Question

Question 1: 1. He made them himself at odd moments. 2. He raised himself. 3. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. 4. … a day may come when you yourself may want to get a big piece of pork. Notice the way in which these reflexive pronouns have been used (pronoun + self) In 1 and 4 the reflexive pronouns “himself” and “yourself” are used to convey emphasis. In 2 and 3 the reflexive pronoun is used in place of personal pronoun to signal that it refers to the same subject in the sentence. Pick out other examples of the use of reflexive pronouns from the story and notice how they are used.

Class 12 - English - The Rattrap Page 44

Answer 1

Other examples of the use of reflexive pronouns from the story and how they are used are given below :

(1.) But he 'laughed to himself' : is used to signal that it refers to the same subject in the sentence.

(2.) He had sent his daughter, apparently hoping that she would have better powers of persuation than 'he himself' : used to convey emphasis.

(3.) It would never have occurred to me that 'you would bother with me yourself' : refers to the same subject in the sentence.

(4.) ........ he got power 'to clear himself' : is used to convey emphasis.


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