Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each. (a) Why had Michael and his father gone to the computer fair? (b) Why does Lavinia feel that the Ouija board would help her husband? (c) How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow? (d) How does Brutus convince the Romans that Caesar deserved his death? (e) Why does the poet decide to stand and wait till the snake has finished drinking? What does this tell you about the poet?
Answers
(a) Michael’s father is a new gadget lover and computer enthusiastic. He had bought all new gadgets that come in the market and Michael also shows his interest in Psycho drive game etc. Michael’s father wanted to have all new things that can do latest work like paint, all types of games. This is why both of them have gone to computer fair.
(b) Lavinia thought that Ouija board will let her husband to talk to the ghost of other worlds so that her husband would take interest in writing the stories of different worlds rather than the history ones. She also thought that it would inspire him to be a good writer.
(c) The sea which had earlier been calm turned oppresive and wild after a storm and the strong winds forced the ship to sail southwards ultimately leading them to the land of the ice and snow. They were surrounded by large masts of ice and their ship could hardly move in the frozen sea.
(d) Brutus convinces the Romans that Caesar deserved his death. Brutus told all Romanians that Caesar had become selfish who thinks only about him and not of his country he will treat you all like a slave as he is not less than a dictator. Caesar has also become overambitious.
(e) Poet has waited till the snake has finished drinking as he thought that when someone has come to his home to drink water then he should not disturb the snake and wait for the snake and treat as a guest. This shows humanity of poet towards snake and love for the nature’s creation.