Question

Answer any one of the following in 80-100 words :
in today's society, people take advantage of the ignorance and innocence of others. Describe this with reference to the poem, The Frog and the Nightingale.
OR
As the central character of the poem The Mirror, write a letter to your best friend sharing your fear of ageing.

Answer 1

people take advantage of the ignorance of others.                                           

·    they can hurt anybody for their own benefit.

·    declining moral values.

·    they feel nobody will understand their intentions.

·    forget that the supreme power is watching over them.    

Detailed Answer.

People have become self-centred these days. They do not care about the feelings of others, rather they take advantage of the ignorance and innocence of others. The same is depicted in the poem 'The Frog and The Nightingale'. The frog has been shown as a greedy, cunning creature who grew envious of the growing popularity of the nightingale who was an innocent bird. He talked to her in a sweet manner in the beginning and convinced her to take vocal training from him so as to achieve perfection. The nightingale was ignorant of his cleverness. She was swept away by his false appreciation and in the desire to become a famous singer, kept on following the instructions of the frog. The frog dominated her so much so that the nightingale didn't use her reasoning. She followed him blindly and died in the end. It was wrong on the part of the frog. This is a true picture of our society also where moral values are declining. People feel that nobody will understand their intentions so they exploit the ignorant and the innocent. But they forget that a supreme power is watching over them. They repent in the end. One must realize that we should respect the feelings of others and not use them for our benefit.

OR

Letter writing (Value Points) :  

-     what I look in the mirror-do not want to believe it

-     I'm really scared of losing my beauty as I'm growing older

-     Still want to look magnificent

-     The thought of growing old is killing

-     Do you also have the same fears

-     Please help me come out of this situation

Expression

Detailed Answer : 463, ABC Street London

14th May 20x x

Dear Pam,

You were the first one to enter my thoughts when I wanted to share with someone my fear of ageing. I shudder at my reflection in the mirror. I do not want to believe that I am growing old with each passing day. I am losing my beauty and moving towards old age and that scares me. I want to look magnificent and as gorgeous as ever. This ageing process is scaring the wits out of me. The thought of growing old is killing me. I feel that I am losing my charm and brilliance which is not acceptable to me. I know that this is the reality of life and I should not be thinking this way but somehow I am unable to cope up with the thought. I feel dejected and frustrated. Is this dejection and frustration universal ? Do you also feel the same way ? Are you also scared of getting old ?

Please help me come out of this situation. I am concerned and don't want to get affected in such a terrifying manner.

Yours sincerely

Sylvia

Answer 2

People have become self-centred these days. They do not care about the feelings of others, rather they take  advantage of the ignorance and innocence of others. The same is depicted in the poem ‘The Frog and The  Nightingale.

The frog has been shown as a greedy cunning creature who grew envious of the growing popularity  of the nightingale who was an innocent bird. He talked to her in a sweet manner in the beginning and convinced  her to take vocal training from him so as to achieve perfection. The nightingale was ignorant of his cleverness.

She was swept away by his false appreciation and in the desire to become a famous singer, kept on following the  instructions of the frog. The frog dominated her so much so that the nightingale didn’t use her reasoning.

She  followed him blindly and died in the end. It was wrong on the part of the frog. This is a true picture of our society  also where moral values are declining.

People feel that nobody will understand their intentions so they exploit  the ignorant and the innocent. But they forget that a supreme power is watching over them.

They repent in the  end. One must realise that we should respect the feelings of others and not use them for our benefit.

People take advantage of the ignorance of others.

l they can hurt anybody for their own benefit.

l declining moral values.

l they feel nobody will understand their intentions.

l forget that the supreme power is watching over them.