Answer the following questions with reference to context.
Quoth Sir Ralph, 'The next who comes to the rock,/ Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.'
a) Where is Sir Ralph when he speaks these words and who is he addressing?
b) What has Sir Ralph just done?
c) Why does Sir Ralph mention the Abbot of Aberbrothock?
d) What does Sir Ralph do after this?
Answers
Answer:
A) In Robert Southey's poem The Inchcape Rock, Ralph the Rover is addressed as Sir Ralph repeatedly. What might be the reasons? Ralph is the captain of a ship, so his crew members and followers called him 'sir'. Moreover it may indicate that he was well-established and respected in the society for being a rich man.
B) Sir Ralph was a notorious pirate who spent days looting and plundering other ships for treasures. He wanted to tarnish the reputation of the Abbot of Aberbrothok so he cut down the famous bell tied on the Inchcape Rock. He looted and robbed the ships that crashed against the rock and soon became rich.
C) What are his intentions? Answer : Sir Ralph was a notorious pirate who spent days looting and plundering other ships for treasures. He wanted to tarnish the reputation of the Abbot of Aberbrothok so he cut down the famous bell tied on the Inchcape Rock.
D) In the above lines, Sir Ralph was sailing in his ship across the seas and plundering and looting the wealth of the sailors on other ships. He deliberately had cut off the Inchcape Bell so that when the ships get ravaged there, he could amass all the wealth. Now he steers his ship towards the Scotland's shore.
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