Question

Full well they laugh’d with counterfeited glee,

At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:

a. Who are ‘they’ here referred to?

b. What is the meaning of the phrase ‘counterfeited glee’?

c. Why do you think ‘they’ laughed at all his jokes?

d. What happened next when ‘he’ frowned?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes I here referred to

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Yes they laughed at all his jokes

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Answer 2

Answer:

Oliver Goldsmith paints a portrait of the village schoolmaster who lived in the era before the community's decline in these words from the poem " The Village School Master."

(a) Who are ‘they’ here referred to?

Ans:

• They are referred to as the children in the school. The headmaster was a strict individual.
• Rather than through love, he maintained discipline and order via his strictness.
• All of the boys were extremely terrified of him, especially the cheeky ones.
• By seeing the master's expression in the morning, they had a means of predicting their fortunes for the day.
• They would assume that the day would go well for them if the master seemed happy in the morning.
• These days, the master would tell many jokes, and the boys would laugh gleefully insincere laughter whether or not they knew what he was saying.

(b) What is the meaning of the phrase ‘counterfeited glee’?

Ans:

• The indisciplined and idle students giggled with fake delight. Even if the pupils did not feel like laughing at the master's jokes, they appeared to be joyful to please their teacher.
• They counterfeited or faked a smile/ glee.

(c) Why do you think ‘they’ laughed at all his jokes?

Ans:

• They or the students of school laughed at all his jokes to please him and with the other intention of prolonging his period of happiness by providing him with a positive response.
• They faked a smile or laugh when they did not understand his jokes so that he does not go back to his usual strict self.

(d) What happened next when ‘he’ frowned?​

Ans:

• When the teacher frowned in front of the class, word spread quickly across the school that he was upset, and everyone became on high alert.
• Although none of the students considered his jokes amusing, they all nonetheless laughed aloud to satisfy him.

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