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MEMORIES WE LOST
In life’s confinement, it is positive thinking and hope that creates comfort and ultimate success.
Introduction
In the story umbrella man it is evident that optimism is what one needs to endure toughest of times and see one through to success as demonstrated by the inmate number 7.
1)Number 7 is given the privilege of going out of the gates because of his obedience and calmness, a position that other inmates do not enjoy.(pg46)
2)He ensures that he is psychologically at peace with himself and when there is a treat of loneliness in the night, he recreates amity with a child in his dreams. He keeps on consoling the child until it becomes happy. (pg 48,50)
3)He turns a rejected umbrella and makes it his soul mate and it gives him hope to surge on and live in permanent expectation of good tidings. It becomes his companion and he psychologically thrives in its companionship, the symbolic expectation of rains that eventually comes with positivity. (pg 48)
4)The rain is important to the umbrella man. Rain signifies life and with it abundance and constant hope of a brighter future and he urges the barber to see it his way. And as if to confirm his belief, it rains the very day he is released. (pg 46,48,50)
5)The puny little fellow is symptomatic of the yearning for freedom.(pg 49,50)
Conclusion
In conclusion, Number 7 keeps to the faith as he lives it and at the end, the hope is realized when he is released from both physical and psychological bondage.
marto answered the question on September 11, 2019 at 08:27
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
A DOLL’S HOUSE
Nora: But it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! My goodness cant you
Understand that? It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he
Was in. It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the
only thing to save him was to live in the south. Do you suppose I didn’t try, first of all, to get
what I wanted as if it were for myself? I told him how much I should love to travel abroad
like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to
remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me ; I even
hinted that he might raise a loan. That nearly made him angry , Christine. He said I was
thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband not to indulge me in my whims and
caprices- as I believe he called them. Verywell, I thought you must be saved-and that was
how I came to devise a way out of difficulty-
Mrs. Linde: And did your husband never get to know from your father that the money had come
from him?
Nora:No, never. Papa died just at that time. I had meant to let him into the secret and beg him
never to reveal it. But he was so ill then –alas, there was never was any need to tell him.
Mrs. Linde : Good heavens, no! How could you think so? A man who has such strong opinion about
these things! And besides how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his
manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! It would upset our mutual
relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now
Mrs. LInde: Do you mean never to tell about it?
Nora:(meditatively and with a half-smile) Yes –someday perhaps, after many years, when I am no
longer as nice-looking as I am now. Don’t laugh at me! I mean, of course, when Torvald is no
longer as devoted to me as he is now; when my dancing and dressing –up and reciting have
paled on him; then it may be a good thing to have something in reserve-(breaking off)What
nonsense! That time will never come. Now what do you think of my greatest secret, Christine?
Do you still think I am of no use? I can tell you , too, that this affair has caused me a lot of
worry. It has been by no means easy for me to meet my engagements punctually. I may tell you
that there is something that is called in business, quarterly interest and another thing called
payment in installments and it is always so dreadfully difficult to manage them. I have not been
able to put a side much from housekeeping money for Torvald must have a good table. I could not
let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings.
Questions
1. Briefly describe what happens before the events in this extract.
2. State and explain any two aspects of style used in this extract
3. How is Mrs. Linde depicted in this extract?
4. What is the attitude of Mrs. Linde towards Nora? Explain
5. Explain how the 'imprudence' of Nora later complicates the events of the play.
6. Who is a shadow character in a play? In this extract identify one shadow character. What is his\her significance in the play
7. Add a question tag:
A wife cannot borrow money without her husband’s consent
8. Explain the meaning of the following words.
i) Indulgent
ii) Thoughtless
iii) Caprices
iv) Devoted
Date posted: September 11, 2019. Answers (1)
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- Read the excerpt below and answer questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Nora-it was Krogstad who lent you the money!
Nora: Yes, and now Torvald will know all about it.
Mrs. Linde: Believe me, Nora, that’s the best thing for both of you.
Nora: You don’t know all. I forged a name.
Mrs. Linde: Good heavens-!
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 happenMrs. Linde: Nora!
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 understandMrs. Linde: Yes, yes- but how can you suppose-?
Nora: Then you must be my witness, that it is not true, Christine. I am not out of my mind at all; I
am in my right senses now, and I tell you no one else has known anything about it; I and I alone,
did the whole thing. Remember that.
Mrs. Linde: I will, indeed. But o don’t understand all this.
Nora: Or if anything else should happen to me- anything, for instance, that might prevent my being here-
Questions
i) Briefly explain what has happened before this extract.
ii) 'Nora- it was Krogstad who lent you the money!' Explain the tone in Christine’s
words.
iii) 'Believe me Nora, that’s the best thing for both of you.' From later in the play which reason does Mrs. Linde give to support what she says now?
v) Discuss one character trait of Nora evident in this extract.
v) Discuss one social theme raised in this extract.
vi) 'Nora! Nora! You are quite out of your mind.' Add a question tag.
vii) Discuss one aspect of style in this extract.
viii)Nora says that a wonderful thing is going to happen. From the rest of the play, explain what she means by that.
ix)Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the extract.
a) Go out of mind
b) I forged a name
c) You will be my witness
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