Question

When I was alive and had a human heart,” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was. So I lived, and so I died." Q.25 Who is talking to whom? *
1.Happy prince to himself
2.Happy prince to swallow
3.Happy prince to soldier
4.Happy prince to poor seamstress​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Happy prince to himself

He spoke this to himself.

Answer 2

Answer:

The lines, "When I was alive and had a human heart,” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was. So I lived, and so I died." were said by the Happy prince to the swallow.

Explanation:

• The happy prince tells the swallow about the time when he was alive. He was haughty and shrewd. He wanted to be happy all the time and so he made a declaration that no sorrow should reach him in his palace.
• All sad and sorrowful people were told to stay away from the prince because of his declaration. As a result he failed to understand the sorrows of his subjects, their everyday problems and difficulties remained unknown to him.
• After his death, a smiling statue of his is put in the city.  He is telling his story to a swallow who take refuge under the statue. It was now as a statue that he sees his people unhappy. He is remorseful and tries to help them.