Question

We are sick of our ascetic life It would be nice to enjoy ourselves as king and minister for a while . Now keep your word my lordand put us to death . a- who is the speaker . b- who is he talking to c- what is the speakers demand d- what do you mean by the phrase keep my word

Answer 1

In The Kingdom Of Fools

• Guru is the speaker. He said, "We are sick of our ascetic life It would be nice to enjoy ourselves as king and minister for a while. Now keep your word my lordand put us to death".

• He is talking to the king of 'the Kingdom of fools'.

• The speakers claim, they want to die to be king and minister according to the text. The trick is to save the disciple from death

• Through the word 'keep my word' the guru is forcing the king to think about his future because after death he and his disciple are going to be the next king and minister. Here the guru and his disciple are pretending to die for each other but in reality they are fooling them.

Answer 2

a) Guru is the speaker.

b) He is talking to the king of kingdom of fools.

c) The speaker's demand is to put him and his disciple to death on the stake.

d) 'Keep your word' means the guru is requesting the king to put him and his disciple to death. He is doing it intentionally to trap the king in his clever plan.