Prayer Question No.1. Which way the does poet implore his Lord to lead him to? Ans. The poet implores his Lord to lead him to the way of truth. He also prays God to remove all his doubts and darkness of ignorance. Question NO.2. Name the blessings that the poet prays for? Ans. The poet prays for the path of truth. He prays for the nectar of knowledge. He also prays that his heart is surcharged with passion, zest, and hope. Above all, he implores his Lord to save him from sloth and infirmity. Question No.3. What is it that the poet wants to sing? Ans. The poet wants to sing those songs which will infuse life even into the dead and will inspire people to come under the same umbrage of love The poet wants to sing beautiful songs of love and brotherhood. He wants to motivate people to remove bitterness against each other. Question No.4. “Subject me not to the trials, shame not my human form”, explain? Ans. The poet shows his humble submission before his Lord....
Necklace
Q.1. The course of the Losiel’s life changes due to the necklace comment?
Ans: There is no doubt that course of the Losiel’s life change due to the necklace. When she lost the necklace, she took loan from the market to replace the lost necklace. In order to clear the loan she and her husband worked hard, they send away the maid, They changed their lodgings, they rented some rooms an attic. It took ten years to restore all. Mme Losiel seemed old –now and this was all due to the necklace. That she borrowed from her friends.
Q2: What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
Ans: Matilda was a pretty woman. She always desired to have things of luxuries. She wanted to be loved and admired. It was the real cause of her ruin. She could have avoided it by knowing the fact that one should cut one’s coat according to the cloth. A contented person is the happiest person on this earth. He/ She does not grumble over his/ her fate.
Q3: What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
Ans: If Matilda had confessed the loss of necklace with her friend, the situation of the story might could have been different . She could have saved herself from ruin. If she could not have seen the days of misery.
Q.4. Draw the character sketch of Matilda.
Matilda was a very pretty woman. She was born in a very poor family . She always desired to have things of luxury. She wanted to be loved and admired. She wanted to live in a rich society. But she was married to a middle class man who was working as clerk in board of education. She was not happy with him. She hates to wear simple clothes and simple jewellery. All this troubled her alot. She borrowed a necklace from her rich friend and lost that in a party. She took loan from the market at very high rate of interest to replace the necklace and had to bear it's cost the entire life. She worked shoulder to shoulder with her husband and was determined to save the family honour. Her sufferings made her hard but content. She replaced the artificial necklace with a original one and ruined her life . She should have remember the fact that 'Borrowing is Sorrowing"