Question 1
What is the story 'If I were you' about?
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Answer:
If I were you’ is a story of an encounter between Gerrard, a cultured playwright and a criminal. This criminal intrudes Gerrard’s house and asks him many questions on gun point. Gerrard seems to be very confident and answers his questions with wit, irony and humour.
The play opens with Gerrard standing by the table making a phone call. As he puts down the phone and starts packing his belongings, another man, similar in build to Gerrard enters with a revolver in hand.
The story revolves round the Gerrard’s encounter with a criminal. This criminal who was trying to escape from the police had planned to replace Gerrard after killing him. Now Gerrard was an intelligent man. He was not the one to be fooled easily. Using his presence of mind, he told the intruder that he himself was a criminal and was trying to escape the cops. Thus, he puts himself in the shoes of the intruder to get rid of him and hand him over to the police.
‘If I were you’ is a story of an encounter between Gerrard, a cultured playwright and a criminal. This criminal intrudes Gerrard’s house and asks him many questions on gun point. Gerrard seems to be very confident and answers his questions with wit, irony and humour.
The play opens with Gerrard standing by the table making a phone call. As he puts down the phone and starts packing his belongings, another man, similar in build to Gerrard enters with a revolver in hand.
The story revolves round the Gerrard’s encounter with a criminal. This criminal who was trying to escape from the police had planned to replace Gerrard after killing him. Now Gerrard was an intelligent man. He was not the one to be fooled easily. Using his presence of mind, he told the intruder that he himself was a criminal and was trying to escape the cops. Thus, he puts himself in the shoes of the intruder to get rid of him and hand him over to the police.