Read the following excerpt from the play ‘The Miracle Merchant’ and
answer the questions that follow:
Louis: No, A hen has come between them.
Mrs. Beauwhistle: A hen! What hen?
1) What does the Louis mean by this?
2) Explain the situation.
Answers
Answer:
1-Louis comes to know that Dora is coming to live with Mrs. Beau whistle. He gets an opportunity to cheat money from her aunt. He tells her about their quarrel of hen to her. He says that they are sworn enemies of each other. They can't live under the same roof. To avoid this situation Mrs. Beau whistle requests Louis to devise some miracle. In return she would give him twenty pounds. Louis starts his action. He sows the seeds of fear in Jane's mind. For his conspiracy he uses Sturridge. He is the servant of Mrs. Beau whistle. Jane becomes an easy victim of his trick. In panic she leaves the house of Mrs. Beau whistle. But in the meantime Mrs. Beau whistle informs that Dora is not coming on the fixed date. The drama ends here.
2-The Miracle Merchant is full of irony and humour. Here the playwright has presented three major characters. They are Mrs. Beau whistle, Louis Courset and Jane Martlet. Mrs. Beau whistle is an elderly lady. She leads a luxurious life. She is unwilling to pamper her nephew, Louis. He is a witty young man. He always asks her for money. But she is not ready for that. Jane Martlet is a guest in the house of Mrs. Beau whistle. She is her niece
Answer:
❥If the altitude from one vertex of a triangle bisects the opposite side, then the triangle is isosceles. GIVEN : A ABC such that the altitude AD from A on the opposite side BC bisects BC i.e., BD=DC. TO PROVE : AB=AC i.e. the triangle ABC is isosceles.
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