh/ 0et’s see. • !or some years Rakesh worked in the city hosital, 1uickly rising to the toof the administrativ e organi2ation , and was made a director before he left to set uhis own clinic. • Rakesh bought a new car and unfailingly drove his arents in it to his clinic. #arma$i and his wife were the haiest in the world. • !or a while, Rakesh’s fame seemed to grow $ust a little dimmer but soon he became the richest doctor in town.
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Devoted sons
Bit/Bits
• Rakesh scored the highest rank in the country for his Medical Examination.
• Instead of getting lost in the most envied success, Rakesh bent down and touched his father’s feet.
This cooled the father for it was another reason for the vegetable vender to be roud of being
Rakesh’s father.
• !or an uneducated family like Rakesh’s, this success brought cheers. "etting Rakesh educated
was #arma$i’s greatest dream.
• %eighbors came to congratulate the winner, his father #arma$i and his mother.
• &resents flowed into #arma$i’s house as garlands, halwa, arty clothes and fountain ens to last
years, even a watch or two.
• To his neighbors #erma$i told about his son’s touching his feet even after becoming a doctor with
a first rank.
• 'ome of the good neighbors areciated this son and this father while others, envious as
neighbors are, felt that #arma$i was giving himself airs.
• 'oon Rakesh cleared his M( course with flying colors.
• )aving won a scholarshi, Rakesh went to the *'+. #arma$i didn’t know the difference between*'+ and +merica-
• Rakesh worked in some most restigious hositals in the *'+ and won encomiums from his
+merican colleagues which were relayed to his admiring and glowing family.
• !inally Rakesh returned to his native village. )is brothers and sisters came to embrace him but
the great son of all times you will see why- bent down and touched his father’s feet.
• Rakesh married a girl that his mother wanted him to marry and set u his own clinic. 'he was a
girl of double standards. ill she suit Rakesh/ 0et’s see.
• !or some years Rakesh worked in the city hosital, 1uickly rising to the to of the administrative
organi2ation, and was made a director before he left to set u his own clinic.
• Rakesh bought a new car and unfailingly drove his arents in it to his clinic. #arma$i and his wife
were the haiest in the world.
• !or a while, Rakesh’s fame seemed to grow $ust a little dimmer but soon he became the richest
doctor in town.
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• #arma$i grows very old and number of ailments leave him bed ridden. )e retires from his $ob in
the kerosene shoe where he had worked for forty years.
• Rakesh’s mother asses away. 'he was 1uite fortunate that her famous doctor3son rubbed her
feet during her last days-
• #arma$i was 1uite helless and his old age was going to be more miserable.
• #arma$i fell ill so fre1uently and with such mysterious diseases that even his son could not cure
him.
• Even when his other sons and daughters ignored his strange illnesses, Rakesh the earl of his
father- was always with him.
• Rakesh took great care for his father, brought him morning tea, read him newsaer and reminded
him to take medicines.
• +fter a while Rakesh began to imose certain restriction uon his father. %o sweets, not too muchfood, no fried food, etc.
• hen the old man resented or tried to bribe Rakesh’s son and wife for his delicacies, Rakesh
scolded his father.
• Rakesh had by this time develoed a doctor3atient relation with his father. That’s how it haen
with those who always stand first in exams4 they fail in life5-
• Rakesh was only concerned with his father’s health but the old man thought his son was being
miserly.
• 6ne day varma$i met his neighbor old 7hatia, next door. )e told old 7hatia how his son and
daughter3in3law refused him food.
• #arma$i reali2ed that, even with a doctor at home he was not half as hay as old 7hatia. )e
began to think that his son had crossed all limits.
• (etermined, #arma$i announces that he didn’t need his son’s medicines. +ll that he wished was
death.
Short Answers
8. What touched Varmaji more than his son’s scoring the first rank?hen Rakesh saw his name on the to of the rank list, the first thing he did was to touch his
father’s feet as resectfully as he always did.
9. Was Rakesh being hypocritic about his touching his father’s feet?
hether Rakesh was aware of it or not, he was a hyocrite. )e knew how to lease his father and
mother and robably everyone in the world around him for his own benefit. More than fame and
money, he held his ideal son status suer high. )is back bones were always ready to bend to
lease his arents and get their blessings. If he were a really devoted son, the first rank holder had
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to know that an ageing father’s first need is freedom to breathe, eat and drink. *nfortunately,
Rakesh didn’t know that.
:. n what sense was Rakesh a de!oted son in his own perspecti!e?
Rakesh, the son of a vegetable seller, triumhs in medical school and afterwards. )e is a devoted
son, bowing to his father, marrying the girl his arents choose, and becoming the director of his
own clinic nearby. )is father grows old, becomes a widower and begins to develo hysicalcomlaints and unleasant habits, such as sitting forcibly. 'till, his son tends him, and even
decides to take over the man’s diet. )e bans most foods his father likes because they are
unhealthy4 he fills him with medications that the old man does not want4 he refuses to let hisfather die, even though this is finally the only thing the old man wants.
;. Bring out the sarcastic e"ements in the story#
+s any doctor would have suggested, Rakesh too clung on to a safe diet and lifestyle for his
father. )e banned most foods his father liked because they were unhealthy. )e strung him u with
medications that the old man did not want4 he refused to let his father die, even though this
was finally the only thing the old man wanted. +t last, the old man refusesd to take any more
medicine. )e lay down and demanded that his son let him go to "od.
<. $iscuss the change of fami"y re"ations in the "ong run#
!amily relationshis change as time asses when the roles and resonsibilities for an individual
are reversed. The story =+ (evoted 'on> by +nita (esai demonstrates a relationshi between
father and son change from one of utmost admiration, devotion and resect to one of resentment
and hostility. The son in the story, Rakesh, makes his arents extremely roud by becoming a brilliant doctor, venturing from his run down colony in India to the *nited 'tates, and receiving
distinguished accolades while working in the most restigious of hositals. Returning home to
live with his arents however, to marry the girl they selected for him and to take care of them,
made them more roud than any other feat. %ot letting his success affect the morals his arents
instilled in him, Rakesh was a great son and always ut his arents first. ith his success came
fortune and fame and as an intensely devoted son he became the most devoted doctor. The change
of authority figure from arent to child can have a negative effect on their relationshi. Thefamily dynamic changed by Rakesh being not only his arents? son but doctor as well.
Judgement of paris
Bit/Bits
• Robichon and @uin1uart were two comedy actors in &aris and 'u2anne was a beautiful actress in
their troue.
• The two actors loved 'u2anne and 'u2anne loves the two of them alike.
• hen she was ressed from both the sides, 'u2anne had to agree to marry one and consider the
other as friend. I wonder, who made it a law that one should marry only one5-
• 'u2anne leaves the decision to the &aris audience. homever the audience chose as the best
actor, she will marry him5
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• %ow the big 1uestion arises A how will &aris choose the best actor/ )ow/ )ow/
• hile the two actors were seriously thinking and discussing about this, they had a visitor. Bac1ues
Roux.
• Bac1ues Roux was once an executioner A an official who executed convicted criminals under the
guillotine.
• %ow that Bac1ues Roux had retired from service and is sreading the awareness that caital
unishment was a crime against humanity.
• )e wanted his message to be sread through dramatic monologues.
• 7ecause Bac1ues had stage3fright, he seeks Robichon’s hel and the latter agrees.
• Robichon enacted Bac1ues’ role in front of the &aris audience and everyone was sell bound.
'u2anne was almost Robichon’s.
• +t this, @uin1uart counteracts. )e disguises as Mar1uis de Thevenin, a $udge, and invites
Robichon to dine with him.
• (uring the meeting the Mar1uis @uin1uart- informs Robichon that he Robichon- was going to
die of the oisoned wine he had taken as a unishment for wrongly sentencing his son.
• Robichon believes this and is outwitted.
• &aris chooses @uin1uart as the better actor and the $udgment goes in favor of @uin1uart.
Summary
hat haens if two e1ually talented actors in &aris or anywhere else- want to marry the same woman/
This was a haunting 1uestion that Robichon and @uin1uart had to answer because the two actors wanted
to marry the beautiful 'u2anne. hen the duo failed to resolve the issue, 'u2anne said, =0et &aris
decide.>
=7ut how will &aris decide/> they asked. =7y your erformance5,> she relied. That was again another
roblem. They were like +amir Chan and 'ha Rukh Chan or like Mohanlal and Mammootty or ill'mith and 'ylvester 'tallone5 %o, I am wrong A they were comedians. They were like, like, yeas, Dharley
Dhalin and Bohny 0ever I am not good at comarison5-
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'o, Robichon and @uin1uart had to find a more convincing way to stand above the other. hile they were
thinking of this, they had a visitor A a retired executioner, and his name was Bac1ues Roux. ou know that
an executioner’s $ob is to kill the criminals whom the court sentences to death. In &aris execution is
carried out by a guillotine, a terrible machine whose susended blade falls on the culrit’s neck. Bac1ues
Roux was disillusioned so he wanted to sread awareness in !rance about the cruelty of caital
unishment. 7eing no good seaker he had stage fright-, Bac1ues Roux re1uested Robichon and
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@uin1uart to do that for him. ithout much thinking, Robichon acceted the offer and in a coule of
days he gave a terrible shock to the &arisian audience as Bac1ues Roux but what @uin1uart did was more
than a shock. ou will find that in the analysis section.
“las!" persisted the newcomer, “with me time presses. I, too, am considering my latest part#and it will
be the only spea$ing part I have ever played, though I have been %appearing& for twenty years."
8. What does %ac&ues Rou' mean by his "atest parts?
Bac1ues Roux was an ex3executioner who had resigned from his rofession to sread the message
that caital unishment was evil by telling the audience of the horrors of the ost he had resigned.
7y his latest art, Bac1ues Rous meant this.
9. What does %ac&ues Rou' refer to the (on"y speaking part’ that he had e!er p"ayed?
Bac1ues Roux was an ex3executioner. hile he was an executioner, he never had a seaking art
to do. +ll he had to do was to see the guillotine blade killed the convict in the best way, without a
word. +s he resigned from his rofession for the horror of it, he was now aiming the stage to tell
the world of the horror of caital unishment, the only seaking art in his life.
:. Why did Robichon take an acute interest in %ac&ues Rou'’s case?
6n listening to Bac1ues Roux’s story and his intentions in life, Robichon thought of erforming
his story as to rove his acting skills for marrying 7ruette.
8. Why do you think that Robichon and )uin&uart were the best of actors?Robichon and
@uin1uart were the most loved comedians of &aris. Their very resence on the stage made the
audience fall with laughter. hen the fat Robichon merely oened his mouth, eole started
laughing and when the skinny @uin1uart remained silent, the audience could not sto laughing.
9. Why did Robichon and )uin&uart p"ague *iss Brouette? +ow did she so"!e this crisis?7oth Robichon and @uin1uart loved Miss 'u2anne 7rouette as she loved them, flirted with them
and had assion for them. 7ut when she was asked to choose one of them as her husband, she
could not take a decision. 'he solved this crisis by asking them to rove their skills on the stage
and be $udged by the &aris audience.
:. What were the practica" difficu"ties for ,aris being the judge?
There were two ractical difficulties for &aris being the $udge. If the usual &aris audience was to
be the $udge, the two actors should stage their erformance on the same stage, same theater but
the authorities would not allow them to lay serious roles as they had always been identified with
comic roles. 7esides, both Robichon and @uin1uart were e1ually loved and admired by the
&arisians.
;. What brought the friendship of )uin&uart and Robichon to a ha"t because they were both
men of the wor"d?
7ecause @uin1uart and Robichon were men of the world with emotions, they had both fallen in
love with the fair Mademoiselle 7rouette, their comanion on the stage and for the very same
reason, none of them could sacrifice his love for his friend.
<. Why was it necessary that the two actors remained funny ti"" either they reached their
death-bed or they demonstrated the supremacy of one of them?
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The two actors, @uin1uart and Robichon, were determined to woo their comanion actress
7rouette by establishing their acting caliber above the other for the $udgment of their &aris
audience.
F. .ur on"y hope "ies in !ersati"ity 0 the con&ueror must distinguish in a so"emn part#1 What
did Robichon mean by this? Why were Robichon and )uin&uart p"eased to accept this?
Robichon and @uin1uart were the best of comedians and no one had a doubt on this, therefore roving their skills in handling serious roles as well was imortant. Robichon agreed to this idea
because he knew that the audience would never accet his rival @uin1uart as a serious actor
because his very resence made the audience laugh. @uin1uart was glad to accet this idea because he believed that a man like Robichon with his very heavy body would not get the
symathy of the audience.
G. Why did )uin&uart readi"y agree with Robichon to p"ay tragedy?
@uin1uart readily agreed to lay a tragedy role because he believed that he could better than
Robichon because the latter haened to be a fat man for whom laying a serious role was
difficult and unlikely.
H. Why did Robichon think that doing a serious ro"e was not going to be easy for the two
actors?
Robichon was of the oinion that the management of the theatre for which they had been hired
and emloyed would not allow them do an off3track role, a change from comedy to tragedy.
7esides, the two had been successful in comedy and the audience would not accet them doing
solemn roles.
. .2here are Robichon and )uin&uart3 how amusing they a"ways are41 What is ironica" about
this pub"ic opinion?
!or &aris eole both Robichon and @uin1uart were their dear comedians and therefore they
could never think that they too had ains and sufferings. hile they were amused to see them, the
comedians were going through one of their hardest trials as to how to win their lady by defeating
each other which was almost imossible.
8J. Why did Robichon suggest performing off stage? Why was doing an off-the-usua" stage
performance not a good idea?
Robichon, seeing that the two are e1ually good at acting and were loved by their usual audience
for whom they layed, because their audience would not choose a better actor, thought it wise to
erforming rivately off3stage. Though this aeared to be a good idea, @uin1uart found it not
serving the desired urose because their erformance was to be $udged by &aris.
88. Who was %ac&ues Rou'? What did he want to te"" the wor"d? Why did he seek Robichon’s
he"p?
Bac1ues Roux was once a ublic executioner whose rofession was to behead criminals under theguillotine. )aving abandoned his rofession because he believed caital unishment was evil, he
wished to send the rest of his life sreading this message on stage. Though he was determined to
do so and having got an audience at +eville3sous37ois, he found it hard to erform for an
audience due to stage3fright. )e aroached Robichon and @uin1uart seeking advices to solve his
fear on the stage.
89. .Across the sun"it terrace seemed to ha!e fa""en the b"ack shadow of gui""otine#1 +ow does
this statement e'p"ain the mood?
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Bac1ues Roux was once an executioner though he abandoned the rofession. )e was a guillotine
oerator, a man who cared for the recision of the guillotine and accuracy of the blade3fall, so his
resence reminded of the shadow of the guillotine.
8:. Why did Robichon speak dramatica""y about %ac&ues Rou'’s story?
)aving decided to do the very dramatic role for Bac1ues Roux, Robichon thought of convincing
Roux of his acting skills. 7y dramatically seaking like this, he laced himself at a osition ofasking Roux to let him erform for him.
8;. What was (&ueer’ about %ac&ues Rou' suffering from stage fright?
Bac1ues Roux was once a ublic executioner. )is rofession was to kill convicted criminals under
guillotine without the seck of feelings. Even though he later awakened to a conscience stricken
man, it was 1ueer to think that he had stage fear.
8<. Why did Robichon ask *r# %ac&ues Rou' if he was known to his audience?
Robichon was determined to enact the role that Bac1ues Roux was to lay at +eville3sous37ois
so he wanted to know if the audience could recogni2e him when Robichon imersonated Bac1ues
Roux.
8F. Why did %ac&ues Rou' agree to "et Robichon p"ay his part at Appe!i""e-sous-Bois?
Bac1ues Roux was a changed man though he was once an executioner. )e wanted to sread the
message that caital unishment was itself a crime against humanity. )e agree to let Robichon
lay the role for him because in that way his message could reach the audience in the best way
and he could earn five hundred francs for not doing his role on the stage.
8G. Why did Su5anne make more of )uin&uart after she heard about Robichon’s prospect of
winning her?
Though it is not very clear if 'u2anne re$oiced at the rosect of Robichon’s winning her, she was
found moving and talking with @uin1uart more than usual which suggests her exression of love
for @uin1uart. It was likely that she was aware of the fact that she had very little time left to
send with him before getting married to the worthier Robichon.
8H. +ow did Su5anne and )uin&uart respond to Robichon’s performance?
'itting with the audience, watching Robichon’s erformance, 'u2anne felt relieved that Robichon
hadn’t been able to strike the right note and that he hadn’t been able to imress the audience
while @uin1uart remarked that Robichon was amusing the audience for the contrasting effect.
8. What makes you think that Robichon’s performance as %ac&ues Rou' was a great success
that sea"ed his !ictory o!er )uin&uart?
Robichon’s laying the role of Bac1ues Roux, from a leasant note to a gruesome, hideous
erformance held the audience’ breath even after he ended and the curtain fell. Enumerating the
horrors of the condemned criminals along with his shouting that he was a murderer and sob thataccomanied his cry left a in3dro silence in the hall. The fact that the audience didn’t cla at the
end of his erformance, that he withdrew amid tense silence and the rush of the ress
reresentatives laced the crown on Robichon’s success.
9J. Why did )uin&uart generous"y congratu"ate his ri!a" e!en after the "atter had defeated him
in the test?
Robichon’s erformance was remarkable and deserved the raises even of his enemies but it was
not for this reason that @uin1uart congratulated Robichon. 7eing very smart, @uin1uart had
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devised a lan to counter Robichon and he was confident that his lan would work as he
envisaged.
98. Why was Robichon ama5ed on reaching the *ar&uis’ house?
Robichon had exected the residence of a tyical Mar1uis but it was more or less like a lodging.
)e was admitted by a easant and was led into an ordinary room.
99. Why did )uin&uart put on a "ot of make-up whi"e impersonating the imaginary *ar&uis
2he!enin?
@uin1uart was very much known to his comanion Robichon so aearing in front of him as an
old man was definitely risky. To make sure he would not be recogni2ed, @uin1uart ut on a load
of make3u so that Robichon will feel symathy for the old man rather than susicion.
9:. What do you figure out about the e'act reason why the *ar&uis had been "ate?
The character of Mar1uis Thevenin, the most significant role layed by @uin1uart to defeat his
comanion Robichon to win 'u2anne, demanded considerable effort. @uin1uart had to manage all
that make3u during his $ourney to the lodging where his character had to meet Robichon who too
would travel to this destination at the same time. To ease his efforts, to make time for his make3
u, @uin1uart had to give the excuse that he had been to his doctor.
9;. +ow did )uin&uart p"ay his ro"e of *ar&uis 2he!enin?
@uin1uart made a crafty lot to give the biggest shock to his comanion and rival, Robichon.(ressed as an old Mar1uis, infirm and broken hearted, he invited @uin1uart who made himself
known as Bac1ues Roux, an ex3executioner who resigned his ost because of his late reali2ation
that caital unishment was a crime. )aving served his guest a cu of wine, @uin1uart A the
Mar1uis A informed the Kex3executioner’ that the wine was oisoned to kill him to avenge his
son’s execution by his hands. )owever, @uin1uart brought an end to his scary drama by revealing
his identity.
Wa"k by moon"ight
Bit/Bits
• The oet believes that the ast is full of hay moments so one should travel back to his
ast.
• These hay times are gentle. They shine but never burn.
• The oet then resents an exerience that he had the revious night. This exerience has
had a wonderful imact on his life.
• 0ast night, the oet went to meet one of his friends.
• 6n returning, three friends $oined him. Two were of his age and the third was younger but
more loved.
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• The beauty of the night transforms their thinking and revives their hearts, which had
become numb and feelingless.
• The oet is deely touched by small movements of nature and uses them metahorically
to bring out the $oy and enlightenment that he receives.
• The moon looked owerful and ma$estic in the sky, and lovingly looked down uon the
earth.
• The clouds gave way for the ma$estic moon.
• The leaves swayed slightly due to the bree2e but (ero2io feels that they are actually
dancing and =re$oicing> for the =influence of the moon>.
• The moon in turn seems to throw light on the leaves and thus clothe them in silver robes.
• !or the one hour, when the moon is on its 2enith, the leaves look =mystic> and magical.
• The winds too seem to be singing and =hymning> in raise of the strength of the moon.
• The winds take on the role of minstrels, whose songs rovoke (ero2io’s soul.
• )e feels that there is something magical in the night that =binds> them together in its
sell and enchants them with its beauty. They are moved to such a great extent that theynot only saw but also =felt the moonlight> around them.
• *nder this wonderful influence, the oet turns hilosohical and becomes sensitive to theob$ects of nature. )e first seaks of the =mysterious> relationshi between man and
nature, which though =vague>, =bind us to our earth.>
• The natural world fills our hearts with their divine $oy.
• (ero2io then talks of the =lovely> old memories which hel us in getting a better insight
of ourselves.
• (ue to this awareness, we are able to connect with our siritual selves. +nd when this
haens, man stands =roud>4 this is the uni1ueness of man L to be touched and be
enriched by nature.
• To understand the universe, we must first understand ourselves.
• In times we are living, our senses have become numb. e have lost the oortunity to be
stirred by beauty, but (ero2io feels immense $oy and leasure as his senses are awakenedat once.
'oft hours are those moments in our life that were too light and gentle when we felt our
heart floating in the air, life most meaningful and hay, without any worries.
:. What are the &ua"ities of the happy hours?
The hay hours are in the ast. They can be reached only by walking back. we may notreach them because they kee a distance from us. +lthough they shine, they do not burn.
And some of these but yesternight
Across my path were thrown3
Which made my heart so !ery "ight3
think it cou"d ha!e f"own#
Vocabu"ary
• esternight A 0ast night
• 'ome of these A 'ome of the hay hours
• I think it could have flown A My heart grew so light that I felt my heart could have flown.
Answers
8. What were thrown across the poet’s path?
'oft, hay hours with their memories were thrown across the oet’s ath.
9. +ow did the poet fee" when his path was fu"" of happy hours?
hen hay hours were thrown across his ath, the oet’s heart grew extremely light thathe felt that it could have flown u into the sky.
had been out to see a friend
With whom others saw9
6ike minds to "ike minds e!er tend 0
An uni!ersa" "aw#
Vocabu"ary
• 6thers A 6ther friends
• Tend A )ave a tendency
Answers
8. What is uni!ersa" "aw mentioned in the abo!e "ines?
The universal law here is that eole with similar tastes and temerament go together.
2hree whom "o!ed 0 two had high thoughtsAnd were3 in age3 my peers8
And one was young3 but oh4 endeared
As much as youth endears#
Vocabu"ary
• 0o5 A 0ook5 'ee5
• 'traight A 'traight forward
• )igh thoughts A )igh level of thinking
• &eers A 6f the same age
• Endeared A 0oved4 beloved
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8. Why did friends fo""ow the poet3 whi"e wa"king back?
+ll the friends were loving and like minded so they accomanied the oet when he asked
them if they liked to accomany him.
9. What do you know about the poet’s friends?
The three friends were like3minded. Two of them were the oet’s age and the oet hadhigh regard for these two. They had high thoughts. The third one was younger than the
9. <'p"ain3 .mysteries bind us to the earth#1In fact we have learnt too little about this earth and universe. +lthough we boast of our
technological advancements and cosmological findings, we have not yet decoded the
mysteries of the earth. we don’t even know what is the real beauty of life on earth. e $ust wonder at the mysteries and kee on wondering but we hardly understand their inner
meanings.
:. +ow do the mysteries try to manifest themse"!es?
+s we try to find out the meaning of the mysteries, these mysteries too are trying tocommunicate with us. They are insiring hilosohers and oets and writers with hints
and references. The holy mirth here is the laughter that fills the thinker when a reali2ation
downs on him. hen an +le fell on Issac %ewton’s head, he reali2ed one the endlessmysteries. )e invented gravitation ower and that made him re$oice. This is what the oet
means by the Kholy laughter of the mysteries.’-
+ow "o!e"y are the phantoms dim
Which b"ess that better sight3
2hat man enjoys when proud he stands
n his own spirit’s "ight8
When3 "ike a thing that is not ours#
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• &hantoms A "hosts but here the vague figures in the moon light
• (im A (imNvague
• 7etter sight A Moonlit sights
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8. @ues
2his earth"iness goes by3And we beho"d the spiritua"ness
:. 'leeer’s couch A The bed on which one slees and dreams
;. Robes A Dlothes
<. Rainbow’s beams A Dolorful light
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8.
b"ess my nature that am
A""ied to a"" the b"iss3
Which other wor"ds we’re to"d afford3
But which find in this#
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8. +llied A 7ound
9. 7liss A )ainess
:. 6ther worlds we are told afford A e are told that we can exerience certain bliss onlyafter death.
;. In this A In this world
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8. Why does the poet b"ess the nature?
The oet is able to en$oy the bliss of the other worlds in his own world. It has been saidand believed that eternal hainess is attained only after death but the oet is already able
• 'everal men set off at once along the lane in ursuit of Mr. Marvel.
• %ow, "riffin had to save Mr. Marvel from the mob so he got ready to sto anyone who
came very close to Mr. Marvel.
• +t first it was Mr. )all. )e gave a loud shout of astonishment and went flying headlongsideways, clutching one of the labourers and bringing him to the ground.
• + labourer who came round in a circle thought that )all had tumbled over of his own
accord so he turned to resume the ursuit for Mr. Marvel. "riffin tried him by the ankle
$ust as )uxter had been.
• "riffin then kicked another labourer sideways by a blow that might have felled an ox.
• "riffin then had to deal with so many other men who tried to sto his messenger A Mr.
Marvel.
• The first to aear was the rorietor of the cocoanut shy, a burly man in a blue $ersey.
)e was hit so hard that the man fell headlong.
• hile this was going on outside, Mr. Duss came out and shouted, =)old him5 (on’t let
him dro that arcel.>
• Duss informed them that his trousers along with all Mr. 7unting’s clothes, were taken by
the invisible man.
• hen Mr. Duss rushed to $oin the other eole to get Mr. Marvel, he was knocked down by the invisible man. hen Mr. Duss fell, the invisible man crushed his fingers byrunning over them.
• 7esides, the invisible man served Mr. Duss with a little more torture A a erfect blow on
the back of his ears5
• Duss now ran into the arlour where Mr. %aked 7unting was hiding- and informed him
that the invisible man was coming back.
• 7unting was now attemting to clothe himself in the hearth3rug and a est 'urrey
"a2ette. Mr. Duss said that the invisible man was fighting like a mad man.
• )earing the invisible man so near, Mr. 7unting made one of the two decisionsO stay or
escae. )e decided to escae through the window, wearing the hearth rug. ou should