Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair."
(a) Who is speaking these line?
(b) Why are young men in despair?
(c) What is the antonym of the word, 'despair'?
Or
"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
(a) Who is speaking and to whom?
(b) What is the dispute over?
(c) What does the word, 'restrain' mean?
Answers
(a) The speaker of these lines is Anne Gregory. She is speaking to listener unknown.
(b) Anne considers that young men are in despair because they love Anne for her physical appearance and not for her ever changing character. But Anne wants them to make love with her based upon her character.
(c) The Antonyms of the word means its opposite meaning of the word. The word “despair” means hopeless. Hence, the antonym for the given word is hopeful.
OR
The above lines are from the book “Proposal by Anton Chekhov” written by ""Anton Chekhov"".
(a) The above are said by “Natalya Stepanovna” to “Lomov”. These lines are recited by “Natalya Stepanovna” angrily to her neighbour “Lomov”.
(b) The argument between them was over a land called “Oxen meadows”
(c) The word refers to something that restrict someone from doing something.