Question

1. Why do the courtiers call the prince 'the Happy Prince"? Is he
really happy? What does he see all around him?

2. Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
What does the swallow do in the seamstress' house?

3. For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?

4. What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?

5. Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?

6. What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are
they precious?



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Answer 1

Answer:

1. What does he see all around him? The courtiers called the prince 'the Happy Prince' because he was always happy. ... However, when he died and was made into a statue, he was not happy and tears flowed down his eyes on seeing the state of his city. He could see all the misery and ugliness of the city around him.

2. The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress because she was very poor and could not feed her child who was suffering from fever. ... The Happy Prince saw the poor lady and her son. He felt pity for them. So, he asked the swallow to pick out the ruby from the sword and give it to t the seamstress.

3.The prince sent the sapphires for the playwright so that he could finish a play for the director of the theatre in time. The princes sent his second sapphire to a poor match girl. Her matches had fallen into the gutter. She was afraid that her father would beat her for this loss.

4. When the swallow flew over the city it saw the stark contrast between plenty and poverty. It saw rich men making merry completely oblivious to the plight of the poor just down the lane. It saw the pathetic condition of the poor when they were denied even a sound sleep by police patrolling the street.

5.Answer: Since the prince had given away the two sapphires of his eyes to the people in need, he had become blind. Touched by his kindness and to give him support, the swallow decided to stay with the prince always.

6.The precious things mentioned in the story are the leaden heart of the happy prince and the dead bird. They are both precious because they were kind and selfless. The prince was very sad to see the ugliness and miseries of his city.

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