Which of the four bargains appealed the most to the speaker in the poem ‘The Last Bargain’ and why?
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Answer:
A bargain is an agreement in which parties promise to do something for each other. The man wants to be hired. The king tries to hire him with his power. But for the man power counts for nothing. Then comes a rich old man with his gold coins. The third person who wants to hire the man is a pretty girl. But the man does not need power, gold and sweet love. He finally strikes a bargain with a little child for no price. His satisfaction is that he will remain a free man
Explanation:
The Last Bargain is written by the famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. In the poem there is a man looking for a job. The four bargains in which he gets involved are that first he gets a job offer from a king who offered him power in return of his labor, then he gets offer from a rich man and then a beautiful girl. He refuses all and accepts the forth one offered by a child who didn't take the freedom of that man