Beware of fault friend explain briefly with the chapter frog and nightingale
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This is an allegorical poem by Vikram Seth and
reveals a deeper meaning beneath the emotional story line.
The frog is a living symbol of cunning and conniving
people, while the nightingale represents innocence and
vulnerability to the extreme. Artists like the frog are shams
without substance and thrive on the misfortune of others.
They are loathed, hated and have little worth themselves,
so they derive sadistic pleasure in tormenting and
exploiting others. Naturally talented singers are sometimes
not worldly-wise, so they fall prey to scheming ‘touts’.
The poet ridicules such music organisers who mint
money by cheating and exploiting others. There is a hint
of satire evident, when the poet talks about money making
people, who make false promises and destroy natural talent.
The poet also highlights the significance of public
adulation in the life of an artist like the nightingale. She
is innocent to praise and admiration but gradually, she also
becomes addicted to it. So it can be said that even modest
artists wish to perform before power-packed audience and
the jingle of cash-counters gives them an emotional high.
The poet concludes that success is a game like tugof-
war, in which the clever survive and the innocent and
vulnerable succumb to bitter defeat.
Hope this helps.
reveals a deeper meaning beneath the emotional story line.
The frog is a living symbol of cunning and conniving
people, while the nightingale represents innocence and
vulnerability to the extreme. Artists like the frog are shams
without substance and thrive on the misfortune of others.
They are loathed, hated and have little worth themselves,
so they derive sadistic pleasure in tormenting and
exploiting others. Naturally talented singers are sometimes
not worldly-wise, so they fall prey to scheming ‘touts’.
The poet ridicules such music organisers who mint
money by cheating and exploiting others. There is a hint
of satire evident, when the poet talks about money making
people, who make false promises and destroy natural talent.
The poet also highlights the significance of public
adulation in the life of an artist like the nightingale. She
is innocent to praise and admiration but gradually, she also
becomes addicted to it. So it can be said that even modest
artists wish to perform before power-packed audience and
the jingle of cash-counters gives them an emotional high.
The poet concludes that success is a game like tugof-
war, in which the clever survive and the innocent and
vulnerable succumb to bitter defeat.
Hope this helps.
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Yes...It's important to be beware of the fault friend.This can be explained with the help of the chapter the frog and the nightingale.In this chapter the frog is sly,wicked,cunning and arrogant.It is very cruel and makes the nightingale to succumb to its pressure.The nightingale is servile,modest and naive.It is unaware of the cruel nature of the frog and it believes each and everything said by the frog.It also thinks the frog as the Mozart in disguise.It thinks fro the heart and not from the brain.Therefore it dies due to the manipulative designs laid by the frog.So we have to be beware of fault friends......
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