Question

Then they melted the statue in a furnace. “What a strange thing!” said the
overseer of the workmen at the foundry. “This broken lead heart will not
melt in the furnace. We must throw it away.” So they threw it on a dust
heap where the dead swallow was also lying.
1. Identify ‘they’.
2. Why do they throw away the heart of the happy prince?
3. Where was the dead swallow lying?
4. Find a word in the passage which means pile.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer:-

1. They are the disciplines of the mayor and the mayor himself.
2. They throw away the heart of the happy prince as it was made up of such thing that it would not melt in the furnace.
3. The swallow was lying on the heap of garbage, and later the broken heart was also thrown in the same heap.
4. Pile means heap in this reference to context.

Afterwards:-

• God advised his angels to bring him two most precious things in the world.
• The angel brought him the swallow and the heart of the prince.
• He said that it was a right choice.
• Then god said that the swallow will sing and happy prince shall praise him forever.

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Answer 2

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1) Identify ‘they’.

Ans) They are the disciplines of the mayor and the mayor himself.

2) Why do they throw away the heart of the happy prince?

Ans) The people threw away the heart and the body of the Swallow because they found them to be useless.

3) Where was the dead swallow lying?

Ans) The heart of the Happy Prince's statue which was broken into two pieces was not melting in the furnace. So, they threw it as it is in the dust heap. So they threw it on a dust heap where the dead swallow was also lying.

4) Find a word in the passage which means pile.

Ans) Pile means heap.

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✡ Additional Information ✡

Story name - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.

1) What does the Happy Prince symbolize?

Ans) The Princes lead Heart symbolizes Immortality. This is because when the Happy Prince is being melted they could not melt his heart. The swallow himself is a symbol of Loyalty. Since the beginning of the story he refuses to leave to Egypt with the others and stays to court the Reed.

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