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The poet, Vikram Seth, very cleverly gives us a message of the importance of self-confidence
and moral courage in his poem - The 'Frog and the Nightingale'. Once in a bog, a frog sat under
a Sumac tree and croaked all night in a loud and unpleasant voice. The other creatures loathed
his voice but their complaints, insults and brickbats couldn't stop him from croaking stubbornly
and pompously, insensitive to the disturbance he was causing.
Then, one night a nightingale appears at the bog. Her melodious voice captures the admiring
attention of the creatures of the Bingle Bog. Ducks and herons swim towards the Sumac tree to
hear the nightingale serenade. Some lonely creature even weeps hearing her song. When she
stops, there is thunderous applause with the creatures demanding a repeat performance
Next night, when the modest bird prepares to sing, the plotting frog interrupts and posing as a
music critic, says that the technique was fine, of course, but it lacks a certain force. Unassuming
and not used to any kind of criticism, she defends herself by saying, "At least its mine".
The heartless frog convinces the nightingale that she was in need of training that only he could
provide. The nightingale, lacking in confidence and extremely gullible agrees and flatters him,
saying that he was Mozart in disguise. The frog capitalized on the nightingale's servile attitude
The nightingale soon became famous and the frog grew richer, earning money from her
concerts. Eminent personalities like the Owl (Earl) of Sandwich and Duck (Duke) of Kent attend
the concerts. The frog sat and watched with mixed feelings of happiness and bitterness. He was
happy because he was earning money, and jealous because the bird was receiving so much
attention.
Meanwhile, the frog makes the nightingale rehearse hard even when it rained and constantly
criticized and abused her, ensuring that she became broken in spirit. Fired and spent, her voice
lost its beauty and the creatures stopped coming to hear her sing. Morose and depressed, she
refused to sing, but the frog goaded her to practice. Scared and unhappy, the nightingale tried,
burst a vein, and died.
The frog, unsympathetic, dismissed her off - calling her 'stupid'. A shrewd judge of character, he
summed her up saying that the nightingale was too nervous and prone to influence, hence
bringing her own downfall. Now, the frog once more sings at night in his bog - unrivalled.
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